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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 199

Transport 1899-1902, 1 clasp, S. Africa 1899-1902 (G. Findlay), minor contact marks, good very fine

G. Findlay served as Chief Engineer aboard the Pomeranian during the Boer War. Constructed at Hull in 1882 and named the Grecian Monarch, the ship was acquired by the Allan Line Steam Ship Co. Ltd. In 1887 and renamed Pomeranian. Employed on the Glasgow-Montreal route, she nearly foundered in February 1883 in the North Atlantic when huge waves carried away the bridge, charthouse, and foredeck saloon, killing 12 people. During the Boer War she served as a mule transport, wooden stalls being erected from the foremast to funnel superstructure. The ship was lost on 15 April 1918 when torpedoed by UC-77 twelve miles off Portland Bill; struck in the crews quarters, the Pomeranian sank at such a rate that of a crew of fifty six, only the Second Engineer William Bell survived.

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Sold for
£800

Starting price
£320