Memorial: M4973

Memorial in the Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, commemorating those lost aboard HMS ‘Thunderer’ as a result of a boiler explosion in 1876.

Location

Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, England

Transcript

[Side 1] This monument which stands on the graves / of / MESS. T.G. SLADE CHIEF ENGINEER R.N. / AND ROBERT WINFIELD CHIEF ENGINEER R.N. / IS ERECTED BY BROTHER OFFICERS / FELLOW WORKMEN AND FRIENDS / TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO LOST / THEIR LIVES THROUGH THE EXPLOSION OF A BOILER / ON BOARD H.M.S. THUNDERER AT SPITHEAD / ON JULY 14TH 1876 / THE GREATER PART OF WHOM ARE BURIED IN / THE GRAVES ADJACENT TO THIS MONUMENT.’

[Side 2] ‘Killed in the / explosion / CHIEF ENGINEER RN / MR THOMAS G.S. SLADE / ENGINEER RN / MR ROBERT WINFIELD / FITTERS / GEORGE ADAMS, WILLIAM DOWNS / HENRY JENKINS / LEADING STOKER / WILLIAM GREEN, JOHN WILLIAMS / STOKERS / JOHN CAMPBELL, SAMUEL KING / JAMES FARWELL, HENRY NINNEM / THOMAS GRANT, HENRY OLIVER / WILLIAM GREGORY, JAMES O’BRIEN / CHARLES HARVEY, PETER PACE / FRANK HENDY, JOSEPH RODGERS’

[Side 3] ‘Also / died subsequently in / ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL HASLAR / LEADING STOKER / GEORGE S. CROCKFORD / STOKERS / JOHN BELLINGER, JAMES BEVIS / ROBERT BENNETT, CHARLES EDGECOMBE / ALFRED FREELAND, WILLIAM CODDEN / OLIVER GREENFIELD, ROBERT LITTLEFIELD / RICHARD LONGMAN, JOHN MOORE / WILLIAM PICKETT, GEORGE REED / DAVID REX, CHARLES WAKEFORD.’

[Side 4] ‘And / died subsequently in / ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL HASLAR / FITTERS / ANDREW BEARD, ARTHUR CRUSHA / HENRY FIBBENS, WILLIAM KINGSNORTH / HARRY SMITH, RICHARD WITTLES / SHIPWRIGHT / WILLIAM BISSETT / SICK BERTH STEWARD / THOMAS WARREN / SKILLED LABOURERS / EDWARD PHILLIPS, JAMES PERRY / CHARLES WILLIAMS.’

Details

Description: Portland stone obelisk on a plinth.
Type: Obelisk
Materials: Portland stone, pink granite plinth
Vessel: HMS Thunderer

Extra

Notes: On 14 July 1876, 'Thunder' suffered a disastrous boiler explosion which killed 45 people. One of her boilers burst as she proceeded from Portsmouth Harbour to Stokes Bay. The boiler explosion caused 15 initial dead, including 'Thunder's' commanding officer. A further 30 died from their wounds, while another 40 escaped with injuries.

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters