SERVING and former Royal Navy submariners took part in the annual memorial to the victims of the K13 submarine tragedy at Faslane on Sunday.

Thirty-two men died when the early steam-driven submarine sank in the Gareloch on January 29, 1917.

Members of the Submariners Association visited HM Naval Base Clyde on Saturday for a weekend of K13 commemorations, beginning with a trip to Govan, where a monument to shipyard workers who died during the tragedy is situated in Elder Park.

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The next day they joined naval personnel at the Naval Base’s Church of St John the Evangelist for a solemn ceremony led by Royal Navy Chaplains.

Members of Helensburgh Sea Scouts Group – TS Neptune – were given the honour of ringing K13’s ship’s bell during the ceremony – 32 times, once for every person who perished on board.

A permanent memorial to the men who died was unveiled in the Outdoor Museum in Helensburgh’s Colquhoun Square last September.

K13 sank during her sea trials on January 29, 1917, with submariners, Admiralty pilots and workers from the Fairfield’s yard.

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The captain of K13, Lieutenant Commander Godfrey Herbert, accompanied by Commander Francis Goodhart, who was the visiting captain of submarine K14, attempted to escape from the stricken vessel, hoping to use their expert knowledge to guide rescue efforts.

Using the space between the inner and outer hatches as an airlock, the pair tried to make it to the surface, but Commander Goodhart died during the effort.

The 57-hour ordeal came to an end when an air line was attached, allowing the bow to be raised and a hole cut in the side of the submarine.

Forty-eight survivors were rescued.

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