B.E.M. London Gazette 31.8.1943 'The ship, sailing in convoy, was torpedoed and sustained heavy damage which caused serious flooding. Owing to damage to the machinery, only ahead movements of the ship were possible, but she was got under way again at reduced speed and pumps were put into action to reduce the flooding. Later the weather became bad, flooding increased and it became necessary to abandon the ship. Fireman Andrews acted with great gallantry throughout. He was the first to volunteer to go below and raise steam after the ship was torpedoed. He remained in the Engine Room maintaining steam, encouraging the other Firemen and helping with the pumps. His courage and qualities of leadership set a high example'.

Fireman Edward Andrews, B.E.M., was serving in the S.S. Tucurinca at the time of the above incident on 10.3.1943, his gallant conduct also resulting in the award of Lloyd's Medal for Bravery at Sea. He had already survived several other wartime incidents, including the mining of the S.S. Chagris in Liverpool Bay in 1939, bomb damage to H.M.T. Oronsay in the Middle East in 1940 and the collision of the S.S. Historian in a Halifax-bound convoy in 1942 (Liverpool Echo, 21.12.1966 refers).