Portrait of James Meenan, 1967.

Portrait of James Meenan, 1967.
Portrait of James Meenan, 1967.
Portrait of James Meenan, 1967.
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Portrait of James Meenan, 1967.
James ‘Jim’ Meenan, skipper of the ring-netter ‘Stella Maris’ CN118, died at the age of 41 in 1967. Only the previous year, he was one of seven fishermen who went to the aid of the Campbeltown motor-yacht ‘Quesada’ as she foundered in a storm south-east of Davaar Island in the early hours of 23 May. The makeshift crew on the ‘Moira’ CN33 rescued ten men, but eight others drowned.

The ‘Moira’s’ skipper, Neil Speed, and Jim, were singled out for praise in an official report: ‘Neil Speed’s skilful handling of the Moira alongside the sinking Quesada, with James Meenan’s direction of operations, [were] in the highest and best traditions of the sea.’

The photograph, from which Neil Speed has been cropped, was taken in 1966 at the time of the public enquiry into the tragedy; Campbeltown Courthouse is in the background.

Jim married fisherman’s daughter Mary Robertson in 1953 and they had two daughters and a son.

Original image from D. Meenan, Campbeltown.
D. Meenan
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