Last Saturday a short but solemn ceremony was held in Lochranza to commemorate the loss of 37 servicemen who died when submarine HMS Vandal sank. She was last seen leaving her anchorage on Christmas Eve 1943 at Lochranza.
Patricia Gibson MP, Councillor John Bruce and Coastguard Fiona Laing at the HMS Vandal war memorial.
A Royal Navy search of the area north of Arran finally located the wreck in June 1994, 300ft below the surface.