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The Sinking of HMS Hawke : 15 October 1914
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Margaret Lyness died on 10 April 1987 and with her went one of the last connections with a major incident in the early weeks of the war. Margaret was born on 16 March 1915 and christened 'Margaret Hawke'. Her parents were Joyce (an unusual name for a man) and Maggie Power. What is striking is the middle name that was chosen for Margaret. She was...
HMS Hawke: located after 100 years
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In recent days, news has broken of the discovery of one of the first Royal Naval warships to be sunk in the First World War. HMS Hawke (an Edgar-class cruiser) first came to the attention of the press before the war when, in September 1911, the warship collided with the RMS Olympic (sister ship to the Titanic which famously sank in 1912). The co...
Lost in Waters Deep
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For our 27 September 2025 meeting we are welcoming Kevin Heath of the Lost in Waters Deep group. The group research, find and dive on shipwrecks around the cost of Scotland and, while Kevin will give an overview of their work, his focus will be on their finding of HMS Hawke in August 2024. HMS Hawke was an armoured cruise of 7,770 tons and she...