55 years on, brother remembers skipper, 26, lost in the Triple Trawler Tragedy

February 5, 2023 International, International News

The St Romanus went down in the North Sea, where, is still not known. Vic was 22 and fishing, but at home with a crushed finger, over the weeks the tragedy unfolded. He recalls the “numbness” that set in and the fading hope that the ship’s radio had broken down. “As time goes on and the life raft is found and a life ring, you do realise that the end was there,” he said. Vic, the vice chairman of fishing heritage charity Stand, says the loss of his brother is “still very raw”. Jim “like any older brother (was) a role model and hero”. >click to read< 07:55

55 years on, brother remembers skipper, England, Hull, Hull’s Fisherman's Church, Kingston Peridot, Lost Trawlerman's Day, Ross Cleveland, skipper Phil Gay, St Romanus, Triple Trawler Tragedy, Vic Wheeldon

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