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Maritime Journal -
The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society is calling on members of the maritime community and air/sea rescue organisations across the UK to nominate their colleagues for their heroic acts of bravery at sea.
Presented by the Society every year since 1851, its annual Skill and Gallantry Awards recognise the UK’s unsung sea rescue heroes as well as those who have given outstanding service to the charity, which supports ex-merchant seafarers, fishermen and their dependents in times of financial hardship.
Last year’s ceremony saw the crews and individuals from three dramatic sea rescues honoured alongside the charity’s longest serving volunteer, who has raised more than £100,000 for the charity.
Two rescue crews from Cornwall were honoured, including the crew of Rescue 193 from RNAS Culdrose, who saved the lives of four trawlermen whose fire damaged vessel lost power in stormy conditions off the Isles of Scilly on New Years Eve. One crew member, Petty Officer Aircrewman Dian Lacy, received an individual commendation for his bravery after being plunged into the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean during the rescue.
Other winners included Lifeboat Coxswain Gary Fairbairn of RNLI Dunbar for ‘outstanding seamanship and teamwork’ in rescuing a sailor and his wife whose stricken yacht was in danger of being wrecked in rough seas north east of Dunbar.
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