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The Eyemouth Disaster

Eyemouth, Scottish Borders

A storm that drowned 189 fishermen in a single afternoon.

On 14 October 1881, the fishing fleets of the south-east coast of Scotland put to sea in calm weather. A sudden, violent storm struck, and many boats were wrecked within sight of home.

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When
14 October 1881
Where
55.8700, -2.0900
Group
Shipwrecks

Visiting

Eyemouth Museum has the memorial tapestry. A sculpture of the waiting women stands by the harbour.

Cover of Blood and Gold by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

Blood and Gold

Sixteen true stories of mutiny, mercy, treasure and the gallows from the Golden Age of Piracy: Henry Every, Bartholomew “Black Bart” Roberts, Edward England, Howell Davis, Christopher Moody, Anne Bonny, Mary Read, Charles Vane, Benjamin Hornigold, Blackbeard, Stede Bonnet, Israel Hands, Calico Jack, Edward Low, Captain William Kidd and Samuel “Black Sam” Bellamy. Where the record is uncertain, the book says so.

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