Summary
Ship repairers worked all night on the Hull trawler Imperialist as she lay aground at Scarborough after skipper F W Drewery had won a dramatic race against time to beach her before she sank under him and his crew.
In October, 1959 Scarborough fishermen who watched the skipper drive his vessel at full speed ahead towards the beach said had she steamed past the East Pier "like an express train."See the full content of this document
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Skipper's Dramatic Race to Save Trawler From Sinking
As the Imperialist grounded on the soft, sandy beach to the south of the harbour, her bows rose nearly three feet out of the water as she glided to a hal...
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