Orders, Decorations and Medals

Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, bronze (James Beattie, Wreck of the S.S. “Gannet” on the 14th February 1882) good very fine £250-300

The S.S. Gannet (of 1824 tons), of Leith, was wrecked in Seaford Bay, Sussex, due to high winds and a dense fog. James Beattie and M. G. Hazle, Commissioned Boatmen of H.M. Coast Guard, Blatchington, were each awarded the Board of Trade Gallantry Medal in Bronze for their efforts; in addition Beattie was awarded the Lloyd’s Medal for Saving Life at Sea in Bronze for this rescue.

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