Walmer, Kent.—On the fourth of January, 1948, the motor life-boat Charles Dibdin—Civil Service No. 2, rescued 30 lives from the Italian steamer Silvia Onorato. The coxswain was awarded the silver medal for gallantry, the motor mechanic the bronze medal, and each member of the crew the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum.

Rewards, £191 4s. Gd. (See page 127)..