Mary Isabella
February 6, 2008
The incidents related here are taken from the book “The Ramsey Lifeboats 1829-1991” by W.N.Seybold of the Isle of Man.
We turn the pages of history back to the last century for the first story which concerns the last Ramsey Lifeboat service of 1899. Read more
Davara
February 6, 2008
Within days of the declaration of war four Fleetwood trawlers had been sunk by German submarines.
In six days in September 1939, the Davara, Rudyard Kipling, Arlita and Lord Minto were lost.
All four crews – 51 men – were saved. And so Fleetwood was plunged into war – her fishing fleet sailing into unknown perils.
Lois
February 6, 2008
Winter gales around the coasts have claimed many lives of local fishermen. A loss often described as “the price of fish”.
Today’s fishermen have to battle against Government policy, quotas and de-commissioning. Read more
Pasages
February 6, 2008
It was over 60 years ago that the crew of the Fleetwood trawler Pasages was rescued – thanks to the bravery of the ship’s cook! Read more
Dean Swift
February 6, 2008
It was a robust little iron trawler which, had she survived, would have been celebrating her centenary.
But the Dean Swift (built in 1898) did become the port’s oldest steam trawler before she was scrapped in 1959. Read more
Eileen Wayman
February 6, 2008
In September 1943 the Fleetwood trawler Eileen Wayman safely reached port after steaming 321 miles home with a makeshift rudder. Read more
San Sebastian
February 6, 2008
It was a case of every man for himself when a Fleetwood trawler hit rocks and the crew were thrown overboard.
Four men died and the rest of the shipmates spent hours clinging to rocks before being rescued. The Skipper – who had been seen in hanging in the rigging – was stranded on rocks for 10 hours! Read more
Red Falcon
February 6, 2008
Mid-December 1959.
The week before Christmas and the whole of Fleetwood waited.
A trawler was overdue… and a silence descended on the port. Read more
Ramsey Bay
February 6, 2008
In this article we are back in the Isle of Man to recall the
It was on the morning of March the 8th, 1956, that the townsfolk of Ramsey first realised something was dreadfully amiss. Read more
Off Shore Danger
February 6, 2008
