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Post by Administrator on Nov 12, 2020 8:51:45 GMT
Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service recipients. LINK |
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Post by Administrator on Nov 13, 2020 14:35:27 GMT
A massive congratulations to all who were awarded the Merchant Navy Medal this week. A huge honour & we especially congratulate the 4 members of Honourable Company of Master Mariners who received this meritorious medal in recognition of their service.  Honourable Company of Master Mariners |
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Post by Administrator on Nov 13, 2020 14:38:21 GMT
'just doing his job'Youngest ever recipient of Merchant Navy Medal was 'just doing his job' A 24-year-old from Devon has become the youngest person to ever receive the Merchant Navy Medal, after a daring pitch-black rescue in the Caribbean. Mr Bingle was working on a world cruise, and was sailing near Curacao in the Caribbean when the ship received a distress call from the coastguard, saying there was a sunken vessel around 60 miles away from them with three men in danger. "I was on the bridge with a senior officer when the call came through," he told Sky News. "It was a team effort, and we had to navigate to the vessel's last known position. There was a tanker standing by, but it was unable to recover the life raft. "There was a coastguard plane overhead directing us, and at around a mile away, we went down into the rescue boat... and dropped in to the water. We then sailed around three-quarters of a mile to the life raft to recover the men. "It was pitch-black and a force-eight gale." Mr Bingle said he managed to get the men in to his rescue boat, and get them on-board the Sea Princess and into the medical centre. "As sea farers we get the best training and every two weeks we have a drill and it gets repetitive, but when it happens - you're grateful," he added. LINK
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