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      News 20 / 04 / 2022

      20 April 2022

      Among this year's winners was third officer Max Bingle, who was recognised for saving people's lives at sea.

      At 24 years old he is the youngest ever recipient.

      Mr Bingle saved three men on a sinking boat. He responded to their distress call in pitch black, rough waters, despite his own boat becoming endangered during the rescue mission.

      He said: 'This recognition is completely out of the blue. Everybody on board acted in the highest maritime tradition by going to the aid of fellow sailors in peril on the sea. Saving lives is what we are trained to do as seafarers, and I'm grateful.'

      MFB Solicitors partner and master mariner Helen Peter-Davies was recognised for services to women in maritime.

      'In a year where the maritime industry has been vital to this country, the education of the next generation of seafarers could not be more important.' Mr Atkinson first arrived at Fleetwood Nautical Campus as a student in 1989, studying an evening class, before moving onto a cadetship

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