Archive for the ‘Naval’ Category
Wreck of Atlantic Liner “Eider” off Atherfield
A North German iron steel screw steamer of 5000 tons register and 7000-horse power, and was built by the Fairfield Co. (formerly John Eider & Co.) en route from New York to Bremen. She carried 163 crew, about 227 passengers, 500 sacks of mail and £300,000 worth of specie, ie silver ingots, boxes of gold, [...]
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Wreck of the Sailing Ship “Irex”
Steel built full-rigged 2248 tons, crew of 36 hands, on her first voyage with cargo of 3600 tons of iron sewerage pipes for Rio Janiero, wrecked at Scratchells Bay.
This is a list of the names mentioned in the report by the IOW County Press 1st Feb 1890, a very detailed report.
HUTTON Capt (Commander) .. drowned
CLINK Capt [...]
“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 [...]
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: [...]