Vessel Loss

Memorial: M5608

Wall tablet in Holy Cross Church, Ryton commemorating Lieutenant Charles Arthur Robert Thorp RN d. 1925 in the loss of submarine ‘M1’

Location

Holy Cross Church, Ryton, Tyne and Wear, England

Transcript

'In Thanksgiving to God for the Memory of Charles Arthur Robert Thorp Lieutenant in the Royal Navy who was drowned in the English Channel November 12th 1925 aged 26 with his fellow Officers and Men in HM Submarine M 1. Eldest son of Charles Fenwick and Jane Thorp. Married in this Church to Anne Campbell Hunter. They that go down to the sea in ships and occupy their business in great waters those men see the works of the Lord and the wonders of the deep.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall of chancel
Vessel: M.1

People

Thorp, Arthur Robert
Age: 26
Date of Death: 12/11/1925
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: M.1 sunk off Start Point, believed to have been rammed by SS 'Vidar'.

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Maritime Memorials