1881 East Coast Fishing Disaster Memorial at Cove

At the top of the hill by the car park above the harbour at Cove is a bronze memorial by Jill Watson depicting the wives and children left behind after the East Coast Fishing Disaster of 1881 looking forlornly looking out to sea for their lost husbands, sons and fathers .  The memorial was unveiled in October 2008  

The inscription on the memorial reads:  'Commemorating the widows and children of Cove left by the fishing disaster of 14th October 1881 when 189 fishermen were lost off this coast. Cove lost 11 out of 21 fishermen.'


The disaster hit every fishing community on the South East Scottish coast with the Eyemouth fleet losing 129 men and one third of it's fleet (19 out of the 46 boats were lost).  Proportionally Cove was harder hit with over 11 out of the 21 fishermen lost and three of the four boats working out of the small harbour.  

More on the history of the Disaster of 1881 can be found HERE



For more on this memorial and about Cove Harbour visit the official website HERE.

The Cove Harbour Memorial was unveiled in October 2008, 127 years after the disaster.  CLICK HERE for a link to the article on The Berwickshire News website.

More on the disaster from the perspective of the Eyemouth fishermen in this Scotsman Article HERE

All images taken on a Fujifilm X100 and Fujinon 23mm f2 lens

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