This memorial was erected in Elder Park, close to the Fairfield Shipyard, to remember those who died on that day. It has since become a memorial to all submariners lost as sea.
On the 29th of January 1917, 109 years ago today, submarine K13 sank during sea trials in the Gare Loch on the west coast of Scotland killing 32 people, including 6 employees from the Fairfield Shipyard in Glasgow where it had been built. Miraculously, 48 other the people who were on board at the time were successfully rescued after some 60 hours trapped at the bottom of the sea.
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The derelict remnants of Fairfield Farm Cottage in the Govan area of Glasgow. The farm was purchased by Isabella Elder in the 1880s and turned into Elder Park for the people of Govan. The cottage, which dates from the early 19th Century, was originally used as an amenity for the park. One of the few former farm buildings left in Glasgow, it's B-Listed, but now lies abandoned, fenced off and decaying.
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Looking up at two columns of oriel windows on a red sandstone tenement on Elderpark Street in Glasgow. Projecting windows allow more light into rooms, but can hinder the passage of people and vehicles along the street. Oriel windows provide a solution to this by allowing the upper floors to get as much light as possible, while not interrupting movements on the street below.
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Red sandstone tenements lining Elderpark Street in Glasgow.
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The ruined portico of Mansion House in Elder Park in Glasgow. Built in 1791, Mansion House was originally sited on the Linthouse Estate and was thought to be have been designed by Robert Adam.
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The Submariners' Memorial in Elder Park in Glasgow. It's principally dedicated to the 32 people who died when the submarine K13 sank during sea trials in the Gare Loch in 1917, including 6 employees from the nearby Fairfield Shipyard where it had been built. Miraculously, 48 of the people who were on board at the time were successfully rescued after some 60 hours trapped at the bottom of the sea.
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The janitor's house of the former 1901 Greenfield Primary School in Glasgow. A janitor's cottage was a feature of almost all Glasgow schools, and those built in the Victorian and Edwardian eras are often little architectural gems in their own right.
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The Submariners' Memorial in Elder Park in Glasgow. It's principally dedicated to the 32 people who died when the submarine K13 sank during sea trials in the Gare Loch in 1917. This included 6 employees from the nearby Fairfield Shipyard where it had been built. Miraculously, 48 of the people who were on board at the time were successfully rescued after some 60 hours trapped at the bottom of the sea.
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His statue, paid for by public subscription, bears the following inscription: His unwearied efforts to promote the welfare of the working classes, his integrity of character, firmness of purpose, and kindness of heart, claim, equally with his genius, enduring remembrance.
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