Lillian Bilocca
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Lillian Bilocca was a British fisheries worker and campaigner for improved safety in the fishing fleet as leader of the "headscarf revolutionaries" – a group of fishermen's family members. Spurred int
Hull City Council blue plaque in Hessle Road
Lord Mayor's centenary plaque at Hull Maritime Museum
Hull triple trawler tragedy
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The Hull triple trawler tragedy was the sinking of three trawlers from the British fishing port of Kingston upon Hull during January and February 1968. A total of 58 crew members died, with just one s
Lillian Bilocca
…improved safety in the fishing fleet as leader of the "headscarf revolutionaries" – a group of fishermen's family members. Spurred into action by the Hull triple trawler tragedy of 1968 which claimed 58 lives, she led a direct action campaign to prevent undermanned trawlers from putting to sea and gathered 10,000 signatures for…
Admiral Sir Deric Holland-Martin (pictured 1943) led a Committee of Inquiry into the tragedy
Skutulsfjörður fjord, Iceland (pictured 2019)