Plaque in Newlyn, Cornwall dedicated to Captain Richard Nicholls d. 1868
Location
Royal Mission to Seamen, Newlyn, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'To honour Capt. RICHARD NICHOLLS and / the Epic voyage of the Lugger MYSTERY / which sailed from this harbour on the 18th / November 1854, and arrived in Melbourne / Australia 1854 116 days later, on 14th March 1855 / Members of the Gallant crew were / Capt. RICHARD NICHOLLS / JOB KELYNACK, WILLIAM BADCOCK / RICHARD BADCOCK, CHARLES BOAZE / P. C. MATTHEWS. LEWIS LEWIS / THIS PLAQUE IS ERECTED / To the memory of our GRANDFATHER / CAPTAIN RICHARD NICHOLLS / By V. MAY WILLS and N.C. K. WILLS'
Details
Description: Slate plaque, the lettering gilded, a profile portrait of the lugger at the top.
Type: Plaque
Position: Exterior
Materials: Slate
Vessel: Mystery
Type: Plaque
Position: Exterior
Materials: Slate
Vessel: Mystery
Event Category
British colonization of Australia
People
Badcock, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 1874
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Badcock, William
Age: 85
Date of Death: 1906
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Boaze, Charles
Age:
Date of Death: 1874
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Kelynack, Job
Age:
Date of Death: 1903
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Lewis, Lewis
Age: 50
Date of Death: 7/3/1866
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Matthews, Philip Curnow
Age:
Date of Death: 13//11/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Nicholls, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Msaster mariner
Organisation:
Age:
Date of Death: 1874
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Badcock, William
Age: 85
Date of Death: 1906
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Boaze, Charles
Age:
Date of Death: 1874
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Kelynack, Job
Age:
Date of Death: 1903
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman
Organisation:
Lewis, Lewis
Age: 50
Date of Death: 7/3/1866
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Matthews, Philip Curnow
Age:
Date of Death: 13//11/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Nicholls, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Msaster mariner
Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Members of several related Cornish families, who during a period of hardship in the fishing and mining industries, sailed to Australia in a small fishing boat which they sold on arrival.