Seaman Robert Jackman, paddle tug 'Victoria'
In affectionate remembrance of
ROBERT J JACKMAN
The beloved husband of
ELIZABETH JACKMAN
Who was killed on board
The steam tug Victoria
February 11th. 1881
Aged 48 years
Robert John Jackman was born in Great Yarmouth in 1832, and was christened in the town on 17th. September 1832.
He was the son of Robert John (1811 - 1887), from Bow, London and Sarah Alexander Jackman, nee Bristow (1814 - 1891), from Gt. Yarmouth. John's parents married on 29th. November 1829.
Robert Jr. married Elizabeth Gray (b. 1833), from Gt. Yarmouth. The couple had six children all born in Gt. Yarmouth.
Robert William (b. 1854)
Jacob John (1858 - 1920)
George 'James' (1860 - 1942)
Elizabeth Sarah (b. 1863)
Arthur Charles (1867 - 1933)
Walter Ernest (b. 1868)
Robert died, aged 48, at sea aboard the steam tug Victoria on 11th. February 1881. He was laid to rest in the Old Cemetery at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.
Name: Victoria
Vessel type: Steam paddle tug
Registration number: 67425
Home port: Yarmouth
Flag: United Kingdom
Length overall: 100 ft. 9.5 in. (30.72 m)
Beam: 19 ft. 2.5 in. (5.85 m)
Draught: 9 ft. 7.5 in. (2.93 m)
Gross tonnage: 110 ton
Net tonnage when built: 27 ton
Reduced net tonnage in 1875: 11 ton
Engines: 2 x 1 cylinder steam engines
Engine output: 2 x 50 hp (38.28 kW)
Engine builder: J.P. Almond, North Shields
Ship builder: D.J. Stewart, North Shields
Year built: 1872
Construction: Iron
Owner in 1873: Great Yarmouth Standard Steam Tug Co. Ltd.
Owner in 1880: Great Yarmouth Steam Tug. Co. Ltd.
The medieval settlement of Shipden, Norfolk is mentioned in the Domesday Book, but by the reign of Henry IV (1399-1413) it had been completely washed away by coastal erosion and the settlement had relocated further inland, to what is now Cromer.
Local tradition holds that Church Rock, occasionally revealed at low tides, marks the location of Shipden church which was dedicated to St. Peter. On 9th. August 1888, Victoria, with 100 passengers on board, struck Church Rock and sank.
An extract from the The Pall Mall Gazette (London) dated Friday 10th. August 1888 reported,
'The steam tug Victoria, employed by the Great Yarmouth Steam Tug Company in conveying passengers between Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, and Cromer, arrived at Cromer yesterday with a fair cargo of visitors. In attempting to return to Great Yarmouth the tug struck a rock off Cromer, and became a wreck. The passengers were landed safely.'
Attempts was made to salvage the tug but she was unrecoverable. The Royal Navy later destroyed the wreck with explosives in order to remove the hazard to other ships.
Sometime before 1982 a dive was organized by the Great Yarmouth Museum to retrieve parts of the wreck of Victoria. The diver indicated that he observed the walls and doorway of the church as well as remains of a large building and footings of houses along a road.
Seaman Robert Jackman, paddle tug 'Victoria'
In affectionate remembrance of
ROBERT J JACKMAN
The beloved husband of
ELIZABETH JACKMAN
Who was killed on board
The steam tug Victoria
February 11th. 1881
Aged 48 years
Robert John Jackman was born in Great Yarmouth in 1832, and was christened in the town on 17th. September 1832.
He was the son of Robert John (1811 - 1887), from Bow, London and Sarah Alexander Jackman, nee Bristow (1814 - 1891), from Gt. Yarmouth. John's parents married on 29th. November 1829.
Robert Jr. married Elizabeth Gray (b. 1833), from Gt. Yarmouth. The couple had six children all born in Gt. Yarmouth.
Robert William (b. 1854)
Jacob John (1858 - 1920)
George 'James' (1860 - 1942)
Elizabeth Sarah (b. 1863)
Arthur Charles (1867 - 1933)
Walter Ernest (b. 1868)
Robert died, aged 48, at sea aboard the steam tug Victoria on 11th. February 1881. He was laid to rest in the Old Cemetery at Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.
Name: Victoria
Vessel type: Steam paddle tug
Registration number: 67425
Home port: Yarmouth
Flag: United Kingdom
Length overall: 100 ft. 9.5 in. (30.72 m)
Beam: 19 ft. 2.5 in. (5.85 m)
Draught: 9 ft. 7.5 in. (2.93 m)
Gross tonnage: 110 ton
Net tonnage when built: 27 ton
Reduced net tonnage in 1875: 11 ton
Engines: 2 x 1 cylinder steam engines
Engine output: 2 x 50 hp (38.28 kW)
Engine builder: J.P. Almond, North Shields
Ship builder: D.J. Stewart, North Shields
Year built: 1872
Construction: Iron
Owner in 1873: Great Yarmouth Standard Steam Tug Co. Ltd.
Owner in 1880: Great Yarmouth Steam Tug. Co. Ltd.
The medieval settlement of Shipden, Norfolk is mentioned in the Domesday Book, but by the reign of Henry IV (1399-1413) it had been completely washed away by coastal erosion and the settlement had relocated further inland, to what is now Cromer.
Local tradition holds that Church Rock, occasionally revealed at low tides, marks the location of Shipden church which was dedicated to St. Peter. On 9th. August 1888, Victoria, with 100 passengers on board, struck Church Rock and sank.
An extract from the The Pall Mall Gazette (London) dated Friday 10th. August 1888 reported,
'The steam tug Victoria, employed by the Great Yarmouth Steam Tug Company in conveying passengers between Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, and Cromer, arrived at Cromer yesterday with a fair cargo of visitors. In attempting to return to Great Yarmouth the tug struck a rock off Cromer, and became a wreck. The passengers were landed safely.'
Attempts was made to salvage the tug but she was unrecoverable. The Royal Navy later destroyed the wreck with explosives in order to remove the hazard to other ships.
Sometime before 1982 a dive was organized by the Great Yarmouth Museum to retrieve parts of the wreck of Victoria. The diver indicated that he observed the walls and doorway of the church as well as remains of a large building and footings of houses along a road.