Fifty-eight men sailed into the North Atlantic that winter. One came back
Cold, wind-driven ice silently tipped working trawlers until buoyancy failed: fifty-eight men died and one survivor, Harry Eddom, washed ashore in a liferaft on 6 February 1968 after sharing it with two men who were already dead. How did a mayday go unpassed, liferafts float by for weeks, and three ships from Hull disappear in a single month?
In this episode, we tell the sequence of events that led from normal departures out of Hull to the Triple Trawler Disaster, outlining the missed mayday, the ignored liferaft, and the timing of sinkings that left families waiting for answers. What chain of failures allowed three trawlers to be lost in twenty-six days?
Person: Harry Eddom Event: Hull Triple Trawler Disaster Date: 6 February 1968 (Eddom washed ashore); mayday heard 11 January 1968; liferaft found 13 January 1968; Kingston Peridot last contact 26 January 1968; liferaft traced 29 January 1968 Location: North Atlantic, north of Iceland Ships: Ross Cleveland, St. Romanus, Kingston Peridot
- Fifty-eight men died across three ships over a span of twenty-six days. - Harry Eddom was the sole survivor and was found on 6 February 1968 inside a liferaft on an Icelandic beach. - A mayday from the St. Romanus was heard on 11 January 1968 by another vessel but was not passed on. - An empty liferaft marked like the St. Romanus was found floating on 13 January 1968 and no search was launched. - The Kingston Peridot reported ice accumulation on 26 January 1968 and a liferaft traced to it washed ashore on 29 January 1968.
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