Memorial: M4964

Wall painting at St Paul’s Church, Dover dedicated to those lost of the ‘Herald of Free Enterprise’ on 6th March 1987

Location

St Paul's Church, Dover, Kent, England

Transcript

[On a scroll painted below Christ, the red ensign and inscription] '1987 / When you pass / through the waters / I will be with you / Isaiah 43-2' [On book-shaped plaque on adjacent wall] 'And the waves beat / into the boat, so that / the boat was already / filling / Mark 4.37 / On 6th March 1987 / the 'Herald of Free Enterprise' / sailing for her home port of Dover / capsized outside the harbour of / Zeebrugge with the loss of 193 / lives. / This Baptistry / with its message of new life / through water was funded by / St Richard's school in memory / of those who died. / Fresco painted by Dr Henry Campbell MA, PhD, ACF, FRSA.'

Details

Description: The baptism of Christ with the bows of the ship shown below John The Baptist
Type: Wall painting
Position: N of chancel
Materials: Fresco
Artists: Dr Henry Campbell
Vessel: 'Herald of Free Enterprise'

Extra

Notes: Car ferry 'Herald of Free Enterprise', capsized at Zeebrugge 1987.
Bibliography: 'Daily Telegraph' (19 October 1988).

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters