Draft:Cloch Point To Dunoon Anti-submarine Boom
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| Cloch Point To Dunoon Anti-submarine Boom | |
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| Dunoon, Argyll and Bute and Cloch Lighthouse, Inverclyde coasts in Scotland, United Kingdom | |
| Coordinates | grid reference NS 20309 75898 |
| Type | Defensive Boom |
| Designations | Scheduled Monument: SM12802 |
The Cloch Point To Dunoon Anti-submarine Boom, was part of the Clyde Defences during both of the World Wars. It was located on the upper Firth of Clyde, west of Scotland. Between the Cloch Lighthouse on the Inverclyde coast and Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula coast, Argyll and Bute. The tethering points on the east shore were located at, National grid reference NS 20309 75898, on the west coast, tethering points are still visible on the rocks below Castle Hill in Dunoon .[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
The anti-submarine boom protected The Tail of the Bank, an area of deep water where shipping gathered too convoy.[10][11][12][13]
Associated with the anti-submarine boom were three coastal defence installations. The Ardhallow Battery and Dunoon Battery[14]were on the west shore, the Cloch Point Battery was on the east shore.[7][15]
See Also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Cloch Lighthouse, anti-submarine tethering points 15m N and 10m SW of (SM12802)". portal.historicenvironment.scot.
- ^ "Regiments : Inverclyde's Great War". www.inverclydeww1.org.
- ^ "Clyde Defences, Dunoon, Castle Gardens, Dunoon Battery | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
- ^ "World War One Audit of Surviving Remains | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
- ^ "Archaeology Notes | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
- ^ "Bute during World War II". www.bute-at-war.org.
- ^ a b "Secret Scotland - Cloch Boom". secretscotland.org.uk.
- ^ "Clyde Defences, Cloch Point To Dunoon Anti-submarine Boom | Canmore". canmore.org.uk.
- ^ "The anti submarine nets across the Clyde. | Old photos, Historical photos, Glasgow". Pinterest.
- ^ "CLYDE, SCOTLAND, 1939-09-04. FIRST CONVOY OF WORLD WAR II LEAVING THE CLYDE, SCOTLAND EARLY AM ON ..." www.awm.gov.au.
- ^ "Tail O' The Bank". December 24, 2015.
- ^ https://docs.planning.org.uk/20210107/203/QLHHGPIMJLZ00/wbafdad42ha5g876.pdf
- ^ "The Clyde". Scottish Shipwrecks. October 21, 2020.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
auto1”was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Ardhallow Battery and Defences (SM13683)". portal.historicenvironment.scot.
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[edit]Category:Cowal Category:Inverclyde
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