Recalling the night when the Northern Lights shone as 835 men perished in Royal Oak disaster
As midnight approached on October 14, 1939, there was no reason for the crew of the Royal Oak to believe they were in any peril.
As midnight approached on October 14, 1939, there was no reason for the crew of the Royal Oak to believe they were in any peril.
A Fraserburgh fishing vessel was at the centre of the frantic rescue operation that followed the sinking of the HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow on Orkney on October 14, 1939.
Two families connected by a wartime tragedy have found each other for the first time in 75 years.
Family and friends turned out to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the sinking HMS Royal Oak yesterday.
The first images have emerged from a ground-breaking survey of the site off Orkney where HMS Hampshire was wrecked a century ago.
Scapa Flow was a major anchorage and base for the British fleet during both world wars.
The scuttling of the German naval fleet in Orkney’s Scapa Flow following the end of WWI is to be marked 100 years on.
It is 75 years since the men who sailed on the Arctic convoys were finally offered a respite from embarking on a "mission to hell".
The landmark Churchill Barriers have been given a new accolade to mark the remarkable civil engineering feats on the 75th anniversary of their opening.