Talk:Poon Lim

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BetacommandBot (talk) 17:05, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Poon-Lim.jpg
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BetacommandBot (talk) 20:25, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Contradiction
There appears to be a contradiction here as I find this sentence early on in the article: "All of the rest of the crew of 46 died in this incident."

...followed by this one later: "He later found out that only 11 others of the ship's crew of 55 had been rescued."

Which one of these is correct? (128.226.70.28 (talk) 13:04, 8 October 2008 (UTC))

good question - there is an external link to trivia library on this page - there it claims also that there were 55 members, but also claims that only 5 escaped. What's the real story? http://www.trivia-library.com/b/history-of-chinese-life-raft-survivor-poon-lim-part-1.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by Superwesman (talk • contribs) 19:58, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

An account in _The People's Almanac 2_, which I would not consider an entirely reliable source but appears to have been quoted (without attribution) in this article anyway (the shark-catching paragraph is almost word-for-word) indicates that a lifeboat with five sailors aboard also escaped the sinking, and that they were the only other survivors. I don't know what their sources were. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.235.195.164 (talk) 16:14, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Contradiction
There appears to be a contradiction on the size of the raft. The introduction states: "He soon found an eight-foot (240 cm) wooden raft with supplies"

Followed in the first section by: "After approximately two hours in the water, Lim found and climbed aboard an eight-square-foot (0.74 m2) wooden raft."

The photograph seems to suggest the first one is correct (eight foot on each side). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:985:C124:1:70C4:941D:3395:EDE7 (talk) 09:22, 2 January 2022 (UTC)

Dubious
This sentence appears to be false: "As of 2017, however, no one has broken Poon Lim's record on a life raft. The closest anybody has gotten to breaking the record was Jacob Straley, who was stranded at sea for 120 days." The citation says this, " Aliff, Griffin (December 5, 2016). "Man Nears Record For Longest Time on Raft at Sea". New York Times. Retrieved 5 December 2016." However, the link attached leads to an op-ed piece in the New York Times about an Italian vote. I searched for information about Jacob Straley, the article in question, and I didn't find anything. The only Giffin Aliff I found appears to be a child. However, I also can't find anything specifically contradicting the Jacob Straley information.

Here is the link to verify: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/opinion/dont-worry-about-the-italy-vote.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-right-region&region=opinion-c-col-right-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-right-region&_r=0

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.210.219.84 (talk) 15:39, 24 March 2017 (UTC) (time of last write)
 * I have removed "The closest anybody has gotten to breaking the record was Jacob Straley, who was stranded at sea for 120 days." & the reference as probable vandalism. Peaceray (talk) 17:11, 24 March 2017 (UTC)

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Submarine encounter
Ruthanne Lum McCunn, the author of "Sole Survivor", a novel about Lim's experience, conducted interviews with him and states in the end of the book that the submarine was initally believed to have been Italian after the US military asked Lim about the flag colours. She then corresponded with Carl Emmermann, the commander of U-172 which sank the Benlomond. He confirmed that its insignia was a white Neptune on a green sea, so this is what Lim saw.

The only encounter Lim had with U-172 was most likely after the sinking when the crew refused to pick him up. 139.11.203.95 (talk) 20:40, 22 April 2024 (UTC)