1670
The Elder Brethren Sacrifice Their Salary For Victims of Piracy
Trinity House Court Minute:
“Towards the redemption of captives now at Algiers every Elder Brother is to allow a turn, and if the next turn does not amount to £3 it is to be made up to £3, and every Younger Brother to allow 6/8, and their next turn is to be stopped for it.”
‘Turns’ were the payment to Elder and Younger Brethren before salaries were introduced in 1822.
1915
Trinity House During the Second World War
The Corporation’s steam vessel THV lrene was sunk near the Tongue, with the loss of twenty-one lives, including the Master, after contact with a mine when on special service.
| PHILLIPS, Hugh Leopold | Master, THV Irene |
| THOMAS, Harold Frederic | 2nd Mate, THV Irene |
| DEWAR, Henry Ritchie | 1st Engineer, THV Irene |
| ALDERSON, Joseph | Coxswain, THV Irene |
| BARBER, Walter Henry | Seaman, THV Irene |
| BARNES, Edward Stephen | Seaman, THV Irene |
| BATT, Walter Edwin | Trimmer, THV Irene |
| BAYLEY, Robert William | Cook, THV Irene |
| BLAKEMORE, Alfred | Fireman, THV Irene |
| CLARKE, George | Fireman, THV Irene |
| COOK, William George | Fireman, THV Irene |
| EADES, George Augustus | Fireman, THV Irene |
| GIBBS, William Edward | Fireman, THV Irene |
| GODFREY, Thomas William | Seaman, THV Irene |
| HAZELL, Frederick William | Trimmer, THV Irene |
| HILL, David | Trimmer, THV Irene |
| KERR, Thomas | Seaman, THV Irene |
| MERRALLS, William Thomas | Fireman, THV Irene |
| MURRELL, Walter | Steward, THV Irene |
| POWELL, Percival Arthur | Seaman, THV Irene |
| TRICKER, William James | Steward, THV Irene |
| WALKER, William James Kinsey | Seaman, THV Irene |
THV Irene 1907
