HMS Hawke sank in the North Sea after being struck by a single torpedo in October 1914, killing 524 people. Divers from Lost in Waters Deep believe they have discovered the wreck 70 miles east of Fraserburgh.
A wreck discovered off the Aberdeenshire coast is believed to be a lost Royal Navy warship that was sunk by a German U-boat during the First World War. HMS Hawke sank in the North Sea after being struck by a single torpedo in October 1914, killing 524 people. Lost in Waters Deep - a group that searches for WWI shipwrecks to help remember wartime losses in Scottish waters - believes it has found the vessel around 70 miles east of Fraserburgh.
Mr Schwarz said the team's research to pinpoint a search area included going through the archive records of the ships HMS Hawke was with at the time of the attack, as well as studying the German U-boat's logs. They unearthed details of an 'obstruction' but found nothing at the site. However, just half a mile away, the team discovered a huge shipwreck. The dive was conducted off the vessel Clasina. Mr Schwarz said: 'I was fortunate I was on the first team in.
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