Memorial: M5618

Gravestone in Spion Kop Cemetery, Hartlepool of Captain Philip Lawrence d.1901

Location

Spion Kop Cemetery, Hartlepool, Hartlepool, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / SO MOTE IT BE / CAPTAIN / PHILIP LAWRENCE / DROWNED FROM THE WRECK / OF BARQUENTINE -WAVE QUEEN / OF GUERNSEY. DEC. 14 1901 / AGED 59 YEARS. / AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE SEA'

Details

Description: Headstone carved with a spray of roses and the masonic symbols of set square and compasses.

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Wave Queen

People

Lawrence, Philip
Age: 59
Date of Death: 14/12/1901
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: The vessel ran from Guernsey to London with stone, from London to Shields with chalk and back to London with gas coal. Lawrence resident at 3, Bath Street Jersey. She was built in 1870 by Harvey, Littlehampton and lost 54.41N 01.12W, in gale force 10 with the loss of all of her nine crew.
Bibliography: 'Northern Daily Mail' Dec 1901

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters