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    Loch Ewe (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Iùbh) is a sea loch in the region of Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The shores are inhabited by a...
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  • Ewe language Ewe music Isle of Ewe, an island off the west coast of Scotland Loch Ewe, a sea loch in Scotland St Ewe, a village in Cornwall David Ewe...
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  • Thòmais (west of Loch Ewe, Wester Ross) Loch an Alltan Fheàrna (Sutherland) Loch Alvie (Speyside) Loch nan Amhaichean (Easter Ross) Loch Anna (near Dornie)...
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    It is after him that Loch Maree is named; prior to the saint's arrival in the area the loch is believed to have been named Loch Ewe, as evidenced by the...
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    Loch Ewe distillery in Drumchork near Aultbea in the Scottish Highlands was the smallest legally operated distillery in Scotland. It was set up in 2005...
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    terminating at Murmansk. From February 1942 they assembled and sailed from Loch Ewe in Scotland. Outbound and homebound convoys were planned to run simultaneously;...
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    Arkhangelsk in the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The convoy departed Loch Ewe, Scotland on 2 September 1942, rendezvoused with more ships and escorts...
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    sailed from Loch Ewe in Scotland on 10 March 1942 and arrived in Reykjavík on 16 March 1942. After the departure of three ships, bound from Loch Ewe to Reykjavík...
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    Arkhangelsk in the Soviet Union during the Second World War. The convoy departed Loch Ewe, Scotland on 2 September 1942, rendezvoused with more ships and escorts...
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    previously had more families, but these left during the Second World War, when Loch Ewe was used as an important naval anchorage. The isolated position of the...
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    peninsula, Loch Ewe, Rua Reidh/Melvaig peninsula, Loch Gairloch, Loch Torridon, Applecross peninsula, Loch Kishorn, Loch Carron, Lochalsh peninsula, Loch Long...
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    Sea. Convoy JW 51A consisted of 15 merchant ships which departed from Loch Ewe on 22 December 1942. Close escort was provided by the minesweeper HMS Bramble...
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  • California Midtown St. Louis, Missouri Midtown (band), a pop punk band Midtown, Loch Ewe, a location in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland Midtown, Sutherland...
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    the summer and autumn of 1942. The JW series were organized to sail from Loch Ewe, Scotland, rather than Iceland and sailed with a substantial destroyer...
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    1945, Zebra joined the escort for the Arctic convoy JW63, which had left Loch Ewe in Scotland on 30 December. She remained part of the convoy's outer screen...
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    into the 8th Battle Squadron. She initially served as a guard ship in Loch Ewe, one of the harbours used by the Grand Fleet, before escorting the crossing...
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    North-West Highlands of Scotland. It is situated on the southeast shore of Loch Ewe, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Ullapool. The village has a primary...
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    Wester Ross, extending for about 50 km (30 mi) from the western side of Loch Ewe in the south to the Stoer peninsula in the north. The Stac Fada Member...
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    journey of Allied ships from the port of Archangelsk in the Soviet Union to Loch Ewe in the west of Scotland. The British planned to send Convoy PQ 18 from...
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    54B, protecting it until it reached Loch Ewe on 9 December without loss. The convoy JW 55B sailed from Loch Ewe for Russia on 20 December. Haida was...
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  • lack of inhabitants, along with there being a nearby military base at Loch Ewe that served as a staging area. Original tests on the effectiveness of anthrax...
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    peninsula, Loch Ewe, Rua Reidh/Melvaig peninsula, Loch Gairloch, Loch Torridon, Applecross peninsula, Loch Kishorn, Loch Carron, Lochalsh peninsula, Loch Long...
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  • (Skye) Loch Mic Phail (North Uist) Loch Eport Loch Erghallan (Skye) Loch Eriboll (Sutherland) Loch Erisort (Lewis) Loch Etive Loch Ewe (Wester Ross) Loch Eynort...
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  • France Jun 1944 5 military convoys EC Southend to Clyde River, Oban and Loch Ewe Mar 1941 to Nov 1941 90 coastal convoys ECM Falmouth to Seine Bay, northern...
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    Cove is a remote hamlet located on the northwestern shore of the sea loch Loch Ewe, and 8 mi (13 km) northwest of Poolewe in Ross-shire, Scottish Highlands...
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    Kola Inlet to Loch Ewe between 27 November and 9 December 1943 in another uneventful passage. On 20 December 1943, she set out from Loch Ewe with the destroyer...
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    and January. In February 1943 she joined the escort of Convoy JW 53 from Loch Ewe to Kola Inlet, returning in March to resume duties in the Western Approaches...
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  • on 16 August for Loch Ewe, which was reached via Convoy FN 1101 to the Tyne, Convoy FN 1104 to Methil and Convoy EN 271 to Loch Ewe, arriving on 23 August...
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    Fencer left Kola Inlet, as an escort for the 45 ship convoy RA 59, for Loch Ewe, in Scotland. On 30 April, William S. Thayer was sunk by U-307 at 73°46′N...
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    north-west end of Loch Maree. After bending around the south side of Poolewe, the line headed northwards along the east shore of Loch Ewe, passing round...
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