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Lloyds Medal for Saving Life at Sea 1896
Awarded to John Roberts, Able Seaman 'Baltic'. Obverse: Leucothoe handing her scarf to Ulysses, who is clinging to a floating spar. Legend: 'LEUCOTHOE NAUFRAGO SUCCURRIT'. Exergue: 'W. WYON RA. 1839'.Reverse: Within sprays of oak tied with ribbon. Inscription: 'OB CIVES SERVATOS'. Legend: 'PRESENTED BY LLOYD'S'. Inscription on edge: 'ABLE SEAMAN JOHN ROBERTS "NORTHERN LIGHT" 6TH DECEMBER 1929. In fitted case of issue.
Newfoundland schooner ‘Northern Light’ carrying general cargo from St Johns to Bonavista Bay, was sighted by White Star liner ‘Baltic’, drifting waterlogged in bad weather and requesting assistance. A volunteer crew of nine men including Roberts under 3rd Officer J. H. Walker put off from ‘Baltic’ and picked up a line from ‘Northern Light’. They took off five crew members, but the son of the skipper, Rex Parsons, who had been ill with pneumonia, let go the line and drowned.
Newfoundland schooner ‘Northern Light’ carrying general cargo from St Johns to Bonavista Bay, was sighted by White Star liner ‘Baltic’, drifting waterlogged in bad weather and requesting assistance. A volunteer crew of nine men including Roberts under 3rd Officer J. H. Walker put off from ‘Baltic’ and picked up a line from ‘Northern Light’. They took off five crew members, but the son of the skipper, Rex Parsons, who had been ill with pneumonia, let go the line and drowned.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1872 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Lifesaving award |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, Allan |
| Vessels: | Baltic (1903); Northern Light |
| Date made: | 1929 |
| People: | Roberts, John |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 74 mm |
| Parts: | Lloyds Medal for Saving Life at Sea 1896 |