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Fri Aug 16, 2024, 06:40 AM Aug 2024

Lost wreck of WW1 warship found in 'remarkable' condition

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9qg4z1149eo

Lost wreck of WW1 warship found in 'remarkable' condition

7 hours ago
Ben Philip
BBC Scotland News



Wreckage of warship discovered off the Aberdeenshire coast

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.

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