Remembering those lost at sea
Created: Feb 03, 2018 07:00 AM
Lost at sea service: Odwin Berkley and son Captain Odwin “Mickey” Berkley encircled by Marine and Ports personal outside the Chapel of Ease (Photograph supplied by Clarence Smith)
Bermuda’s seafarers gathered at the weekend to mark the annual Sea Sunday Service.
Fishermen, sailors, commercial operators and Department of Marine and Ports employees attended the memorial service at the Chapel of Ease in St David’s, which commemorates those who have lost their lives at sea.
The Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, Bishop of Bermuda, presided over the event and formally introduced the new minister, the Reverend Tom Slawson, to his first Sea Sunday Service.
Merle Battersbee and Annette Pitcher laid a wreath at the base of the Lost at Sea Memorial in St David’s after the event.
The memorial was created by Bermudian artist Bill Mussy Ming in 2005.
Mearl Battersbee and Annette Pitcher laid a wreath at the Lost at Sea Memorial in St David’s (Photograph supplied by Clarence Smith)
The Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, Bishop of Bermuda, and the Reverend Tom Slawson are flanked by the congregation that turned out for the Sea Sunday Service (Photograph supplied by Clarence Smith)
