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Poon Lim

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Death33 years ago
Date of birth March 8,1918
Zodiac sign Pisces
Born Hainan
China
Date of died January 4,1991
DiedBrooklyn
New York
United States
Job Sailor
Awards British Empire Medal
Known forSurvived for 133 days in a lifeboat at sea as a castaway
ShipSS Benlomond
Allegi United Kingdom
Branch Merchant Navy
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID630364
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Poon Lim Life story


Poon Lim BEM was a Chinese sailor who survived 133 days alone in the South Atlantic. Lim worked as second steward on SS Benlomond, a British merchant ship that was sunk by U-172, a German U-boat, on 23 November 1942. He soon found an eight-foot wooden raft with supplies.

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