Orders, Decorations and Medals

Board of Trade Medal for Gallantry in Saving Life at Sea, V.R., large, silver (Robert Hogan, Wreck of the “Lilian” on the 16th December 1901) edge bruising, good very fine £400-500

Able Seaman Robert Hogan of the Planet Neptune, was awarded the Board of Trade Gallantry Medal in Silver for his part in rescuing the crew of the brigantine Lilian of Liverpool, which was abandoned in the mid-Atlantic. Seven silver Board of Trade Medals were awarded. A cash award of £2 each was given by the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society.