Saltwick Bay Wreck
The boat is the Admiral Van Tromp – a trawler from Scarborough. The mystery is how it ended so off course near Whitby.
The vessel actually sank on 30th September 1976. Its Captain Frankie Taal and his crew had set off from Scarborough in the early hours of the morning, their destination the Barnacle Bank fishing grounds 45 North East of the town. Once the Captain set the ships course, he left a senior crewman John Addyson in charge with a cup of coffee and went to bed.
The Captain awoke to find the ship banging into rocks, the location near Black Nab, which is infamous locally for having one of the worst reefs on the Yorkshire coast. The rocks at Black Nab were 90 degrees off the course and the boats course had been set to head out to sea (not North up the coast).
Taal confronted Addyson apparently saying “what the hell are you doing?”, but Taal later said “Addyson seemed to be in shock, staring back vacantly and unable to speak”.
Saltwick Bay Wreck
The boat is the Admiral Van Tromp – a trawler from Scarborough. The mystery is how it ended so off course near Whitby.
The vessel actually sank on 30th September 1976. Its Captain Frankie Taal and his crew had set off from Scarborough in the early hours of the morning, their destination the Barnacle Bank fishing grounds 45 North East of the town. Once the Captain set the ships course, he left a senior crewman John Addyson in charge with a cup of coffee and went to bed.
The Captain awoke to find the ship banging into rocks, the location near Black Nab, which is infamous locally for having one of the worst reefs on the Yorkshire coast. The rocks at Black Nab were 90 degrees off the course and the boats course had been set to head out to sea (not North up the coast).
Taal confronted Addyson apparently saying “what the hell are you doing?”, but Taal later said “Addyson seemed to be in shock, staring back vacantly and unable to speak”.