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    The Holy Loch (Scottish Gaelic: An Loch Sianta/Seunta) is a sea loch, a part of the Cowal Peninsula coast of the Firth of Clyde, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland...
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    Cape Canaveral during May and June 1961, and in late June departed for Holy Loch, Scotland, where she joined Submarine Squadron 14 on 10 July 1961.[citation...
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    the inland A885 (high road). It sits on the southern shore of the Holy Loch, a sea loch of the Firth of Clyde. Alexander Robertson started repairing boats...
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    "B", "C", and "D"—of AFDB‑7 were towed across the Atlantic Ocean to Holy Loch, Scotland, where on 3 March 1961 the Navy established an important base...
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    arrival at Holy Loch in September 1977. From Holy Loch, Alexander Hamilton conducted her 39th and 40th deterrent patrols. She departed Holy Loch in May 1978...
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    The Gare Loch or Gareloch (Scottish Gaelic: An Gearr Loch) is an open sea loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland and bears a similar name to the village of...
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    on the western shore of the upper Firth of Clyde, to the south of the Holy Loch and to the north of Innellan. As well as forming part of the council area...
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    submarine base at Holy Loch, Scotland. Over the next three and one-half years, Theodore Roosevelt made 15 more deterrent patrols from the Holy Loch. Late in the...
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    July, 1982 from Holy Loch, port calls Groton, CT, and Kings Bay, GA; Patrol 52 Feb 1983 ERP Holy Loch; Patrol 56 March 1984 from Holy Loch, port call Naples...
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    missiles. Commencing in 1962, Betelgeuse (AK-260) made resupply runs to Holy Loch, Scotland and Naval Station Rota, Spain. She not only carried Polaris...
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    lochs join the Firth, the largest being Loch Fyne. Campbeltown Loch Loch Fyne - East Loch Tarbert; Loch Gilp; Loch Gair and Loch Shira Gare Loch Holy...
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    the broad strath before flowing into the head of Holy Loch, about 5 km further south. Along with Loch Lomond, it is the only naturally occurring habitat...
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    at the head of the loch, on the B836 road that provides an east-west route across Cowal between the heads of the Holy Loch and Loch Riddon. Minor roads...
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    patrol in December 1960 with her Blue Crew on board. When she surfaced off Holy Loch, Scotland, on 8 March 1961, she had set a record for her type, cruising...
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    tended submarines there until 11 July 1966. On that date, she sailed for Holy Loch, Scotland, where she relieved USS Hunley as tender for Submarine Squadron...
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    (to which she had been reassigned), based at Holy Loch. Lafayette began 1985 with a refit at Holy Loch in preparation for Patrol 56, after which the...
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    the Gold Crew took the submarine to Holy Loch, and Ulysses S. Grant operated on deterrent patrols out of Holy Loch for the remainder of her career. Ulysses...
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    SSBN refit 20 January–21 February at New London. She then crossed to Holy Loch, Scotland, arriving 3 March 1961. There for the next two years she completed...
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  • (SUBRON 14), also known as Site One, Holy Loch, was a United States Navy submarine squadron. It was based at Holy Loch, Firth of Clyde, Scotland, between...
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    Flotilla. In 1940 HMS Titania was refitted on the Tyne and transferred to Holy Loch for the remainder of the war. She was adopted by the people of Dorking...
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    aboard in Holy Loch, Scotland, and departed in October on patrol #7 under the command of Capt Hay. In December the ship returned to Holy Loch and the Gold...
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    deployed to Holy Loch, Scotland, Tecumseh arrived in Scottish waters on 9 February 1972. She conducted 18 more deterrent patrols out of Holy Loch through...
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    US SSBNs were permanently forward deployed at Advanced Refit Sites in Holy Loch, Scotland, Rota, Spain, and Guam by the middle 1960s, resulting in short...
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    overhaul, Canopus sailed for Holy Loch, Scotland, via the Panama Canal. In May 1970, she relieved Simon Lake at Holy Loch. She reported to the Commander...
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    for several weeks at the ballistic missile submarine base located in Holy Loch, Scotland, before returning home to New London on 29 October. During the...
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    Ardnadam (Scottish Gaelic: Àird nan Damh) is a village on the Holy Loch on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is located northwest...
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    got underway on 28 August 1961 as a unit of SUBRON 14. She arrived at Holy Loch, Scotland, in October 1961. She underwent a refit alongside submarine...
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    USS Proteus (AS-19) in Holy Loch, Scotland. Following upkeep, the Gold Crew commenced its first patrol on 25 December 1962, returning to Holy Loch in February 1963...
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  • US SSBNs were permanently forward deployed at Advanced Refit Sites in Holy Loch, Scotland and Rota, Spain for Atlantic and Mediterranean areas, and Guam...
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  • This list of lochs in Scotland includes the majority of bodies of standing freshwater named as lochs but only a small selection of the generally smaller...
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