From the Archives. Remembering the Tragedy of the Lindsay

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The official wreath laying ceremony for the crew of the Lindsay who perished in May 2005 when the hake trawler collided with a liquid fruit juice tanker near Port Elizabeth, took place on Friday 7 October. A remembrance stone was unveiled by the mayor of Mossel Bay on the quayside at Viking Inshore Fishing company’s premises in Mossel Bay, and thereafter the families, friends and colleagues of the deceased left for Sardinia Bay, on the outskirts of Port Elizabeth for the official wreath laying ceremony which took place on the beach.

One of the worst fishing tragedies in the history of the South African fishing industry was when a hake trawler, the Lindsay, was mowed down by a liquid fruit juice tanker 20 nautical miles south of Port Elizabeth. Fourteen crew members perished that night in May 2005, but the skipper survived to tell his story. This is the first of three articles that were subsequently published.

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