Memorial: M5360

Monument at St Maughold’s Church, Kirk Maughold, Isle of Man commemorating Charles Voast d. 1853

Location

St Maughold's Church, Kirk Maughold, Isle of Man

Transcript

'IN MEMORY / OF CAPT / CHARLES VOAST / FOR MANY YEARS / MASTER/OF THE SMACK / MONA CASTLE / TRADER BETWEEN / THE ISLE OF MAN / AND LIVERPOOL / AND LATE / HARBOUR MASTER OF / RAMSEY/WHO DIED 1ST OCT 1853 / AGED 79 YEARS / THIS MONUMENT / WAS ERECTED AS / A TOKEN OF RESPECT / BY A FEW FRIENDS / 1855'

Details

Description: Pillar carved with a coil of rope, a profile portrait of a smack. Below, hung from a peg are shipwrights tools -an adze, an axe and a caulking mallet.
Type: Monument
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Mona Castle

People

Voast, Charles
Age: 79
Date of Death: 1/10/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master; Harbour Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Inscription recorded by the Isle of Man Family History Society.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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