Boats 1 and 4
Table of Occupants
| Name | Position | Fate |
|---|---|---|
| Sidney E.D. Britt | Chief Officer | Died at sea |
| George E. Napier | Passenger - Chief Steward, (B.I.Co) | Died at sea |
| Jack C. Edmead | 3rd Steward/Writer | Rescued by ss RHAKOTIS |
| David D. Noble | Fifth Engineer | Died at sea |
| Robert Ironside | Quartermaster | Died at sea |
| Angus W.D. MacDonald | Quartermaster | Rescued by ss RHAKOTIS |
| Albert R.C. Dobson | Quartermaster | Died at sea |
| Frank Stobbart | Engine Room Storeman | Died at sea |
| Budroodin Baba | Fireman Serang | Died at sea |
| Sydney H. Barnes | Second Steward | Died at sea |
| John Nuttall | Butcher | Died at sea |
| John Tagg | Passenger, | Died at sea |
| Ada Taggart | Stewardess | Died at sea |
| Annie Couch | Stewardess | Died at sea |
| Capt. Thomas McCall | Passenger - Master Mariner | Died at sea |
| Marshall Crichton | Passenger | Died at sea |
| Harry Lane | Passenger | Died at sea |
| James (Joe) Green | Passenger | Died at sea |
| Diana Jarman | Passenger | Rescued, but died aboard ss RHAKOTIS |
| Robert Little | Passenger | Died at sea |
| John (Jack) Oakley | Passenger | Died at sea |
| Dr. Ronald Tasker | Passenger | Died at sea |
| Basil Watkins-Ball | Passenger | Died at sea |
| Robert Watts | Passenger | Died at sea |
| Also in this boat, 30 Lascars - All died at sea. See In Memoriam page for names of Lascar seafarers who died | ||
| Name | Award |
|---|---|
| Chief Officer Sidney Britt | Commendation (Posthumous) |
| Third Steward Jack Edmead | BEM(Civ) |
| Quartermaster Angus MacDonald | BEM(Civ) |
On 12th December, 1942 after 36 days at sea in an open boat survivors were rescued by the German blockade runner RHAKOTIS. QM Angus MacDonald, Third Steward Jack Edmead and passenger Diana Jarman. Diana Jarman died aboard RHAKOTIS on 17th December 1942.
Table of Occupants
| Name | Position | Fate |
|---|---|---|
| James Alister Whyte | Third Officer | Rescued by Brazillian minesweeper CARAVELLAS |
| Tom A.V. Humphries | Second Radio Officer | Died at sea |
| William T. Pirrie | Fourth Engineer | Died at sea |
| William McGregor | Third Engineer | Died at sea |
| Margaret Gordon | Passenger | Rescued by Brazillian minesweeper CARAVELLAS |
| Fred Powell | Passenger - Third Engineer, (B.I.Co) | Died at sea |
| William C. Soloman | Passenger | Died at sea |
| Also in this boat, 10 Lascars - All died at sea. See In Memoriam page for names of Lascar seafarers who died. | ||
| Name | Award |
|---|---|
| Third Officer James Whyte | MBE(Civ) |
| Passenger Margaret Gordon | BEM(Civ) |
On 27th December 1942, after 52 days at sea in an open boat. survivors were rescued by the Brazilian corvette CARAVELLAS. Third Officer Whyte and Margaret Gordon the only two left alive.
Third Officer Whyte never made it back to the UK. He was travelling home as a DBS aboard ss CITY OF PRETORIA when it was torpedoed on 4th March 1943, all hands were lost.
Margaret Gordon was the only survivor of No.4 boat to make it home.