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This is a list of people buried at sea. Jessie Buckland (1878–1939), New Zealand photographer, buried in the south Pacific Ocean after dying during voyage from England to New Zealand [1] Horace Edgar Buckridge (1877–1903), English–born Australian soldier and explorer, buried at sea after dying during attempted voyage from New Zealand to ...
This category contains articles about persons who were buried at sea rather than in a cemetery or other permanent (i.e., knowable) final resting place. This also includes those who have been cremated and their ashes were buried at sea. Persons who died in shipwrecks and whose bodies were never recovered for burial might also be included.
The Sea Bird, which also went by other names, was a merchant brig that, after a Honduras voyage and then grounding in Rhode Island at Easton's Beach in either 1750 or 1760, had lost its longboat. No people were found living on it; all that was found was a cat and a dog. The crew aboard was never seen again.
The 45-year-old musician was piloting his sailboat, the Sea Major, en route to Los Angeles with his friend, BIll Eliis, and girlfriend, Yvonne Mayotte, when a 25-foot wave struck them, immediately ...
1. Gen. George Custer. West Point, New York The Civil War general most famous for his "last stand" at the Battle of Little Big Horn can be found in the West Point Cemetery alongside many other ...
From Charles Bronson to Maria von Trapp, here are 25 famous people buried in Vermont. Gannett. Brent Hallenbeck, Burlington Free Press. September 11, 2024 at 2:09 AM.
Burial at sea for two casualties of a Japanese submarine attack on the US aircraft carrier USS Liscome Bay, November 1943. Burial at sea is the disposal of human remains in the ocean, normally from a ship, boat or aircraft. It is regularly performed by navies, and is done by private citizens in many countries.
This summer the Burlington Free Press highlighted the gravesites of 25 famous people buried in Vermont. Readers might have noticed glaring omissions of notables associated with Vermont who didn ...