The 32 men who perished when the steam propelled submarine K13 sank in the Gareloch in 1917 were remembered in memorial services at the weekend – at HM Naval Base Clyde and in Glasgow.
K13’s captain, Lieutenant Commander Godfrey Herbert , and K14’s captain, Commander Francis Goodhart , tried to affect an escape using the space between the inner and outer hatches of the conning tower.
Herbert made it to the surface but Goodhart was trapped within the casing. A separate wreath was laid at his grave in Faslane Cemetery on Sunday.
On the Saturday, HMS Neptune chaplain Richard Rowe led the service in Govan’s Elder Park for the Glasgow workers who died. On the Sunday, Faslane Flotilla chaplain Mark Davidson conducted the services within the Base and at Faslane Cemetery.
Representing the Royal Navy were Commodore Mike Wareham , the Naval Base Commander, and Captain Phil Buckley , Captain of the Faslane Flotilla.
There were more than 60 representatives of the Submariners Association in attendance along with 15 Sea Cadets.
K13 was salvaged in the March of 1917 and recommissioned as K22.
[mappress] Naval Today Staff , February 01, 2012; Image: royalnavy