In the dark of a Tuesday morning on 11 December 1940, The Alex Hastie, a converted steam trawler, on patrol, was wrecked on the Holm of Ire, Sanday, Orkney. This is its incredible story and the outstanding courage of all those involved. At the outbreak of the second world war 437 fishing boats were pressed … Continue reading A Story of Courage : Sanday Islanders & the Crew of the Alex Hastie, 1940.