If this does not make you sea sick, now't will

[John Arton]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6AfSckWSZA
rgds
JA

[Ivan Cloherty]

First two should be shown in every 'Chippy' and Fish Restaurant with an appropriate notice 'If you think the price of fish is too high, then please look at this'

First one reminds me of my first trip on distant water trawler out to Iceland, aged 13, and no I wasn't sick, too frightened at first and after that too fascinated by it all and the majesty of the sea, bit uncomfortable as my bunk was a blanket on a steel deck under the messroom table, happy days!.

[happy daze john in oz]

If I recall there was a trawler lost back in the 70's. It iced up and was so top heavy it turned and sank.

[cappy]

If I recall there was a trawler lost back in the 70's. It iced up and was so top heavy it turned and sank.

may have been the gaul out of hull ...regards cappy

[Ivan Cloherty]

may have been the gaul out of hull ...regards cappy

The'Gual' was something different, she was lost in mysterious circumstances, there is a whole book on it and many official enquiries about alleged spying and Soviet involvement etc

More than one trawler has been lost due to being top heavy with ice. Three were lost in the same winter in the 60's, 66 trawler men lost on those three trawlers. People have said why don't they chop it away, well they try anyone who has sailed in those waters will know that it forms as fast as you can chop it away, there is a constant ice laden spray in the air and you are working in temps of -20/30C. Whilst nature is doing its utmost to sink you, you also have to trawl, heave in, gut, seperate, tray up and prepare for the next shoot all in those temps. Those temps alone fatique you, after 4 hours on deck and then climbing masts, radar masts , gallows etc etc hanging on with one hand and chopping ice with another is not the easiest task whilst your trawler is bucking like a bronco even with the nets down, knowing when you've finished, it will all be back within the hour, you've time for a mug of tea, a fish sandwich and then back on deck for another haul, so many men lost through sheer fatique, but people still complained about the price of fish

[cappy]

if i remember correctly the gaul took big seas through the after end ......prescott got involved.......nuff said ......cappy

[Captain Kong]

About 100 yards from my Fleetwood home is the Funnel and memorial of the ST GOTH.
She was between Greenland and Iceland when she disappeared in a storm.
No one knew where she was until an Icelandic trawler brought up the funnel, and returned it to Fleetwood. It is outside ASDA , .
THE PRICE OF FISH.......................

This is the funnel of the trawler Goth which disappeared in a fierce storm off the North Cape of Iceland in December, 1948. There were 21 men onboard who had hoped to return from the fishing grounds to spend Christmas with their families.
Deckhand Ernest Parker had been married for just two weeks. His best man, John Tandy left behind a wife and baby Man of the young crewmen had survived wartime service and so had the Goth. Built in 1925, the ship was a coal-fired steam trawler. After working from Hill, the Goth became a naval vessel and was later bought by Wyre Trawlers of Fleetwood. The funnel has been painted in the firm's colours. The ship was due to be re-named Wyre Gallant.

For nearly 50 years, the wreck of the Goth lay undisturbed on the seabed until Icelandic trawler Helga can fishing one day and tangled the funnel in the nets.

Skipper Vidar Benediktsson took the funnel to Reykjavik and it was trace back to the Goth by registration numbers marked on it and the outline of a house flag design from the ship's Hull days.

A chain of goodwill transported the maritime icon back to Fleetwood and relatives of the crewmen held an emotional Service of Remembrance at the Fisherman's Mission Chapel.

And an amazing coincidence was revealed. The last radio message from the stricken ship reported that the Goth was trying to seek shelter in Adalvik Bay. At the same time, in the village of Holmavik, Skpper Benediktsson was born -- during the storm which claimed the Goth and her men.

Relatives who had lost fathers, husbands and brothers in the disaster wanted the funnel to become part of a memorial -- not just for their loved ones but for all the Fleetwood fishermen who lost their lives in the very dangerous job of commercial fishing during peace and war. Fleetwood was once Britain's third biggest fishing port but the industry is much declined.,

The memorial plans fell victim to many problems and disappointments but the little group never lost faith that one day their hopes would bear fruit. The memorial was unveiled on 15 December, 2006, by Bill Edwards, chairman of the Fleetwood Goth Funnel Memorial Project and son of Bosun John Edwards.

Perhaps this battered chunk of cast iron is no thing of beauty. But it survives as a reminder of the Fleetwood fishing community and a way of life which is remembered for courage, comradeship, generosity and good humour. It stands as a tribute to Fleetwood fishermen who did not return from the deep and to their families left behind on the shore.

The Fleetwood Goth Funnel Memorial Project Group thanks all those who made the memorial possible including the many Fleetwood people who contributed to the funds. The generosity of Eric Wright, chairman of Eric Wright Group created the memorial with help from painting contractors R J Clarke and Fox Brothers Crane Hire. It was placed here by permission of Asda Stores following free storage by Associated British Ports. This area of Fleetwood was once a busy part of the dockland world and fishing community.

PLEASE RESPECT THIS MEMORIAL

The Men of the Goth
"Asleep where the endless waters roll"

Skpper: Wilfred Elliott, aged 36, of Warbeck Hill Road,
Blackpool, widower
Mate: A E Plummer of Preston, 47, married.
Bosun: John Edwards, Hathaway Road, Fleetwood,
35, married.
Chief Engineer: G H Knight, Garfield Street, Fleetwood, 52
married.
Second Engineer: Alfred Patterson, Dock Street, Fleetwood,
24, single.
Wireless Operator: Stanley Bowles of Newton-le-Willows,
19, single.
Firemen: Thomas Dagger, Springfield Terrace, Fleetwood, 25;
Harvey Ramsden of Layton, Blackpoool, 24;
J Beattie of Liverpool, 24. All single.
Cook: H P Blyth of Bolton, 51
Assistant Cook: Albert Silcock of Preston, 20, single
Deckhands (all from Fleetwood):
Ernest Parker, Distinguished Service Medal, Heathfield Road,
28, married
John Tandy, Victoria Street, 27, married.
Harry Buckley, Carr Road, 24, married
William Durbin, Shakespeare Road, 26 married
Norman Grisenthwaite, Heathfield Road, 24, single
Harry Smith, Heathfield Road, 23, single.
Richard Snasdell, Oak Street, 23, single
J Davies, Gordon road, 60, single.
Apprentice deckhand or Brassie: Robert Rhimes,
Broomfield Road, 16


The Funnel and other memorials to the Hundreds of lost Fleetwood Fishermen.
Brian

[Richard Quartermaine]

Re: # 1. I inadvertently clicked on 'Liked'. But on second thoughts those who ride the seas on those little ships in those waters are really fair dinkum sailors.
Richard

[Captain Kong]

One of the best Photos I ever took of heavy weather was with an old Box Camera with the eight exposures on the roll of film
In the winter of 1956 on the Western ocean on the old EMPRESS OF FRANCE, I climbed the foremast and took the photo she was bouncing around like a baby`s rattle. Had to hold that kind of camera with two hands so quite difficult.
Cheers
Brian

[eric fisher]

Brian, Reading your post on the trawler Goth sparked a long ago memory of the event. I am almost convinced that I knew and attended radio college with him in late 1948. I remember he passed an easier Radiotelephony Cert in order to stay closer to his girlfriend and joined the Goth for his 1st voyage. He would be about 19 I recall, I was 23 at that time. I remember the Goth was lost and remembered the name of the trawler soon after. We were mates at the College, his girlfriend was devastated, she was a cashier at the Kardoma café below the College where we students would spend our breaks. I stayed on for my 1st Class PMG. Please send any info and if possible to be able to give some details to his family. Eric