According to a record from the British Consulate in Nagasaki, signed on 25th August 1891, by the Pro Consul, Ralph G E Forster:
Godfrey Lloyd Swinnerton, Master Mariner, aged 35, Master of the S.S. Lennox, died at sea on 15th August 1891.
According to the family headstone and another source the cause of his death was cholera. The lsame source gives the ocation of the vessel as 32° 37’N, 129° 30’E, which appears to be the bay a few mile off Nagasaki. Swinnerton had commanded the ship since 1889; his first voyage being Liverpool to Japan.
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Isle of Man Times, Saturday, August 22, 1891; Page: 5
Death of Captain Swinnerton.
It is with much regret, that we have to chronicle the death of Mr Godfrey Swinnerton, son of Mr Charles Swinnerton, and brother of Mr Robert Swinnerton, of Victoria-street, Douglas. Mr Godfrey Swinnerton was master of the line steamer Lennox and she has just reached Nagasaki. Cholera broke out on board the vessel, however, and when the steamer reached that place, the captain was dead and the mate was in charge. Intelligence has been received by his father and family, by wire. The deceased was 38 years of age and, as he was a general favourite, his family are much distressed. Godfrey Swinnerton has visited almost every part of the globe. He went to sea at the age of 21, and for some years before that, he was in the employ of the London and North-Western Railway Company, when Mr Ephraim Wood, brother of Mr G- H. Wood, of the Isle of Man Railway Company, took great interest in him. Shortly after serving his lime he took his first mate's certificate, and soon after gained a master's and extra master's certificates. His first command was a sailing ship, and after wards be was an officer on one of the Clan Line of steamers. As we have said, he died on board the steamer Lennox, of which he was the commander.
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Manx Sun, Saturday, August 22, 1891; Page: 12
THE L ATE CAPT. G. L. SWINNERTON.—We regret to have to record the death of Captain Godfrey L. Swinnerton, commander of the large steamship Lennox, owned by Warrack and Co., Leith, which occurred whilst the ship was on a voyage from the United States to Japan. The deceased, who was the fifth son of Mr Charles Swinnerton, and brother to Mr R. Swinnerton, jeweller, Victoria-street. Douglas, had made rapid progress in his profession, being only 38 years of age, when he was attacked by cholera, to which disease he succumbed. The sad news, first received in Douglas on Monday by wire, was Confirmed by the receipt on Wednesday of a Ietter from the owners, addressed to Mr K. P Blakeley of Manchester deceased's brother-in-law, as follows :—" Leith. August 17th. 1891. Dear Sir. On receipt of telegram from Nagasaki this forenoon it was our painful duty to telegraph a copy of it to you. We regret deeply the distressing news it brings of the sudden death of one who always attended most faithfully to the duties confided to him. With sincere sympathy we remain, dear sir. yours faithfully, JOHN WARRACK & Co." The telegram is—" Regret to report telegram just received from Majaski, reading "Lennox arrived. Master dead, mate in charge. Cholera ; other five cases."
Godfrey Lloyd Swinnerton, Master Mariner, aged 35, Master of the S.S. Lennox, died at sea on 15th August 1891.
According to the family headstone and another source the cause of his death was cholera. The lsame source gives the ocation of the vessel as 32° 37’N, 129° 30’E, which appears to be the bay a few mile off Nagasaki. Swinnerton had commanded the ship since 1889; his first voyage being Liverpool to Japan.
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Isle of Man Times, Saturday, August 22, 1891; Page: 5
Death of Captain Swinnerton.
It is with much regret, that we have to chronicle the death of Mr Godfrey Swinnerton, son of Mr Charles Swinnerton, and brother of Mr Robert Swinnerton, of Victoria-street, Douglas. Mr Godfrey Swinnerton was master of the line steamer Lennox and she has just reached Nagasaki. Cholera broke out on board the vessel, however, and when the steamer reached that place, the captain was dead and the mate was in charge. Intelligence has been received by his father and family, by wire. The deceased was 38 years of age and, as he was a general favourite, his family are much distressed. Godfrey Swinnerton has visited almost every part of the globe. He went to sea at the age of 21, and for some years before that, he was in the employ of the London and North-Western Railway Company, when Mr Ephraim Wood, brother of Mr G- H. Wood, of the Isle of Man Railway Company, took great interest in him. Shortly after serving his lime he took his first mate's certificate, and soon after gained a master's and extra master's certificates. His first command was a sailing ship, and after wards be was an officer on one of the Clan Line of steamers. As we have said, he died on board the steamer Lennox, of which he was the commander.
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Manx Sun, Saturday, August 22, 1891; Page: 12
THE L ATE CAPT. G. L. SWINNERTON.—We regret to have to record the death of Captain Godfrey L. Swinnerton, commander of the large steamship Lennox, owned by Warrack and Co., Leith, which occurred whilst the ship was on a voyage from the United States to Japan. The deceased, who was the fifth son of Mr Charles Swinnerton, and brother to Mr R. Swinnerton, jeweller, Victoria-street. Douglas, had made rapid progress in his profession, being only 38 years of age, when he was attacked by cholera, to which disease he succumbed. The sad news, first received in Douglas on Monday by wire, was Confirmed by the receipt on Wednesday of a Ietter from the owners, addressed to Mr K. P Blakeley of Manchester deceased's brother-in-law, as follows :—" Leith. August 17th. 1891. Dear Sir. On receipt of telegram from Nagasaki this forenoon it was our painful duty to telegraph a copy of it to you. We regret deeply the distressing news it brings of the sudden death of one who always attended most faithfully to the duties confided to him. With sincere sympathy we remain, dear sir. yours faithfully, JOHN WARRACK & Co." The telegram is—" Regret to report telegram just received from Majaski, reading "Lennox arrived. Master dead, mate in charge. Cholera ; other five cases."
According to a record from the British Consulate in Nagasaki, signed on 25th August 1891, by the Pro Consul, Ralph G E Forster:
Godfrey Lloyd Swinnerton, Master Mariner, aged 35, Master of the S.S. Lennox, died at sea on 15th August 1891.
According to the family headstone and another source the cause of his death was cholera. The lsame source gives the ocation of the vessel as 32° 37’N, 129° 30’E, which appears to be the bay a few mile off Nagasaki. Swinnerton had commanded the ship since 1889; his first voyage being Liverpool to Japan.
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Isle of Man Times, Saturday, August 22, 1891; Page: 5
Death of Captain Swinnerton.
It is with much regret, that we have to chronicle the death of Mr Godfrey Swinnerton, son of Mr Charles Swinnerton, and brother of Mr Robert Swinnerton, of Victoria-street, Douglas. Mr Godfrey Swinnerton was master of the line steamer Lennox and she has just reached Nagasaki. Cholera broke out on board the vessel, however, and when the steamer reached that place, the captain was dead and the mate was in charge. Intelligence has been received by his father and family, by wire. The deceased was 38 years of age and, as he was a general favourite, his family are much distressed. Godfrey Swinnerton has visited almost every part of the globe. He went to sea at the age of 21, and for some years before that, he was in the employ of the London and North-Western Railway Company, when Mr Ephraim Wood, brother of Mr G- H. Wood, of the Isle of Man Railway Company, took great interest in him. Shortly after serving his lime he took his first mate's certificate, and soon after gained a master's and extra master's certificates. His first command was a sailing ship, and after wards be was an officer on one of the Clan Line of steamers. As we have said, he died on board the steamer Lennox, of which he was the commander.
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Manx Sun, Saturday, August 22, 1891; Page: 12
THE L ATE CAPT. G. L. SWINNERTON.—We regret to have to record the death of Captain Godfrey L. Swinnerton, commander of the large steamship Lennox, owned by Warrack and Co., Leith, which occurred whilst the ship was on a voyage from the United States to Japan. The deceased, who was the fifth son of Mr Charles Swinnerton, and brother to Mr R. Swinnerton, jeweller, Victoria-street. Douglas, had made rapid progress in his profession, being only 38 years of age, when he was attacked by cholera, to which disease he succumbed. The sad news, first received in Douglas on Monday by wire, was Confirmed by the receipt on Wednesday of a Ietter from the owners, addressed to Mr K. P Blakeley of Manchester deceased's brother-in-law, as follows :—" Leith. August 17th. 1891. Dear Sir. On receipt of telegram from Nagasaki this forenoon it was our painful duty to telegraph a copy of it to you. We regret deeply the distressing news it brings of the sudden death of one who always attended most faithfully to the duties confided to him. With sincere sympathy we remain, dear sir. yours faithfully, JOHN WARRACK & Co." The telegram is—" Regret to report telegram just received from Majaski, reading "Lennox arrived. Master dead, mate in charge. Cholera ; other five cases."
Godfrey Lloyd Swinnerton, Master Mariner, aged 35, Master of the S.S. Lennox, died at sea on 15th August 1891.
According to the family headstone and another source the cause of his death was cholera. The lsame source gives the ocation of the vessel as 32° 37’N, 129° 30’E, which appears to be the bay a few mile off Nagasaki. Swinnerton had commanded the ship since 1889; his first voyage being Liverpool to Japan.
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Isle of Man Times, Saturday, August 22, 1891; Page: 5
Death of Captain Swinnerton.
It is with much regret, that we have to chronicle the death of Mr Godfrey Swinnerton, son of Mr Charles Swinnerton, and brother of Mr Robert Swinnerton, of Victoria-street, Douglas. Mr Godfrey Swinnerton was master of the line steamer Lennox and she has just reached Nagasaki. Cholera broke out on board the vessel, however, and when the steamer reached that place, the captain was dead and the mate was in charge. Intelligence has been received by his father and family, by wire. The deceased was 38 years of age and, as he was a general favourite, his family are much distressed. Godfrey Swinnerton has visited almost every part of the globe. He went to sea at the age of 21, and for some years before that, he was in the employ of the London and North-Western Railway Company, when Mr Ephraim Wood, brother of Mr G- H. Wood, of the Isle of Man Railway Company, took great interest in him. Shortly after serving his lime he took his first mate's certificate, and soon after gained a master's and extra master's certificates. His first command was a sailing ship, and after wards be was an officer on one of the Clan Line of steamers. As we have said, he died on board the steamer Lennox, of which he was the commander.
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Manx Sun, Saturday, August 22, 1891; Page: 12
THE L ATE CAPT. G. L. SWINNERTON.—We regret to have to record the death of Captain Godfrey L. Swinnerton, commander of the large steamship Lennox, owned by Warrack and Co., Leith, which occurred whilst the ship was on a voyage from the United States to Japan. The deceased, who was the fifth son of Mr Charles Swinnerton, and brother to Mr R. Swinnerton, jeweller, Victoria-street. Douglas, had made rapid progress in his profession, being only 38 years of age, when he was attacked by cholera, to which disease he succumbed. The sad news, first received in Douglas on Monday by wire, was Confirmed by the receipt on Wednesday of a Ietter from the owners, addressed to Mr K. P Blakeley of Manchester deceased's brother-in-law, as follows :—" Leith. August 17th. 1891. Dear Sir. On receipt of telegram from Nagasaki this forenoon it was our painful duty to telegraph a copy of it to you. We regret deeply the distressing news it brings of the sudden death of one who always attended most faithfully to the duties confided to him. With sincere sympathy we remain, dear sir. yours faithfully, JOHN WARRACK & Co." The telegram is—" Regret to report telegram just received from Majaski, reading "Lennox arrived. Master dead, mate in charge. Cholera ; other five cases."
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