Royal Navy

Grumman Hellcat FN394 crash near Newtowncrommelin, Co. Antrim

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22nd April 2017

Grumman Hellcat FN394 came down on a training exercise as 22 year old pilot Lieutenant Hugh Greenville Knowles flew over high ground in rural Co. Antrim.

Royal Navy men drowned in Belfast Lough, Co. Down

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31st March 2019

On 31st March 1945, a small yacht carrying men from HMS Sarawak overturned. Five of those on the boat drowned in Belfast Lough leaving only one survivor.