New Cumnock known as Castle William, for upon this sted Sir William Wallace held a ryall house, a crown property. On 10 February 1306, Robert the Bruce killed John Comyn at Greyfriars Kirk, Dumfries. By May of that year Bruce was crowned King of Scots at Scone but early setbacks against English forces saw him seek refuge in the Western Isles and then in Ireland. In the spring of 1307 Bruce and his followers returned to the Scottish mainland and ambushed an English force under the command of Sir Aymer de Vallence at Glen Trool, Galloway. Worse was to follow for the
German submarine U-1306 German submarine U-1306 German submarine "U-1306" was a Type VIIC/41 U-boat of Nazi Germany's "Kriegsmarine" during World War II. She was ordered on 1 August 1942, and was laid down on 23 September 1943, at Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft, Flensburg, as yard number 499. She was launched on 25 October 1944, and commissioned under the command of "Oberleutnant zur See" Ulrich Kiessling on 20 December 1944. German Type VIIC/41 submarines were preceded by the heavier Type VIIC submarines. "U-1306" had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of