SIRENS rang out across the Gareloch on Friday afternoon as submarines, surface ships and support vessels at HM Naval Base Clyde marked the 75th anniversary of VE Day.
The blast of sound from the Faslane fleet happened for 60 seconds at 3pm - the moment when, in 1945, Prime Minister Winston Churchill made a radio broadcast to confirm to the nation that the Second World War in Europe was over.
The commemoration - echoed by Royal Navy ships at sea and in port around the world - followed two minutes' silence at 11am, observed at the naval base, in the Helensburgh and Lomond area, across the UK and beyond, as people paid silent tribute to those who fought for the Allies in the war.
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The tribute formed part of a much-reduced programme of events to mark the milestone, after parades and street parties had to be cancelled because of the coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
Later on Friday, as darkness falls over the Gareloch at 10pm, the searchlights of the vessels berthed at Faslane will be shone skywards for five minutes, remembering that the end of the war also meant the end of night-time blackout regulations.
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