Memorial to a lost Scottish fishing fleet
In Scotland's worst ever fishing disaster 189 men were lost in a single storm in October 1881, when skippers from Eyemouth, St Abbs, Cove and Burnmouth in south-east Scotland set out to sea as usual despite severe storm warnings.
By midday they were in the teeth of a severe storm for which their wooden boats were no match. They fled for the shelter of the port but many never made it. Their vessels either overturned or were dashed on the rocks at the entrance to harbours or elsewhere along that small stretch of coast. Women and children looked on helplessly as their husbands, brothers and fathers were thrown into the sea and drowned before their eyes.
In 2016 on the 135th anniversary of the disaster the widows and children were remembered with a series of similarly-styled memorials overlooking the harbours and seafronts at the towns and villages involved. Entitled Widows And Bairns, they were created by artist Jill Watson and depict each mother and child who was directly affected. Pictured is the memorial that overlooks the harbour at the tiny hamlet of Cove. Here, eleven out of the 21 working fishermen lost their lives that awful day.
Source: www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/art/memorial-to-189-ey...
Memorial to a lost Scottish fishing fleet
In Scotland's worst ever fishing disaster 189 men were lost in a single storm in October 1881, when skippers from Eyemouth, St Abbs, Cove and Burnmouth in south-east Scotland set out to sea as usual despite severe storm warnings.
By midday they were in the teeth of a severe storm for which their wooden boats were no match. They fled for the shelter of the port but many never made it. Their vessels either overturned or were dashed on the rocks at the entrance to harbours or elsewhere along that small stretch of coast. Women and children looked on helplessly as their husbands, brothers and fathers were thrown into the sea and drowned before their eyes.
In 2016 on the 135th anniversary of the disaster the widows and children were remembered with a series of similarly-styled memorials overlooking the harbours and seafronts at the towns and villages involved. Entitled Widows And Bairns, they were created by artist Jill Watson and depict each mother and child who was directly affected. Pictured is the memorial that overlooks the harbour at the tiny hamlet of Cove. Here, eleven out of the 21 working fishermen lost their lives that awful day.
Source: www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/culture/art/memorial-to-189-ey...