Grave of Samuel Plimsoll MP, St Martin's churchyard, Cheriton
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Grave of Samuel Plimsoll MP, St Martin's churchyard, Cheriton
Image: © Christopher Hilton Taken: 5 Apr 2017
Samuel Plimsoll (1824-1898), Liberal MP for Derby, was a social reformer most noted for his work on safety at sea, which saw him dubbed "the sailor's friend". Responding to the practice of shipowners sending unsafe and overloaded "coffin ships" to sea without regard for the safety of their crews, he worked to introduce a mandatory indicator on a ship's hull of what its maximum safe load would be: the so-called "Plimsoll Line" which is still seen on all ocean-going vessels and which can be seen here on his grave. He died at Folkestone and is buried here with his second wife, Hannah (née Frankish).
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