Orders, Decorations and Medals

Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Marine Medal, 3rd type, silver (Captain Thomas Stephens, S.S. “Catalonia”for having rescued crew of the “La Vague”19 Oct. 1897) with silver buckle, in Oldfield, Liverpool case of issue, extremely fine £160-200

‘Silver Medal and Vote of Thanks to Captain Thomas Stephens, Cunard steamer “Catalonia”, for having, during a heavy gale, rescued the crew, 21 in number, of the French schooner “La Vague”, which was dismasted in the North Atlantic, on October 19th 1897. The lifeboat was in charge of the second officer, Mr Owen Thomas, the fourth officer, Mr Luke Ward, to whom Silver Medals and Votes of Thanks were also awarded. Each of the five seamen who manned the boat were granted £1.’ (Ref. Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society – 59th Annual Report, year ending 1st July 1898, p.28).

With copied society report extracts and copied photograph of R.M.S. Catalonia.