A total of 524 crew members died. Seventy sailors survived the disaster, escaping from the sinking ship. Read also: "Mom, I'm a captive." Commanders abandoned the conscripts HMS Hawke, an Edgar ...

The wreck of HMS Hawke was discovered by a team of divers about 70 miles east of Fraserburgh earlier this year. Coastguards received a distress call from the Fraserburgh-registered Odyssey trawler.