Wick Coastguard Rescues.   

This section contains reports of numerous rescues conducted by the Wick Coastguard station and, sometimes assisted with other neighbouring stations.  They are listed by date with an appropriate short description. and can be displayed by clicking on the highlighted 'source'.

Please note, these reports are re-produced word for word from the original source,  together with photographs of which kind permission has been given.  My objective here is to show the reader just how bad conditions can get, especially around the cliff-tops of Wick and Scotland.   

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18th January 1958  -  Jean Stephens
The Aberdeen trawler  runs aground at Sinclair Bay - as reported in "The Coastguard" magazine (Vol 10 No. 2  June 1958 p31) , with picture.

Tuesday 3rd March 1959   -   Stellatus
A Swedish cargo ship  runs aground on a rock shelf under high cliffs of Caithness - as reported by "The Press and Journal" with pictures.

As reported in "The Coastguard" (Vol 11, No. 2, August 1959 p32.) with picture.

As reported in the "John O'Groat Journal" with pictures.

10th May 1959   -   Man After Gull Eggs
"Dangerous Pastime" - Man falls over cliff while stealing gull eggs - as reported in "The Coastguard" (Vol 11 No. 2 - August 1959 p51) with picture.

Man falls over 200 foot cliff when attempting to get gulls eggs - as reported from an unknown newspaper article.

29th August 1959    -   Drowning.
A young man drowns in a disused quarry after leaving dance - as reported from an unknown newspaper article.

4th September 1959   -    Swiftsure
Lossiemouth seine net boat  runs aground on a rock shelf at Wick Harbour - as reported by the "John O'Groat Journal" newspaper, with picture.

As reported by an unknown newspaper, with picture.

6th / 7th December 1959   -   George Robb
The Aberdeen trawler  is pounded by waves onto rocks and Wick's Coastguard Station Officer - Eric Campbell dies in the rescue attempt.  As reported in the "John O'Groat Journal" with pictures.

As reported by the "Daily Record" with pictures.

As reported by "The Press & Journal" with pictures.

As reported by the "Scottish Daily Express" with pictures.

As reported by the "Bulletin & Scots Pictorial" with pictures.    

8th December 1959   -   Servus
The Leith coaster ship  is driven helplessly onto the Caithness coastline - only hours after the George Robb - as reported by the "Scottish Daily Express" with pictures.

As reported by "The Press and Journal" newspaper with pictures.

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