Archive for the ‘Naval’ Category
“Sirenia” Lifeboat Disaster off Atherfield
Coroner’s Inquest & Public Enquiry & Funeral (IW County Press 17 Mar 1888)
(names listed in the order of mention)
MCINTYRE Duncan. .. Capt of the “Serenia”
MUNT Moses. .. Coxswain of Brighstone lifeboat age 57 – drowned
COTTON Thomas. .. Mate of the Brighstone lifeboat – drowned
HAYTER John. .. Commanding the Brooke lifeboat.
COOPER Reuben. .. Assistant coxswain Brooke [...]
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Naval Heroes of the Past
8 Feb 1879 – IW Advertiser, Ryde & Ventnor Times
Extracted from the ‘Lifeboat’, the journal of the Lifeboat Institution, from the supplementary lists of Medals of the institution, none of the names of the officers published can be traced in the official lists, so the society concludes that some, if not all, of these heroes [...]
Shipwrecks off the Isle of Wight
This is a list of Shipwrecks around the Island. I will be extracting names mentioned from the press reports. The ones I have transcribed already are marked and listed on another page .
American Ship over 1,000 tons ashore on Brooke Ledge: William Singer 1858
Guernsey Brig ashore at Goose Rock close to Needles: Anglo Saxon 1879
Austrian Barque on the rocks at Atherfield: Atlast [...]
Royal Navy Service Records
THE RECORDS BELOW ARE FOR PEOPLE THAT STATED THEY WERE BORN ON THE ISLE OF WIGHT. THERE IS A GREAT DEAL MORE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT AT KEW.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES REF: ADM 188/398
Service no: 225807
name: Sidney George COFFEN
d.o.b: 16/06/1886
born: Ryde, Isle of Wight
occ: Market Gardener
description: 5′2″/dk brown hair/blue eyes/fair complexion
joined RN: 12/06/1904
served: 26 Ships (listed)
left: [...]