A fallen sailor from Donegal is being remembered after the lost wreck of WW1 warship was discovered off the Aberdeenshire coast.
The wreck, believed to be the HMS Hawke, was discovered by a team of divers about 70 miles east of Fraserburgh earlier this week in “remarkable” condition after 110 years. It was found on Monday by the Lost in Waters Deep group, 360ft (110m) below the surface.
The Royal Navy warship was torpedoed by a German U-boat on 15th October 1914, just three months after war was declared. The ship caught fire and exploded, causing it to sink in just eight minutes.
More than 500 crew members perished, with only 70 sailors surviving.
Among those onboard was Hugh McGinley from Inch in Inishowen, aged 27.
The Donegal County Museum reports that McGinley was a Stoker 1st Class, SS /105931.
He was the son of John and Mary Ann McGinley (nee Gallagher), Castlequarter, Inch Island. Royal Navy, H.M.S. “Hawke” He is remembered on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent.
The Royal Navy is expected to formally identify the wreckage in the coming weeks.