A ship's voyage may end at a port, but its journey continues forever in the hearts of those it touched.
The beginning of 1968, three trawlers lost with 58 men. We will never forget them.
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Headscarf Hustle Helpers Needed! Can you spare a few hours to help us create over 600 headscarves for our third annual Headscarf Hustle.

Cottingham Civic Hall
Saturday 7th February
Anytime between 1 and 4pm
Please email [email protected] if you can help.

The service this morning on Hessle Road. We will never forget the brave crew of the St. Romanus. Lost with all hands on 11 January 1968. Thanks to Peter Marshall for the photos.
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The #Hull trawler St. Romanus sailed from St Andrews Dock on 10 January 1968 and the last contact was a radio telephone call that night by the skipper Jim Wheeldon to his wife. A search began on 13 January but she was never found and lost with all 20 men. #TripleTrawlerDisaster

Wednesday 10 January 1968. It was on this day 58 years ago the #Hull trawlers St. Romanus and Kingston Peridot set sail from St Andrews Dock. Tragically, neither vessel returned.
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The Hull Fishing Heritage Centre will hold a memorial service in memory the crew of the Hull trawler St Romanus at 11am this Sunday 11 January on Hessle Road at the Boulevard junction.
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Hull’s Headscarf Hero. This is proudly displayed on the wall at Hornsea Inshore Rescue station next to the lifeboat. #HeadscarfRevolutionaries

STAND warmly invites you to their 37th annual Lost Trawlermen's Day Service.
All welcome.

Sunday 11 January will be the 58th anniversary of the loss of Hull trawler St. Romanus and her crew of 20 men. She was the first of three ships lost in the severe winter of 1968. A tragedy that shocked the nation a became known as the Triple Trawler Disaster.

Happy birthday to Gill Long. A pillar of the Hessle Road community and very much a champion of its history and heritage. #HeadscarfRevolutionaries

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As the year comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. I wish you all a very happy and successful new year.
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People will celebrate new year tonight who may not be here if not for the countless lives saved by the #HeadscarfRevolutionaries. What those women achieved was phenomenal. They brought about radical change in health and safety law on deep sea fishing vessels and will never be forgotten.

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Hull’s Headscarf Heroes. The fantastic documentary film telling the story of the Triple Trawler Disaster and the women’s campaign for safety.
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