Rockall Timeline - Rockall 2011 Expedition - Nick Hancock's Solo Occupation Record Attempt in aid of Help for Heroes

TIMELINE:
Authenticated number of people in each landing (brackets).

1686 Shipwreck on Rockall, Spanish and French survivors reach St. Kilda
1716 ‘Rokol’ mentioned by Martin Martin in ‘A Description of the Western Islands’
1810 ‘Discovery’ by HMS Endymion, with Lt. Basil Hall RN onboard
1811 First recorded landing, party including Lt. Basil Hall RN (1, total unclear)
1824 ‘The Helen’ shipwrecked, giving name to 'Helen's Reef'
1862 Landing from HMS Porcupine by Mr. Johns (1)                                                                                                                    1887 Reported landing by Faroese fishermen in Dimmalætting newspaper                                                                        1888 Landing from a Grimsby fishing smack (1)
1904 ‘The Norge’ shipwrecked by Rockall, 600 people die
1921 Landing from French ship ‘Pourquoi-Pas?’ (2)
1955 Britain claims Rockall (4)
1959 Party land from HMS Cavendish, discover 1955 plaque disappeared (?)
1969 Landing from HMS Hecla by Lt. John Stafferton (1)
1971 Summit of Rockall removed by 39 Regiment, RE from RFA Engadine (7)
1972 Rockall Act receives Royal Assent
          Automatic navigation light installed by Department of Trade and Industry (?)
1974 Landing by Lt Cdr Ben Chilcott from HMS Tiger to repair navigation light (4)                                                              1974 Royal Marines ‘guard’ Rockall (2)                                                                                                                                                 1976 Landing by William Dick (1)                                                                                                                                                           1977 Landing by Brian Cunningham, Dave and Tony Collingwood from 'Malaprop' (3)                                                             1978 Landing by The Dangerous Sports Club (8)                                                                                                                       1985 Tom McClean landing (1) - 40 DAY SOLO RECORD                                                                                                               1994 Bingham Sub Aqua Club Expedition (5)
1997 Greenpeace landing (3) - 42 DAY RECORD, replaced navigation aid                                                                                     1998 Second Greenpeace landing to upgrade navigation aid (9)
2003 Unsuccessful ‘Rockall Times’ landing
2005 Ben Fogle’s unsuccessful attempt to land and proclaim ‘Ben Land’
          Second Rockall Times team expedition (9)                                                                                                                                            Landing by Larry Hynes and Kevin O'Callaghan from the 'Killary Flyer' (2)
2008 Landing from the 'Elinca' (6)                                                                                                                                                            2009 Unsuccessful Belgian Radio HAM expedition                                                                                                                            2010 Proposed second Belgian Radio HAM expedition

2011 Proposed Rockall 2011 Expedition

Total authenticated number of people to land on Rockall to date: 69. (Unauthenticated landing claims in italics.)

If you have any information regarding other landings or corrections to this list please email Nick.