An interesting tale. I had no idea I had never heard about this tragedy. I understand it though because I was brought up in a fishing town where many a school pal lost his or her relatives at sea. The fishermen i spoke to said most of them never learnt to swim because they had a belief that if you could swim it was a much more drawn out painful death than if you just gave in.

Thank you for reminding us of the perils of the sea for fishermen. Milly x

This was a fascinating history lesson. How awful for all the losses this town endured. It reminds me of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It was an ore ship that got caught in a fall storm on the Great Lakes in Michigan. Well done on this-