Durward Knowles
Sir Durward Randolph Knowles (2 November 1917 – 24 February 2018) was a sailor and Olympic champion from The Bahamas.[3] He had previously competed for the United Kingdom in the 1948 Olympics, finishing in 4th place in the Star class together with Sloane Elmo Farrington.[4] Representing the Bahamas, Knowles also won gold in the 1959 Pan American Games star class (with Farrington).[5] In 2014, the second Legend-class patrol boat of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force was commissioned as HMBS Durward Knowles.[8][9] Knowles was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1965 New Year Honours for public services in the Bahamas.