Memorials and Monuments in St Ann's Church, Portsmouth (HMS Eurydice)

Location
On the West wall of the nave, to the North of the main entrance.

Memorial
The Memorial to HMS Eurydice

HMS Eurydice - 1873

Photograph courtesy of the State Library of South Australia

The Last Moments of the Eurydice
From the Illustrated London News

The only survivors from the Eurydice
Photo from "Hurrah for the life of a sailor"
by John Winton.

Inscription

EURYDICE
OFFICERS AND CREW
WHO WERE LOST BY THE FOUNDERING OF
H.M.SHIP "EURYDICE"
OFF DUNNOSE, ISLE OF WIGHT
MARCH 24TH 1878
___________________

16 OFFICERS
268 MEN
26 MARINES
7 MILITARY PASSENGERS

(See full list of names below)

Further Information
[From The Times, 26 March 1878]

'.....The Eurydice was a wooden sailing, fully rigged ship of 921 tons displacement, at one time considered one of the smartest and quickest 26-gun frigates in the service. The Eurydice left Bermuda on the 6th Inst. and nothing was heard of her until she was seen by the coastguard at Bonchurch at 3.30 on Sunday afternoon, bearing for Spithead under all plain sail and with her port stunsails set on the foretopmast and maintopmast, the object being clearly to arrive at the anchorage at Spithead before nightfall.....

.....At ten minutes to four the wind suddenly veered round from the west to the eastward and a gale, accompanied by a blinding fall of snow, came rushing from the high lands down Luccombe Chine, striking the Eurydice just a little before the beam, driving her out of her course, which was heading to the north-east, and turning her bows to the east. This is what seems probable, though from the manner in which the sea was concealed by the snow, nothing was seen of her at the supreme moment when she capsized to Starboard......As soon as anything could be seen, the masts and top hamper of the ship were discerned above the water......Of the whole number of persons aboard, only two persons, as already reported, succeeded in reaching the shore alive.'

The two seamen who survived were Ordinary Seaman Sydney Fletcher and Able Seaman Cuddiford (see photo in left hand column).

For a full account of the sinking see:-
http://www.pdavis.nl/Eurydice.php, or
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-nireland/A853742

There is a biography of Captain Louis Ferrier, a passenger on Eurydice at http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/pferrier.html

Captain Marcus Augustus Stanley Hare RN (Captain of HMS Eurydice) was born in 1839. His father was Captain Marcus Theodore Hare RN and his mother was Lucy Anne Stanley - 1798 - 1869. She was the second daughter of Sir John Thomas Stanley - Baron Stanley of Alderley. Marcus Augustus Stanley Hare married Matilda Jane Tollemache in 1873. Matilda was the granddaughter of Edward Adolphus Seymour 11th Duke of Somerset (First Lord of the Admiralty 1859 - 1866). In the 1861 Census Hare was recorded as serving as a Lieutenant on board HMS Chesapeake which was that year engaged in actions in China. [Information from Bob Bedward]

See also individual memorials in St Ann's to:-
Lieutenant SA Burney
Lieutenant FH Tabor

The Monument to HMS Eurydice in Haslar Naval Cemetery

There is a massive stone memorial (see right) at the Naval Cemetery in Haslar, Gosport. On it are inscribed the names of all those lost in the sinking of the Eurydice.

At Holy Trinity Church Bosham there is a memorial tablet to Lt. Edward Gifford

Inscription (Continued)

OFFICERS R.N.
HARE, MARCUS AS TABOR, FRANCIS H BLACK, WILLIAM E BURNEY, STANLEY AB STRANGE, CHARLES VERNON WHITNEY, JAMES I MURDOCH, ROBERT PITTMAN, FRANK	CAPTAIN SENIOR LIEUTENANT LIEUTENANT do. NAVIGATING LIEUTENANT STAFF SURGEON SURGEON PAYMASTER		GIFFORD, HON ER EDMONDS, HERBERT S SMITH, WALTER S RANDOLPH, SYDNEY G ALLEN, FREDERICK BREWER, WILLIAM WARREN, JOSEPH LAMONT, WILLIAM	SUB LIEUTENANT do. do. do. GUNNER BOATSWAIN do. ASSISTANT CLERK

MEN R.N.

ARNELL, ALFRED
ABRAHAM, JOHN G
ADAMS, ALBERT
ADAMS, JOHN
AITKEN, MATTHEW
ARMSTRONG, SAML R
ADAMS, CHARLES
ADAMS, WILLM R
ALBONE, RICHD HG
ALLEN, CHARLES
ALLEN, WILLM R
AMBRIDGE GEO W
APPLEDORE, JOHN
ARNOLD, WILLM J
AUSTIN FREDK E
BENNETT GEO A
BARNES, FREDK
BENCE, LIMA J
BENNETT, DAIRD
BRYANS, WILLM R
BAKER, PHILIP
BAKER, WALTER J
BARNES, ALFRED
BATCHELOR, ALBERT W
BEXHALL, GEORGE
BLIGHT, WILLIAM
BLOOMFIELD, CHAS
BIDDER, RICHARD F
BOARD, SAMUEL T
BROPHY, THOMAS
BADCOCK, WILLIAM J
BAILEY, THOMAS
BEGG, WILLIAM
BLAKE, CHAS J
BOWMAN, JOHN
BOWDEN, DAVID
BRADFIELD, CHAS F
BREWER, WILLIAM
BROAD, JOHN
BROOKES, JOHN H
BROOKES WILLMA
BROWN, ALBERT J
BROWNE, SAMUEL
BURNSIDE, EDWARD
BUTLER, JOSEPH GFB
BEALE, EDWARD
COOMBES, JOHN S
CHAMBERLAIN, CORNELIUS
COCK, JOHN G
CORBON, JOHN
COTTIER, WILLIAM
COTTON, SAMUEL
CLARK, HENRY
CLYMO, JAMES R
CALNAN, THOMAS
CHANNON, FREDK
CHEW, JAMES H
CRERAR, ALEXANDER
CURTRIS, ALBERT
CHAMBERLAIN, WILLM
CHANDLER, JAMES
CHAPPLE, HENRY
CLARINGBOLD, CHAS
CLARK, CHARLES
CLEMENTS, CHARLES
CLEVERLY, THOMASA
COOMBS, WILLM JR
COUNCIL, WILLIAM
COZENS, ROBERT A
CRAIG, JOHN
CRANSTONE, BRITTON
CURD, JOHN
COCKRELL, ARTHUR
CHAMPION, CHARLES
DOROTHY, JOSEPH
DALE, STEPHEN
DALLY, THOMAS
DERRICK, FREDK
DOOGOOD, ALBERT C
DEVITT, DANIEL J
DAVEY, WILLIAM
DAWES, FRANCIS
DAY, CHARLES
DESVER, WILLIAM J
DEVINE, JAMES T
DOWDAL, JAMES
DRAYTON, ERNEST W
DRURY, ALMA J
DUFF, WILLIAM J
DUNCAN, HENRY

SHIPS COOK 1CL
ORDY
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
ORDY 2CL
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
PETTY OFFICER
AB
  do.
  do.
  do.
ORDY
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
ORD 2CL
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
STOKER
SHIPS CORPL 2CL
PETTY OFFR
    do.
    do.
    do.
LEADING SEAMAN
SICK BERTH ATTDT
AB
ORDY
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
ORDY 2CL
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
LAMPTRIMMER
SIGNALMAN 2CL
PETTY OFFR 1CL
ORDY
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
ORDY 2CL
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.

DUNN, CHARLES
EMMETT, SAMUEL
ESLING, THOMAS
FAIR, SAMUEL
FARNDELL, RICHD
FITZSIMMONS, ROBT
FRENCH, WILLM R
FRY, CHARLES E
FARRAR, JAMES W
FEHERTY, LAWRENCE
FIELDER, HENRY
FRAMPTON, WILLM
GORDON, THOMAS
GILLARD, JOHN
GALVIN, JOHN
GALBRAITH, JOHN
GARRETT, JAMES
GLASS, ALFRED G
GREEN, EDWARD
GALE, ALFRED J
GIBBS, JOSEPH
GILHAM, HENRY
GOFF, WILLM C
GOGGIN, JAMES
GORDON, JOHN
GRANNON, PATRICK
GRAY, GEORGE
GRIGG, THOMAS
GRAY, WILLIAM
HUCKLESBY, CHAS
HOOPER, RICHD
HAYES, THOMAS
HOARE, JAMES CE
HARLEY, DANIEL
HARRISON, ROBT
HENSHAW, THOS H
HILL, ERNEST
HORSWELL, EUGENE AA
HOWARD, CHAS
HARVEY, DAVID
HAVERN, JOHN
HILLIER, ARCHIBALD D
HORNE, EDWARD
HOUNSELL, SAMUEL
HUNT, SAMUEL
HAINE, SAMUEL
HISCUTT, ROBT
HARDING, JAMES
HARDY, WILLM
HAYES, JOHN
HAVER, THOMAS
JENNETT, GEORGE
JENNINGS, WILLM
JACKSON, CHAS
KEAST, THOMAS
KELLY, JAMES
KEATING, PATRICK
KIELY, CHRISTOPHER
KNIGHT, JAMES
LEE, JOHN T
LARKIN, WILLIAM
LEWIS, CHARLEY
LONG, JAMES
LAST, SIMON W
LAWRENCE, CHAS
LINFORTH, JAMES
LOGAN, WILLM J
LAMBE, GEORGE
LEE, GEORGE W
LEGGS, ARTHUR W
LISTER, WARD
LOCKETT, EDWARD
LEPIK HENRY W
MITCHELL, JOHN
MAGIN, JAMES E
MORRIS, FREDK W
MARTIN, WILLM
MASON, PETER
MATLOCK, JOHN
MAXWELL, HENRY
MUTTON, CHAS
MARCH, JOHNS
MARNEY, JOHN
MCDERMOTT, JAS
MCDONNELL, JOHN
MELLISH, CHAS
MILDON, WILLM H
MILLIE, JAMES H
MITCHELL, SAML RA
MOONEY, JOHN H

ORDY 2CL
ORDY
ORDY 2CL
ORDY
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
ORDY 2CL
    do.
    do.
    do.
LEADG SEAMAN
AB
ORDY
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
ORDY 2CL
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
DOMESTIC 1CL
SHIPS CORPL 1CL
CAPTN OF HOLD
YEOMAN OF SIGS
SAILMAKER
PETTY OFFR 1CL
AB
  do.
ORDY
    do.
    do.
ORDY 2CL
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
DOMESTIC 1CL
DOMESTIC 2CL
DOMESTIC 3CL
    do.
    do.
BARBER
NL SCHOOL MR
SHIPS STEWARD
ORDY
    do.
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ORDY 2CL
    do.
    do.
PETTY OFFR 1CL
AB
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ORDY
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ORDY 2CL
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DOMESTIC 2CL
PETTY OFFR 1CL
AB
  do.
ORDY
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ORDY 2CL
    do.
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MOONEY, MARTIN
NEWBERY, CHAS
NICHOLSON, CHAS
NICHOLAS, THOS
NYE, HENRY
NORRIS, EDWD W
NEWLAND, ALBERT G
OWEN, WILLM D
PETTY, HENRY
PURCHES, JOHN
PARK, CHARLES
PERRY, HENRY
PITMAN, JOHN F
PARKER, ALFRED
PARKER, EDWARD J
PAVER, AQUILA
PEAD, ALBERT L
PHILIP, ANDREW
PLANK, WILLIAM
PARKER, THOMAS
PITT, WILLIAM R
POOLE, JOHN W
PERRING, GEORGE
RHYNHEART, THOS
ROBERTSON, ALEXANDR
RADFORD, ARTHUR
READ, CHARLES F
RICHARDS, JOHN G
ROLLS, GEORGE W
ROSE, JAMES
RANSOME, JOHN
RILEY, JAMES
ROBERTSON, JOHN
SYMONS, JOSEPH
SHEARS, REUBEN
SPARROW, JOHN
SPARROW, WILLM
STOCKWELL, EDWD J
SCULL, HENRY
SEYMOUR, ALFRED
SHARROCK, WILLM
SMITH, GEORGE
SMITH, GEORGE J
SMITH, THOMAS B
SNELL, WILLIAM
SPRIDDLE, THOS
SYMONS, GEORGE
SANDHAM, HENRY
SANDY, WILLM E
SHUKER, WILLIAM H
SIBTHORPE, WILLM H
SLADE, GEORGE
SMITH, JOHN
SMITH, WILLIAM
STEWART, WILLM
STOREY, ADAM
SCARR, JAMES
SEIDERSUCKER, GOTTFRIED
THOMPSON, JOHN W
TAYLOR, HARRY
TARGETT, FRANK
TOZER, JOHN
TAYLOR, ALMA
TROTMAN, WILLM J
TURNER, EDWARD
UGLOW, WILLIAM
VEALS, HENRY
VARCOE, MELCHISEDEC
VASSIE, ALEXANDER W
WREFORD, JOHN
WALSH, DAVID
WELSH, CHARLES
WHITFIELD, ELIAS
WILMSHURST, WM J
WAUGH, JAMES K
WEARE, THOMAS
WANDS, HENRY
WARD, GEORGE
WATTS, RICHARD
WENTWORTH, CHAS A
WILKINS, CHAS
WILLIAMS, JOHN
WILSDON, VALENTINE
WINTER, JOHN
WOODGATES, JOHN
WALKER, ALFRED
WARDLOW, THOS
WILMOT, WILLM J

ORDY 2CL
PETTY OFFR 2CL
    do.
SHIPS CORPL 1CL
    do.
AB
ORDY 2CL
PETTY OFFR 2CL
ROPEMAKER
PAINTER 1CL
PETTY OFFR 1CL
    do.
PETTY OFFR 2CL
ORDY
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
ORDY 2CL
    do.
    do.
AB
SHIPS CORPL 2CL
ARMOURER
ORDY
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
ORDY 2CL
    do.
    do.
CARPTRS MATE
LEADG SEAMAN
AB
  do.
  do.
ORDY
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
ORDY 2CL
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
DOMESTIC 2CL
MUSICIAN
AB
ORDY
    do.
    do.
ORDY 2CL
    do.
    do.
SHIPS STEWARD 3CL
ORDY
ORDY 2CL
    do.
SHIPWRIGHT
CAULKER
PETTY OFFR 1CL
    do.
COOPER
AB
  do.
ORDY
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
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    do.
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ORDY 2CL
    do.
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ROYAL MARINES

GOWLER, HENRY
CURTIS, JOSEPH
BAKER, CHARLES
COWEN, JOHN
CRICKMER, ROBT
ELSON, JOHN
FALCONER, GEO
GOULD, HENRY
GRAHAM, JOHN

COLOR SERGT
CORPORAL
PRIVATE
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.

HIBBURT, FREDK
HELLIER, THOMAS
HOWE, ALFRED E
HULL, WILLIAM
LEDGER, GEORGE
MADDEN, JAMES E
PARKER, EDWIN
RUSSELL, ALFRED
SAUNDERS, JOHN

PRIVATE
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.

SMITH, HENRY
TAYLOR, STEPHEN
THORNE, FREDK
TOMLINSON, JAS P
TURNER, JAMES
WHEELER, ISAAC
WOODS, GEORGE
YOUNG, JOHN

PRIVATE
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.
    do.

MILITARY PASSENGERS

FERRIER, LOVIS
CURTIS, WILLIAM J
EWER, JAMES

CAPTAIN RE
CORPORAL RE
CORPORAL RE

LAIRG, HG
LUCAS, WILLIAM

SAPPER, RE
SAPPER RE

STONE, J
MANSBRIDGE, H

SAPPER RE
PRIVATE

Additional Information

The wreck of the ship was raised soon after the sinking and the hulk was returned to Portsmouth. It must have still been in a good condition as many artefacts from the ship have since been discovered. We have been told about a pair of Bibles and a pair of binoculars (see photos).

The Binoculars are owned by Terry Davis the Great Grandson of Frank Davis, the diver who brought the wreck back to Portsmouth. With the binoculars is a wooden block on which is a plaque inscribed "Recovered from the wreck of H M S EURYDICE 1878 by Frank Davis (Diver)".

The Bibles were formerly in the possession of Eileen Heron, who was keen that they should be passed to someone who could put them on display. That person turned out to be Terry Davis.

St Ann's Church- HMS Eurydice -

St Ann's Church
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