Small skipper Small skipper The small skipper ("Thymelicus sylvestris") is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It has a rusty orange colour to the wings, upper body and the tips of the antennae. The body is silvery white below and it has a wingspan of 25–30 mm. This butterfly is very similar in appearance to the Essex skipper ("Thymelicus lineola"). In the small skipper, the undersides of the tips of the antennae are yellow orange, whereas they are black in the Essex skipper. The black area on the lower edge of the upper wings also differs. Like the other orange grass skippers
SS Lulworth Hill War Medal for Bravery at Sea. In 1985 a radio interview was broadcast in which Cooke described their ordeal and survival. On 23 May 1943 "Leonardo da Vinci" was in the North Atlantic returning from patrol west of Vigo, Spain when the Royal Navy destroyer depth charged and sank her. There were no survivors. James Hull, the prisoner from "Lulworth Hill", had previously been transferred to the Italian submarine "Finzi". In 1947 Dorset Steamships bought the Empire ship SS "Empire Mandarin" and renamed her "Lulworth Hill". In 1949 she was renamed "Castle Hill". In 1950 she was transferred to a