Poignant memorial held in honour of 32 people killed in Scots Royal Navy submarine sinking

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Tributes have been paid to the 32 people who lost their lives in the Royal Navy Submarine K13 sinking in the Gareloch during routine trials on the 108th anniversary of their deaths.Veterans, serving and trainee submariners came together to remember those whose lives were lost on August 29, 1917.Over the weekend, over 100 serving and veteran submariners took part in remembrance events held in honour of the tragic maritime accident.Andy Knox, primary organiser, and Chairperson of the Submariner’s Association – West of Scotland Branch (WoS), was in attendance.Mr Knox said: “The K13 memorial weekend is of the utmost importance to both the veteran community and serving submariners, it is hugely significant that we, as a community remember those brave submariners that paid the ultimate price for our freedom. "It is also poignant that the trainee submariners attend the event every year as they are made aware of our history, heritage, and ethos.”HMS K13 sunk whilst on sea trials and was salvaged and recommissioned as HMS K22.During a dive on the morning of August 29, 1917, a small leak had been reported in the boiler rooms, so a second dive was programmed for that same afternoon.

All boiler room vents were opened to clear the boiler room of steam to aid searching for the leaks. At about 3pm, the submarine went to diving stations, and after confirming that the engine room had been shut off, the submarine was dived.

Click here for more news and sport from West Dunbartonshire. As she dived, seawater began entering K13’s engine room, and the submarine’s commanding officer, Lieutenant-Commander Godfrey Herbert ordered watertight doors to be shut and ballast tanks to be blown to bring the submarine to the surface, and then the drop