Welcome to the WWII Forums! Log in or Sign up to interact with the community.

HMS Hawke found in North Sea?

Discussion in 'Military History' started by GRW, Aug 16, 2024.

  1. GRW

    GRW Pillboxologist WW2|ORG Editor

    Joined:
    Oct 26, 2003
    Messages:
    20,955
    Likes Received:
    3,153
    Location:
    Stirling, Scotland
    Good going, considering it's 360 feet down and 70 miles offshore.
    "A wreck discovered off the Aberdeenshire coast is believed to be a lost Royal Navy warship sunk by a torpedo during World War One.
    HMS Hawke was discovered by a team of divers about 70 miles east of Fraserburgh earlier this week in "remarkable" condition.
    More than 500 of the ship's crew died when it was attacked by a German U-boat in October 1914.
    The ship caught fire and, following an explosion, sank in less than eight minutes with just 70 sailors surviving.
    It is hoped that the wreckage will be formally identified by the Royal Navy in the coming weeks.
    The wreckage was found by the Lost in Waters Deep group - which searches for shipwrecks to remember wartime losses in Scottish waters."
    Lost wreck of WW1 ship HMS Hawke found in 'remarkable' condition - BBC News
     
    OpanaPointer likes this.
  2. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2008
    Messages:
    18,732
    Likes Received:
    5,852
    To absent friends.
     
    GRW likes this.

Share This Page