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The Piper Alpha Disaster Bronze Memorial in Hazlehead Park Aberdeen with photos and history of the oil rig disaster
On the 6th July 1988 at 2204 hours the World's worst offshore accident occurred when a series of explosions ripped through the Occidental platform.
167 men lost their lives and only 62 survived as the inferno spread across the North Sea.
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The Hazlehead Park in Aberdeen has a memorial to those who lost their lives on the day and since. The bronze memorial was created by Scottish artist Sue Jane Taylor. It was unveiled by the Queen Mother and the event was attended by survivors, their families, the bereaved families and rescuers.
The entrance to the Piper Alpha Gardens in Hazlehead Park Aberdeen states:
This commemorates the 167 men killed in the prime of life, on 6th July 1988, at the Occidental oil platform, Piper Alpha, 12 miles offshore in the North Sea. Only 61 men were rescued from the platform.
On the South face of the Memorial plinth above the Celtic Cross, the names of the 30 men with no resting place onshore are inscribed. A casket of unknown ashes is interned behind the Cross. On the east face of the plinth are inscribed the names of the 2 heroic crewmen of the Sandhaven who made the supreme sacrifice for their fellow men.
The tragedy was the World’s worst off-shore disaster and led to a 188 day public enquiry and detailed report by Lord Cullen. Improvement in safety provisions for off-shore personnel was strongly recommended. The families of these lost commissioned the Memorial which was designed and sculpted by Sue Jane Taylor at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop Lumsden cast at High Wycombe and funded by private and public subscribers listed in the Memorial Book displayed in Aberdeen Art Gallery.
On 6th July, 1991, The Memorial was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
The plinth under the Piper Alpha Statue states:
Dedicated to the memory of the one hundred and sixty seven men who lost their lives in the Piper Alpha Oil Platform Disaster 6th July 1988.
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I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
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An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
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Following the tragedy an enquiry called the Cullen report led to major safety reforms throughout the oil industry.
There is a Families and Survivors Association.
The Pound For Piper Memorial Trust aims to raise £1m to help maintain the Piper Alpha memorial gardens at Aberdeen's Hazlehead Park in time for the 2013 25th anniversary year of the oil disaster. To make a donation or buy fund raising merchandise visit https://www.poundforpiper.co.uk
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On Saturday 6 July 2013 there was a rededicaton ceremony and remembrance service held here. It began with a fly past by an RAF Sea King helicopter from Lossiemouth. The names of the 167 men who died were read out by representatives of the oil and gas industry. Floral wreathes were laid.
Piper Alpha Memorial
The Piper Alpha Disaster Bronze Memorial in Hazlehead Park Aberdeen with photos and history of the oil rig disaster
On the 6th July 1988 at 2204 hours the World's worst offshore accident occurred when a series of explosions ripped through the Occidental platform.
167 men lost their lives and only 62 survived as the inferno spread across the North Sea.
Follow us on: Instagram, X and Facebook.
Contact Me.
My new novel:
The Aberdeen skies are under attack from an enemy jet. It is spilling a strange yellow smoke. Minutes later, people start killing each other.
Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
The Fence is the first in this series of post-apocalyptic military survival thrillers from the torturous mind of local horror and science fiction novel writer C.G. Buswell.
Download Now.
Buy the Paperback.
Piper Alpha Disaster
The Hazlehead Park in Aberdeen has a memorial to those who lost their lives on the day and since. The bronze memorial was created by Scottish artist Sue Jane Taylor. It was unveiled by the Queen Mother and the event was attended by survivors, their families, the bereaved families and rescuers.
The entrance to the Piper Alpha Gardens in Hazlehead Park Aberdeen states:
This commemorates the 167 men killed in the prime of life, on 6th July 1988, at the Occidental oil platform, Piper Alpha, 12 miles offshore in the North Sea. Only 61 men were rescued from the platform.
On the South face of the Memorial plinth above the Celtic Cross, the names of the 30 men with no resting place onshore are inscribed. A casket of unknown ashes is interned behind the Cross. On the east face of the plinth are inscribed the names of the 2 heroic crewmen of the Sandhaven who made the supreme sacrifice for their fellow men.
The tragedy was the World’s worst off-shore disaster and led to a 188 day public enquiry and detailed report by Lord Cullen. Improvement in safety provisions for off-shore personnel was strongly recommended. The families of these lost commissioned the Memorial which was designed and sculpted by Sue Jane Taylor at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop Lumsden cast at High Wycombe and funded by private and public subscribers listed in the Memorial Book displayed in Aberdeen Art Gallery.
On 6th July, 1991, The Memorial was unveiled by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.
The plinth under the Piper Alpha Statue states:
Dedicated to the memory of the one hundred and sixty seven men who lost their lives in the Piper Alpha Oil Platform Disaster 6th July 1988.
Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
Download.
Buy the paperback.
An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
Buy this latest novel by local author C.G. Buswell on Kindle or Paperback.
Advertise Here from just £70.
Cullen Report
Following the tragedy an enquiry called the Cullen report led to major safety reforms throughout the oil industry.
There is a Families and Survivors Association.
Pound For Piper
The Pound For Piper Memorial Trust aims to raise £1m to help maintain the Piper Alpha memorial gardens at Aberdeen's Hazlehead Park in time for the 2013 25th anniversary year of the oil disaster. To make a donation or buy fund raising merchandise visit https://www.poundforpiper.co.uk
More Monuments and Statues of Aberdeenshire
On Saturday 6 July 2013 there was a rededicaton ceremony and remembrance service held here. It began with a fly past by an RAF Sea King helicopter from Lossiemouth. The names of the 167 men who died were read out by representatives of the oil and gas industry. Floral wreathes were laid.
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