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War at Sea
How the war played out in British waters
Scotland, Islay: The sinking of HMS Tuscania and HMS Otranto
Former Head of NATO, George Robertson recounts the tragic events.
Scotland, Edinburgh: Jutland Letters
How do you mourn when you don’t have a body and your son has just vanished at sea?
Scotland, South Queensferry: Battle of Jutland – Hawes Pier
On the eve of the Battle of Jutland, the Battle Cruiser Fleet prepared for battle.
Waterford: SS Formby and SS Coningbeg – All Hands Lost
Two steamships, the SS Formby and the SS Coningbeg are torpedoed off the Irish coast
Scotland, Orkney: Lord Kitchener and the sinking of the HMS Hampshire
The story of the death of the most recognisable figure in World War One.
Ashton, Cornwall: The Doomed Cruise Liner
To lose one child and save another – the family caught up in the sinking of the Lusitania
Cobh Co. Cork: The Sinking of The Lusitania
The mass graves of the victims of the Lusitania
