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In memory of the officers and crew - SS CHRISTINA FRASER lost at sea with all hands last seen on June 24th 1933
In memory of the officers and crew - SS CHRISTINA FRASER lost at sea with all hands last seen on June 24th 1933

In memory of the officers and crew - SS CHRISTINA FRASER lost at sea with all hands last seen on June 24th 1933

Date1933
Object number00054928
NameMemorial Plaque
MediumBronze, ink
DimensionsOverall: 383 × 610 mm
ClassificationsCommemorative artefacts
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Mission to Seafarers
DescriptionRectangular bronze plaque with engraved text reading 'SS CHRISTINA FRASER lost at sea with all hands last seen on June 24th 1933. In memory of the officers and crew. Captain JW Queen. Master: CW Frost. 1st Mate: AW Lucey 2nd Mate. F Walker. 1st Engineer: RD Macpherson. 2nd Engineer: J Birrel 3rd Engineer: C James Cook. E Collerson. Boy: D Palmer. Bosun: CA Gale AB. A Seaguer AB. W England AB. P Kivramees AB JS Huntley OS. WH Olsen. Fireman. J Rogers, Fireman. W Basset, fireman in God's keeping'.HistorySS CHRISTINA FRASER, loaded with coal, sunk on a voyage from Newcastle to Geelong. The vessel was last seen battling a strong gale off Gabo Island. Some wreckage washed ashore at Lakes Entrance.SignificanceThis plaque is part of a group from the Mission that range from 1900 to 1943 erected for people and ships lost at sea and people who worked for many years at the mission. They are all wonderful, evocative and poignant memorials, ranging from 'lost at sea through enemy action', 'a faithful friend of seamen', 'died of an accident on the bridge', 'lost overboard aged 21', and 'fell from aloft'. They are important records of a time when lost sailors were grieved for at the mission and the plaques and services stood in for burials that did not occur. They are outstanding examples of maritime related sites of grief, commemoration and memory.