HMS Captain 1870         

 
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Introduction
Story The Main Characters Captain Cowper Phipps Coles 
Edward James Reed
Captain Hugh Talbot Burgoyne, V.C.
Admiral Sir Hugh Childers
The Building Includes notes on Lairds shipbuilders
The Specification
The Final Trial
The Survivors List of survivors
Hawkey's story of the survivors 
James May's story
Francis Merryman's story
John Gribble's story
John Walker's story
James Ellis obituary
Survivors' photocard
Were there more survivors? 
The Aftermath
The Blame
The Times reports News
Comment/letters
Widows and Orphans Relief Fund Relief fund; also listing of orphanages that took the lost seamen's children.
Descendants' Memories Peter Baldwin; TG Beenham; John Bremner; Tom Butcher; TG Beenham; Charles William Dyer; J Ellis; George Fisher; John Gribble; George Habens; John Hermitage; William Glanville; Tom Ivey; Thomas Kernan; RJ Magawley; William Piper May; Francis Merryman; GH Payne; Alfred Ripley; Anthony Spiller; Arthur Tregaskiss, Edmund Powell; John Walker; Walter Hedger
Memorabilia Letters from Seaman Robinson; memorial card; message from HMS Minotaur; photograph at Plymouth; old photos; Illustrated London News picture; models; construction accounts; salvaged memorabilia; letter from Walter Hedger; magic lantern slide; tapestry picture; binnacle bolt, photo/memorial card; programme from Relief Fund concert; painted ostrich egg, In Memoriam card; piece of survivor's boat
Memorials Anwick; Bedstone; Boscastle; Chevening; Chislehurst; Clayton; Hoxne; Ipswich; London; Kelso; Lymington; Meonstoke; Micheldever; Milbrook; Portsmouth; Orton Longueville; Ryde; Sandown; South Harting; Sutton, near Sandy; West Firle
Other publications Listing of various articles and books directly related to HMS Captain
Further research Listing of various places for reference or further research, with some notes added regarding charitable schools in the Greenwich area.