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    Loch Killin is a small freshwater loch in the Monadhliath Mountains, in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom. The loch is about 1.2 miles (1.9 km) long,...
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    HMS Loch Killin was a Loch-class frigate of the Royal Navy, named after Loch Killin in Scotland. The ship was laid down at Burntisland Shipbuilding Company's...
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    Killin (/ˌkɪlˈɪn/; Scottish Gaelic: Cill Fhinn) is a village in Perthshire in the central Highlands of Scotland. Situated at the western head of Loch...
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    station was on the Killin Railway. It is now closed. Media outlets reported in June 2024 that the loch had been temporarily renamed to "Loch Tay Tay" as a...
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  • Kilchoan Lochs (Argyll and Bute) Kilconquhar Loch Fife Loch Killimster (Caithness) Loch Killin (southeast of Loch Ness, Inverness-shire) Killypole Loch (Kintyre)...
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    to crush the hull of a submarine. The first successful "kill" was by Loch Killin on 31 July 1944, sinking the U-333. Such was the utility of Squid that...
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    corvettes during the Second World War. The first successful use was by HMS Loch Killin on 31 July 1944, when she sank U-333. The system was credited with sinking...
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    U-333 was sunk west of the Scilly Isles by Starling and the frigate Loch Killin on 31 July 1944. U-608 was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by Wren and a B-24...
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    at Killin in Perthshire, Scotland, near the western end of Loch Tay. The Bridge of Dochart, first constructed in 1760, crosses the river at Killin offering...
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    Ardachadh. The settlements of Gordonbush, Oldtown, Killin and Carrol are on the lakefront itself. The Loch is long and thin with two small channels which...
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    was credited, along with the sloops Amethyst, Peacock, Hart, and frigate Loch Craggie, with sinking the U-482 in the North Channel on 16 January 1945....
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    312039 Killin Stone Circle (or Kinnell Stone Circle) is a prehistoric stone circle situated at the west end of Loch Tay near the village of Killin, Stirling...
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    suggestion was Killin Junction, Killin, and Killin Pier. (The Callander and Oban already had a "Killin" on its line). It was then thought that the Loch ought to...
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    ships. However, in 1943 it also built three Loch-class frigates: HMS Loch Fyne, HMS Loch Killin and HMS Loch Glendhu. In May 1941 Burntisland launched hull...
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    Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park (Scottish Gaelic: Pàirc Nàiseanta Loch Laomainn is nan Tròisichean) is a national park in Scotland centred...
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    Loch Kilbirnie Loch Killin Loch Killisport Loch Kirbister Loch Kirkaig Loch Kishorn Loch Knockie Loch Laro Loch Laxford Loch Linfern Loch Linnhe Loch...
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  • different tactics of the escorts. In 1945 Loch Fada and Loch Killin were transferred, to be replaced by Loch Ruthven, Tobago, and Labuan. As 2 SG grappled...
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    killinensis lives in Loch Killin (Inverness-shire), after which it is named. It is also found in Loch Doine (Trossachs) and perhaps in Loch Builg (Cairngorms)...
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    merchant ships but also built three Loch class frigates: HMS Loch Killin (K391), HMS Loch Fyne (K429) and HMS Loch Glendhu (K619). By 1961 the shipyard...
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    Loch Lubnaig, Loch Earn, Loch Venachar and Loch Tay. The way is 127 kilometres (79 mi) in length if the direct route along the southern shore of Loch...
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  • Loch Tay was a railway station located at the head of Loch Tay, Stirling. Opened as Loch Tay Killin Pier on 1 April 1886, the station comprised a single...
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  • HMS Londonderry (U76) UK combat vessel sloop HMS Loch Fada (K390) UK combat vessel frigate HMS Loch Killin (K391) UK combat vessel frigate HMS Locust (T28)...
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    Ben Lui, it flows east out of Loch Dochart and through the glen of the same name. At Killin just before it enters Loch Tay are the Falls of Dochart. The...
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  • 31 July 1944 A Type VIIC U-boat that was sunk by HMS Starling and HMS Loch Killin west of the Isles of Scilly. 49°39′N 07°28′W / 49.650°N 7.467°W /...
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    Craiglush Loch of Drumellie Loch of Lowes Loch Ordie Loch Oss Loch Rannoch Loch Rusky Loch Scoly Loch Skiach Loch Tay Loch Tilt Loch Tinker Loch Tummel Loch Turret...
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  • HMS Loch Killin; there were 19 survivors and 28 dead. The U-boat captain, Oberleutnant zur See Reinhard Reff, had fired a torpedo at HMS Loch Killin and...
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    was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by depth charges from the frigate HMS Loch Killin. The Philadelphia transit strike was broken as a result of U.S. military...
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  • Escort Group. At 21:14 on the evening of 15 April 1945 Cranstoun and Loch Killin, while part of the escort to Convoy TBC 128, detected the U-1063 in Bigbury...
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    The Killin incident of 1749 took place in August 1749 in Killin in the Scottish Highlands in the tumultuous aftermath of the Jacobite rising of 1745....
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    U-1063 15 April 1945 Cranstoun, Burges Sank by depth charges from HMS Loch Killin 29 lost and 17 survivors 50°08′N 03°53′W / 50.133°N 3.883°W / 50.133;...
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