16-511: The Combined Operations Training Centre , also known as No.1 Combined Training Centre, Inveraray was a military installation on the banks of Loch Fyne near Inveraray in Scotland. The centre was established in October 1940. Each of the services had a presence at the centre, the army in the form of training staff specialising in the military engineering required for amphibious landings ,
32-587: A short cut between the west coast and islands at one end and the Clyde estuary at the other, and so avoid the long voyage around the south end of the Kintyre Peninsula . By the canal basin is a coffee shop and the nearby hotel and looks out across Loch Crinan to Duntrune Castle . Crinan Post Office is in the old Harbour House. Crinan Boatyard provides services and facilities for commercial and leisure boaters. A scallop farming business operates from
48-576: A top secret deception exercise to convince the Germans that a major sea assault was being prepared but could not be launched until at least September 1944. The centre closed in June 1946 and the site is now occupied by a caravan park. Commandants were as follows: Loch Fyne Loch Fyne ( Scottish Gaelic : Loch Fìne , pronounced [l̪ˠɔx ˈfiːnə] ; meaning "Loch of the Vine/Wine"),
64-493: Is Stallion Rock, a single rock that rises from the sea bed. It is also a popular tourist destination with attractions such as Inveraray Castle , Dunderave Castle , Kilmory Castle , Minard Castle and the nearby ruins of Castle MacEwen and Old Castle Lachlan around the shores of Loch Fyne. Crarae Garden located 10 miles south of Inveraray, the National Trust for Scotland gardens overlook Loch Fyne. The Loch
80-633: Is a sea loch off the Firth of Clyde and forms part of the coast of the Cowal Peninsula . Located on the west coast of Argyll and Bute , west of Scotland . It extends 65 kilometres (40 mi) inland from the Sound of Bute , making it the longest of the sea lochs in Scotland. It is connected to the Sound of Jura by the Crinan Canal . Although there is no evidence that grapes have grown there,
96-467: Is overlooked by the 126 feet (38 m) high Inverary Bell Tower , visible from much of the Loch, and is a popular tourist attraction. Crinan, Argyll and Bute Crinan ( Scottish Gaelic : An Crìonan ) is a small village located on the west coast of Scotland in the region known as Knapdale , which is part of Argyll and Bute . Before the Crinan Canal was built, Crinan was named Port Righ which meant
112-483: The Ardlamont Peninsula , a longer route to Kames. At the mouth of Loch Fyne between Portavadie on the Cowal Peninsula , on the east shore of the loch. A vehicle ferry traverses the loch to Tarbert on the Kintyre Peninsula on the west shore. The Crinan Canal connects Loch Fyne at Ardrishaig and the Sound of Jura at the hamlet of Crinan itself, giving a shortcut for smaller vessels out to
128-582: The Hebrides saving the longer route of going around the Kintyre Peninsula . The canal was built between 1794 and 1801 when the canal was opened, under the supervision of John Rennie . In 1816 Thomas Telford redesigned parts of the canal to remedy technical issues with water supplies for the canal. There are fifteen locks along the canal's 9-mile (14 km) length. During the Second World War , HMS Quebec (a shore establishment) also known as
144-566: The "No 1" Combined Operations Training Centre (CTC) was centred a few miles south of Inveraray and used the shores of the Loch Fyne and surrounding coastline. It trained personnel in the techniques involved in the use of landing craft and the setting up of a beachhead. The No1 CTC was manned and trained personnel from all three services, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and the Army, troops of the allies were also trained. This important military facility
160-536: The Navy in the form of HMS Quebec , a unit which trained staff in the use and maintenance of landing craft for such techniques and the air force in the form of RAF officers who could call on air support from No. 516 Squadron for training in such techniques. Around a quarter of a million troops trained at the centre prior to the D-Day landings . Some 30 senior officers, each with a staff vehicle and radio also took part in
176-404: The entire loch northwards from a point near Otter Ferry . Loch Fyne has a reputation for its oyster fishery, and as a consequence, the loch has given its name to the once locally owned Loch Fyne Oysters and to the associated Loch Fyne Restaurants . It is also notable for its herring -fishing industry, and hence the famous Loch Fyne Kipper, originally caught using the drift-net method. In
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#1732775604436192-737: The head of the loch then travels down the west coast of Loch Fyne, from Ardrishaig to Tarbert along the Knapdale coast. Leaving the A83 north of Cairndow the A815 travels down the east shore of Loch Fyne along the Cowal Peninsula coast to Strachur , where to continue down the east shore the A886 leads to Newton . Where you turn off onto the B8000 which carries on down the east shore to Millhouse , where you can go to Portavadie or Kames (direct) or via
208-469: The king's port. The canal was named from the small settlement of Crinan Ferry on the edge of Loch Crinan where a small ferry landed. The name Crinan probably derives from the Creones tribe who lived in the area in 140 AD. The canal starts at Ardrishaig sea loch on Loch Gilp , and ends nine miles (fourteen kilometres) away at Crinan sea loch on the Sound of Jura . The canal was designed to provide
224-411: The mid-19th century, Loch Fyne was the centre of the battle between the traditional drift-net fishermen and the new trawl-net fishermen who sprang up around Tarbert and Campbeltown in 1833. Several Scottish sea-fishing records have been set in the loch: Loch Fyne is a popular area for sport diving . Off the coast at St Catherines , is a boulder field and a wrecked speedboat. At Kenmore Point
240-616: The title is probably honorific, indicating that the river, Abhainn Fìne (river Fyne), was a well-respected river. In the north the terrain is mountainous, with the Arrochar Alps , Beinn Bhuidhe , Glen Shira , Glen Fyne , Glen Croe , Arrochar , Tyndrum and Loch Lomond nearby. It is overlooked by the Tinkers' Heart , an old travellers ' monument. It was a place for weddings to traditionally take place. The loch has several roads surrounding it. The A83 goes round
256-444: Was set up in October 1940, around 250,000 personnel passed through the training centre by 1944. The main site is now occupied by Argyll Caravan Park. Dolphins , seals and otters inhabit the loch, and basking sharks can appear in its waters during the summer months. A Ross's gull was present at the loch in early 2007. In 2014 Loch Fyne was declared a Nature Conservation Marine Protected Area (NCMPA). The designation covers
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