55°51′35″N 5°04′34″W / 55.859731°N 5.076229°W / 55.859731; -5.076229 HMS Varbel was a Royal Navy shore establishment during World War II, used as a base...
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operation. The operation was directed from HMS Varbel, located in Port Bannatyne on the Isle of Bute. Varbel (named after Commanders Varley and Bell, designers...
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X-class submarine (redirect from HMS X6)
see human torpedo. The operational base and training establishment was HMS Varbel at the former Kyles Hydro Hotel at Port Bannatyne on the Isle of Bute...
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training, Poole, Dorset HMS Uva, Diyatalawa, Ceylon HMS Valkyrie, Training establishment for HO ratings, Isle of Man HMS Varbel, X class submarine training...
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(X-craft) operations. In particular, it was from here (hotel renamed HMS Varbel) that the top secret and audacious attack on the Tirpitz was masterminded...
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banks of the River Clyde in September 1942, at the informally named "HMS Varbel", training the crews of midget submarines to attack the German battleship...
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A comprehensive account of the audacious X-Craft raid on the Tirpitz, planned and executed from the naval on-shore base HMS Varbel in Port Bannatyne....
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(x-craft) operations. In particular, it was from here (hotel renamed HMS Varbel) that the top secret and audacious attack on the Tirpitz was masterminded...
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training during World War II. The training programme was directed from HMS Varbel in Port Bannatyne to the south in the luxury Kyles Hydro Hotel, overlooking...
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foundations are still visible. Ardtaraig was known as HMS Varbel II, a secondary base to HMS Varbel, where navigation was taught to the men who manned the...
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Operations Craft Working up base HMS Varbel, Port Bannatyne, Argyll & Bute, Midget submarine training shore base HMS Western Isles, Tobermory, Argyll...
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Mediterranean. He was promoted lieutenant on 1 March 1941, then joined HMS Varbel, the midget submarine training depot, in 1943. Six midget submarines were...
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depot ship HMS Titania, initially at Loch Èireasort on the Isle of Lewis, then from Loch Striven off the Firth of Clyde attached to HMS Varbel. During this...
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