Reposted by Jock ‘Anonymous Low Level Loser’ Bruce
Last repost: I used to have family on Hoy. The story there was the Longhope disaster of 1969.
Many coastal communities have stories like that, and every one deserves to be retold, and anyone who attacks the lifeboats has declared war on humanity.
www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/the-1969-lon...
scottishmaritimemuseum.org
The 1969 Longhope Lifeboat Disaster - Scottish Maritime Museum
By Amber-Louise Thornborrow Fifty-six years ago, on the evening of the 17th of March 1969, the volunteer crew of the TGB lifeboat assembled, venturing out into a south-easterly force…
