Carline skipper Carline skipper The carline skipper ("Pyrgus carlinae") is a butterfly and a species of the skipper (family Hesperiidae). It is only found in southwestern areas of the Alps and can be an abundant species within this restricted range. As with most "Pyrgus" species, the carline skipper can be difficult to identify in the field. The dark brown upper forewings are marked with relatively small white markings but can usually be separated from the olive skipper ("Pyrgus serratulae") by a c-shaped white mark close to the costa and the reddish-brown, not olive green, colour of the under hindwings, with a large
SS Lulworth Hill "Leonardo da Vinci" captured and took on board one survivor of the sinking, James Leslie Hull. After 29 days the UK authorities assumed that the "Lulworth Hill" had been lost with all hands and duly informed their families. On 7 May the Royal Navy R-class destroyer picked up one of the "Lulworth Hill"'s liferafts. Of the 14 men that had survived the sinking, after 50 days adrift only two, Seaman Shipwright ("i.e." carpenter) Kenneth Cooke and Able Seaman Colin Armitage, remained alive. On 7 December 1943 both men were awarded the George Medal and on 7 November 1944 the Lloyd's