James Hainey of Dumbarton wrote to say he was on board The SS Dunnotar Castle of the Union Castle Shipping Company that had been requisitioned by The War Office as a troopship.

"I was right behind Strathallan when the torpedo struck but we did not stop to pick up survivors"

James told a poignant story in these few words.

"One troopship had been torpedoed, to attempt rescue, closing down engines would have left Dunnotar Castle a sitting duck placing thousands more at risk. The unfortunate soldiers and nurses in the water had to fend for themselves".

The cruelty of war exposed at it's most rawest.