17 March 1969

Monday 17 March

1969-03-17

Events

 * The Longhope RNLI station in Orkney, Scotland suffers one of the worst tragedies in British lifeboat history when its 47-ft wooden lifeboat, T.G.B., capsizes with the loss of all eight crew after answering a mayday call from the Liberian cargo vessel Irene during a gale of Force 9. (See A Year Ago Tonight.., BBC1 - 17 March 1970)