Lifeboat Mona - Names of Crewmen

Names of Crewmen

• Ronald Grant
• George Smith
• Alexander Gall
• John Grieve
• George Watson
• James Ferrier
• John T Grieve
• David Anderson

The scale of the tragedy stunned the local community, and a disaster fund raised more than £77,000 in less than a month.

By the time a relief lifeboat arrived at Broughty Ferry two weeks after the disaster, 38 volunteers had signed up to form a new crew.

The names of the men who died are commemorated on a plaque on the side of the present day boat house.

Local newspaper the Dundee Courier and Evening Telegraph was at the forefront of coverage of the disaster. In 2006, on his retirement, deputy chief reporter Ron Skelton told regional journalism website HoldTheFrontPage that it was his work in covering The Lifeboat Mona disaster that convinced him his future lay in hard news.

The 50th anniversary of the disaster, in 2009, saw a number of memorial events organised to mark the occasion. These included a memorial concert on the actual anniversary date and talks entitled The Mona Remembered at the local church on November 23 and 25.

There was also an appeal for relatives of the lost crew to come forward.

Writing on the Lasting Tribute website, a local man who was nine at the time of the tragedy recalled how news of the deaths of the Mona's crew left his tough, war hero father in tears. "I saw my dad cry for the first time. It shook me, it stunned me," he recalled.