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    MFV Elinor Viking


    MFV Elinor Viking was an Aberdeen trawler that operated
    between 1974 and 9 December 1977 when it wrecked on the Ve History
    Skerries, Shetland. The eight crewmembers were rescued by a Name: Elinor Viking
    volunteer helicopter crew from Sumburgh Airport.
    Owner: Brown H. N. & Son,
    Aberdeen
    Port of United Kingdom
    Contents registry: (Aberdeen)
    Description Builder: Lewis John & Sons
    Wrecking Ltd., Aberdeen

    See also Yard 388


    number:
    References
    Completed: 1974
    Sources
    In service: 1974-1977
    External links
    Identification: IMO
    number: 7342770 (h
    Description ttps://www.marinetra
    ffic.com/ais/details/s
    Elinor Viking was built by Lewis John & Sons Ltd., of Aberdeen, and hips/imo:7342770)
    was completed in 1974. The steel vessel was built to a length of 23.5 A279
    metres (77 ft), a beam of 6.7 metres (22 ft) and a depth of 3.4 metres
    (11 ft). The gross tonnage was 122 GRT. The vessel was fitted with a Fate: Wrecked on Ve
    6-cylinder Mirrlees Blackstone diesel engine (single shaft, 1 screw), Skerries, Shetland 9
    capable of a speed of 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph). The ship was December 1977
    owned by Brown H. N. & Son, also of Aberdeen.[1]
    General characteristics

    Wrecking Type: Trawler


    Tonnage: 122 GRT
    On 9 December 1977 Elinor Viking was wrecked on the east side of Length: 23.5 metres (77 ft)
    Reaverack, Ve Skerries, Shetland[2] due to extreme weather
    conditions. The Aith Lifeboat was sent to the scene, however due to Beam: 6.7 metres (22 ft)
    the wreck's position it was not able to get close enough to the vessel Depth: 3.4 metres (11 ft)
    to transfer to the crew to safety. Both of the ship's liferafts had been Propulsion: 1 × 6-cylinder
    swept away by the sea, and the ship had been breached and lay half-
    Mirrlees Blackstone
    filled with water. An appeal was made to Sumburgh Airport where
    diesel engine, single
    British Airways had helicopters stationed, and a volunteer crew was
    assembled,[3] including Captain George Bain as the chief pilot, and shaft, 1 screw
    Major Alasdair Campbell as a winchman.[4] Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h;
    13 mph)
    They reached the scene within about an hour and, with the aid of
    another helicopter and an RAF Nimrod trying to provide light in the Crew:
    8
    dark conditions, they proceeded with the rescue attempt in
    horrendous weather. The light coming from dropped flares from the Nimrod was deemed impossible to
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    time correctly with the winch lowering, such that their only effective source of light was the helicopter's
    landing lights. Elinor Viking had developed considerable list as it began to sink. Campbell, upon his first
    attempt being lowered down to the ship, was unexpectedly swayed and his cable became caught in the
    mast of the ship. The risk of losing the helicopter meant that the winch operator nearly took the decision
    to sever the cable to Campbell, however he was able to be retrieved back into the helicopter and
    immediately offered to be lowered again. Using a rock which was repeatedly out of view with the swell as
    the best reference, Bain was able to keep the aircraft steady to continue the rescue. Through the
    following hour and twenty minutes, lowering approximately twelve times, Campbell was able to hoist up
    the crew.[5] The last to leave the ship was the skipper, who (either through hypothermia or shock) could
    not let go of the ship's railing, requiring Bain to hit him to continue the rescue.[4]

    Despite the crew of the helicopter not being trained for rescue work, all 8 of Elinor Viking's crew were
    successfully winched to safety.[3] Both Bain and Campbell received Queen's Gallantry Medals for
    "outstanding bravery, skill and determination in conditions of extreme weather and darkness operating
    in a situation far beyond that normally expected of a helicopter on rescue service."[5]

    See also
    Ve Skerries
    List of shipwrecks in 1977
    List of shipwrecks of the United Kingdom

    References
    1. Wrecksite 2015.
    2. Canmore - Elinor Viking.
    3. Reardon Smith 1978.
    4. Telegraph 2012.
    5. London Gazette 1978, p. 8046.

    Sources
    "Award to "Elinor Viking" heroes - Department of Trade Rescue Shield for 1977" (http://reardonsmith
    ships.co.uk/rslnewsletter099.pdf#page=3) (PDF). Reardon Smith Line Limited Newsletters. No. 99.
    April 1978. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
    "Elinor Viking: Reverack, Ve Skerries, Atlantic" (https://canmore.org.uk/site/238834). Canmore.
    Retrieved 2020-04-06.
    "Honours and Awards" (https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47582/supplement/8045). The
    London Gazette (47582). Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1978-07-04. pp. 8045–8046. ISBN 0 11
    657582 4. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
    "Major Alasdair Campbell" (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9717125/Major-Alasdair-Ca
    mpbell.html). The Telegraph. 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2020-04-06.
    "MFV Elinor Viking (A279) [+1977]" (https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59858). Wrecksite. 2015-
    06-26. Retrieved 2020-04-09.

    External links

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    Trawlerphotos (http://trawlerphotos.co.uk/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=72974) - Images of Elinor


    Viking
    Shetland Museum and Archives (https://photos.shetlandmuseumandarchives.org.uk/index.php?a=Vi
    ewItem&key=SXsiTiI6MSwiUCI6eyJ2YWx1ZSI6ImVsaW5vciB2aWtpbmciLCJvcGVyYXRvciI6IjEiLCJ
    mdXp6eVByZWZpeExlbmd0aCI6IjMiLCJmdXp6eU1pblNpbWlsYXJpdHkiOjAuNjUsIm1heFN1Z2dlc3
    Rpb25zIjoiNSIsImFsd2F5c1N1Z2dlc3QiOm51bGx9fQ&pg=1) - Diorama of Elinor Viking and
    helicopter, modelled by the winch operator.

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