Sailors

A view towards Turnberry Lighthouse and Ailsa Craig from the King Robert the Bruce golf course at Trump Turnberry, Ayrshire

Exhibition to document live-saving stories of Scotland's lighthouses

Sue Smith, from Team Scotland, onboard the Team Qingdao yacht in Oban after Leg 8 of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, a record-breaking 40,000 nautical mile race around the world on a 70-foot ocean racing yacht. PIC: Jane Barlow/PA

Scots clipper sailors tell of joy of home soil after Atlantic crossing

Rothesay, on the Isle of Bute

Hay's Way: The island that held me like a local

Dougal Gunn Sharp, Founder and Head Brewer at Innis & Gunn, and Jamie Allsopp, Director at Allsopp's and a direct descendent of the brewer's founders, at Innis & Gunn's Brewery in Perth. They opened a bottle of 150 year-old Allsopp's Arctic Ale for the first time to mark the 150th anniversary of the 1875 arctic expedition it was brewed for.

What 150-year-old bottle of 'world's rarest' beer tastes like

Ardnamurchan Lighthouse, a creation of the Stevenson lighthouse building dynasty. PIC: CC.

Lighthouse manager wanted to work on mainland’s most westerly point

Michael Lynch, James Murray and Kyle Jamieson outside Portland bar in Leith, which will open in October as their restaurant Dogstar

Michelin chef on new restaurant and how winning a star was ‘freeing’

The Sanday Wreck on the shores of Sanday

Archaeologists uncover identity of 1700s Orkney shipwreck

The time ball is dropped down a pole at the top of Nelson Monument in Edinburgh at 1pm.

Time ball to drop again from top Edinburgh monument

Archie Borthwick and Ollie Little, from the Loretto School Pipe Band piping onboard D/S Hestmanden on Monday.

The 114-year-old Norwegian war vessel that has berthed in Leith

Four kittens were rescued by Royal Navy sailors in Bahrain after getting stuck under a shipping container. Pictured: he orphaned kittens emerge from their 'home' underneath shipping containers.

Adorable "suffering" cats "crying" for their mum who died saved

A fighter jet fell off the side of the American aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman while she was deployed in the Red Sea.

Expensive error: $70m rolls off aircraft carrier and into the sea

Leif Larsen - known as "Shetlands Larsen" - the most famous Norweigian sailor who operated the Shetland Bus escape route during the war - is pictured here (left) with comrades Severin Roald and Mickey Fiveldal, who helped to run soliders, spies and supplies between Scotland and Nazi-occupied Norway during World War Two. Their lifesaving voyages across the North Sea are due to be recreated as part of the 80th anniversary of VE Day next month. PIC: Sunnmøre museum.

VE Day: Flotilla to cross North Sea in honour of 'Shetland Bus' heroes

Memorial for Ernest Shackleton unveiled after 8,000 mile journey

Pulling a pint at The Anchor Tavern in Port Bannantyne on the Isle of Bute, which is now in community ownership. PIC: Contributed.

The island community who saved the only pub in village with massive whipround

Emily Bell (4) meets Pumpkin the Unicorn ahead of his appearance at Stirling Castle for National Unicorn Day picture: Duncan McGlynn.

National Unicorn Day: Why is the unicorn Scotland's national animal?

Càrn Deas: Beautiful island for sale just off Scotland's north-west coast

Beautiful island for sale just off Scotland's north-west coast

HMS Queen Elizabeth: How many have Covid on Navy flagship - and where is the Carrier Strike Group now? (Photo: PA)

HMS Queen Elizabeth: How many have Covid on Navy flagship - and where is the Car...

Government scientists with caged animals on a pontoon near Tolsta, Isle of Lewis, in 1952 as Operation Cauldron gets underway. PIC: YouTube.

Schoolboy memories of monkey and guinea pig experiments off Scottish island reca...

People facing difficult life changes can find new ways of defining themselves in the world through poetry

Siobhan Campbell: Veterans have poetic licence to reveal their deepest feelings

The HMS Queen Elizabeth was built in Rosyth, Fife. Picture: WikiCommons/Dave Jenkins/InfoGibraltar

British sailors on HMS Queen Elizabeth arrested in first overseas trip

Many ex-servicemen and women complain of feeling isolated after leaving the Armed Forces. Picture: Neil Hanna/TSPL

Two-fifths of Scottish veterans report feeling isolated

A lifeboat was required to escort sailors to safety near Wick. Picture: Ben Birchall/Glasgow 2014 Ltd via Getty Images

Sailors escorted to safety after vessel takes on water near Wick

Moonstruck Too, winners of the first St Kilda Challenge. Picture: Contributed

Sailors to descend on St Kilda for daring yacht challenge

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Video: how the unicorn became Scotland's national animal

HMS Illustrious leaves the Forth Estuary for the last time. Picture: Toby Williams

Hundreds gather to bid farewell to HMS '˜Lusty' Illustrious

Some of the released sailors arrive at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya. Picture: AFP/Getty Images

Sailors held captive by Somali pirates for 4 years released

Picture: Roddy Scott

Sailors set benchmark time for Land’s End to John O’Groats route

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An ill wind

Cryptic crossword - The Scotsman 21/05/15

Christina Mckay's brother, Ian McCuaig.

Victory in fight for war hero brother’s Arctic Star

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In the calm after the storm, boats are tied up on a yacht club pontoon. One sailor said crews were well-drilled and used to battling unfavourable conditions Picture: PA

Norther Irish sailors need rescued as squall hits

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Sailors say goodbye to HMS Edinburgh

Letters: Sailors have been saluted, now let’s remember airmen

Cryptic Crossword - The Scotsman 12/02/13

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Sailors’ web stunt embarrasses Chile

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Sailors hurt as whale drops in
Three men were injured on Monday when a whale leaped out of the water and landed on their inflatable boat off South Africa’s south coast, the National Sea Rescu...

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London 2012 Olympics: Sailors make waves at triumphant homecoming

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Zarkandar makes most of Darlan tumble to land Betfair Hurdle

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Military Wives Choir hit is top of the charity pops

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Australian hope for axed UK sailors

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Duchess joins DecAid march

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Fashion for troops

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Charity holds garden party

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