Memorial: M5587

Memorial at Rowley’s Auctioneers, Newmarket, Suffolk commemorating Captain John Moss, RN d. 1799

Location

Sighted at Rowley's Antiques and Fine Art Auctioneers, Newmarket, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'MEMENTO MORI / SACRED / To the Memory of / JOHN RALPH MOSS / Commander / of / His Majesty's Sloop / MERLIN / Who Died the 24th Aug't 1799 / Aged 40 Years / On Board the said sloop / in this Bay / upon his Return to JAMAICA / after having Defeated / a Spanish Armament / of Sloop Schooner, Gunboat / with 2000 Land Forces / Destin'd for the Reduction of / The Logwood Cutters in the / BAY of HONDURAS.'

Details

Description: Arched top with an engraved skull and cross bones above inscription (also engraved). Holes to nail the copper plate to the headboard round the edges.
Type: Plate for wooden headboard
Materials: Copper
Vessel: HMS Merlin

Event

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Moss, John Ralph
Age: 40
Date of Death: 24/8/1799
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: In Rowley's sale 5 September 2006, lot 35.

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters