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American Folk Figure. Massachusetts fisherman who was lost at sea in the sinking of the fishing boat Andrea Gail. This sinking, and those that were lost, were chronicled and made famous by the book and film The Perfect Storm. Son of Richard Alton Shatford & Ethel Ruth Hodsdon Shatford Preston Brother of Mary Anne...
The victim was Petty Officer Robert “Bobby” Shatford, who was serving as a rescue swimmer on an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter that crashed off the coast of Long Island during the storm. He is remembered and honored for his bravery and dedication to protecting others during the storm.
Witnessing his brother's final hours was painful, even though it was a Hollywood re-creation with actor Mark Wahlberg battling nature, not Bobby doing it for real. Rick Shatford, 41, knows what...
Rookie fisherman Bobby Shatford attempts to fix it but can only watch helplessly as the antenna breaks off and disappears into the sky. Shortly after, Captain Linda Greenlaw of sister ship Hannah Boden transmitted a Mayday relay for Andrea Gail.
Andrea Gail was a 72-foot (22 m) commercial fishing vessel constructed in Panama City, Florida, in 1978, and owned by Robert Brown. [2] Her home port was Gloucester, Massachusetts. She sailed from Gloucester, where she would offload her catch and reload food and stores for her next run.
16 mar 2024 · Alongside Captain Tyne were David Sullivan, Alfred Pierre, Bobby Shatford, Dale Murphy, and Michael “Bugsy” Moran. The six-man crew set sail aboard the Andrea Gail on Sept. 20, 1991, ready to haul back tons of swordfish and make, ideally, tons of cash.
The book is about the 1991 Perfect Storm that hit North America between October 28 and November 4, 1991, and features the crew of the fishing boat Andrea Gail, from Gloucester, Massachusetts, who were lost at sea during severe conditions while longline fishing for swordfish 575 miles (925 km) out.
