Divers identify torpedoed wreck of HMS Bayano after 110 years

Divers identify torpedoed wreck of HMS Bayano after 110 years

The HMS Bayano was torpedoed with the loss of nearly 200 lives off the Galloway coast in 1915.

Divers find wreck of HMS Bayano 110 years after being torpeoed during WWI

A German U-boat torpedoed HMS Bayano off the coast of Galloway on March 11, 1915, claiming the lives of 200 people.

Divers Identify World War 1 Ship Wreck Off Galloway Coast

A World war 1 Royal Navy Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS Bayano has been identified 110 years after being sunk by German submarine U-27 in 1915 on the Galloway Coast. The report stated “On 12 October 2025, ProjectXplore divers, supported by skipper Richard Lafferty and crew Timmy Donaghy on board the dive charter MV Aquaholics 5, successfully identified the wreck of HMS Bayano, at a depth of 106m in the North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scot…