Longhope lifeboat disaster
On the evening of 17th March 1969, the 'Longhope' lifeboat T.G.B ON962 left Hoy in Orkney to attend to an emergency call. The Liberian cargo ship 'Irene' had been caught in a storm and needed assistance.
Having failed to respond to several radio messages, a search was launched for T.G.B. and her volunteer crew. Tragically, she was found, upturned, at 1.40pm the following day by Thurso’s lifeboat, all eight crew had been lost.
The loss shook the RNLI but particularly the community of Brims, Longhope who, in one night, had lost a third of their population.
In Memory to the crew of the TGB. RIP
Негізгі бет Фильм және анимация In Memory of the Longhope Lifeboat Disaster
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