Provident BM 291

Model of Brixham Fishing Smack, Provident BM 291, whose crew rescued 71 sailors from HMS Formidable which was sunk by a German U-boat in the English Channel on 1st January, 1915. My Grandfather Daniel Taylor (ne Ferguson), born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, was the 16 year old apprentice aboard Provident...

There is a commemorative English Heritage Blue Plaque on the Seaman's Mission Building in Brixham, unveiled on 2nd January, 2010.