The Committee have decided to recognise, by the award of the Society’s Silver Medal, the exceptional bravery displayed by Junior Ordinary Seaman Victor Derek Brockman, of the tug Lady Brassey, although aged only sixteen years, when the Empire Lough, carrying a cargo of cased petrol, was set on fire on the 24th July 1944, by […]
Read More To Captain Glenn Wostenholme of the Maersk Kendal. Shortly after midnight on 7th August 2007 the MV Pailin Maritime, a 30 year old, 3,000 ton vessel, fully laden with a cargo of logs and a crew of 24 en route from the Solomon Islands to Vietnam sent out a distress call. Her hull had cracked; […]
Read More Society Silver Medal awarded to Frederick Adams of the smack ‘Primrose’ for the rescue of crew of the Danish steamer Copenhagen on 6 December 1885. In the case of the smack Primrose, for saving, in the smack’s boat, on December 6, during a westerly gale, with heavy sea, near Horn Reef, in the North Sea, 14 […]
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SS Allie (1899 – 1917) The merchant British steamer SS Allie was built in 1899 by Harkess W. & Sons Ltd., Middlesbrough.
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SS Wragby (1901 – 1917) SS Wragby was built in 1901 by Ropner & Son, Stockton and owned by Sir R. Ropner & Co. Ltd., West Hartlepool at the time of her loss.
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SS Carlyle (1901-1917) SS Carlyle was a British steamer weighting 466 tonnes. She was built by Selby Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd., Selby in 1901 and owned at the time of her loss by Straits Steamship Co. Ltd., Liverpool.
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