Vessel Loss

Memorial: M5907

Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating the crew of the ‘Billy’ of Whitby which was wrecked on 16th January 1866

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'ON SATURDAY JANUARY 16 1866 / THE BRIG BILLY OF WHITBY / WAS WRECKED ON THE INNER / SHOAL OFF THIS TOWN / THE CREW WERE LOST TWO OF / THEM WASHED ASHORE ON / EASTON BEACH ARE BURIED HERE ... / THYSELF OF TOMORROW FOR THOU KNOWEST NOT WHAT A DAY MAY BRING FORTH’

THIS STONE / A MARK OF ... / A DAY OF SORROW ... / PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION ... WHO SAW THE WRECK / ....

Details

Description: Headstone carved with foul anchor and rope twist border
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: Billy

Extra

Notes: Erected by Public Subscription
Photographer: P Lacey

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Maritime Memorials

Memorial: M5907

Location

Transcript

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters