The EDWARD & MAISIE LEWIS award presented to the four crew of the ‘Rescue Bond 1’ of Bond Offshore Helicopters for the rescue of eleven crew members of the safety vessel Vos Sailor on 15th December 2012. At 0455 on Saturday 15th December 2012 ‘Rescue Bond 1’ – RB 1 – a Super Puma, operated […]
Read More Gold Medal awarded to Cdr Edward Franklin RN for his gallant efforts to get help for 300 French and English sailors wrecked in a terrific gale off the Crimea on 14th November 1854. A letter was read from Vice-Admiral Sir J Deans Dundas, KCB., late Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, and from Captain Carter, RN., of […]
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A museum which was gifted a watch, worn by a cook on the first British ship to be sunk by Germany in World War Two, is hoping to trace the seaman’s family. Sidney Worrall was badly injured in the attack on the Athenia in 1939, which killed 117 people, and passed his watch to a […]
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Studio Lambert, the BAFTA-winning TV production company behind Gogglebox, Doctor in the House and The Big Life Fix With Simon Reeve are currently producing the second series of the hit BBC Two show “The Big Life Fix”. This exciting and innovative science series sees a team of skilled scientists, engineers and designers create bespoke technology for […]
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SS Brentwood (1904 – 1917) SS Brentwood was built in 1904 by Austin S.P. & Son, Sunderland and owned by Cory Colliers Ltd.
Read More Silver Medal and Aneroid Barometer to Captain G Summers of the Steamship Strathugie of Aberdeen for the skilful and courageous rescue of 5 men from the Dutch motor schooner Marta in heavy seas off Fair Isle 9th October 1929. Silver Medals and pecuniary awards were also made to the crew, Brown, Carnegie, Lochiel, Pearce, Porter, […]
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