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Holy Loch

Sandbank, near Dunoon, Argyll

Where American nuclear submarines lurked in a Scottish loch.

From 1961 the US Navy based Polaris nuclear missile submarines in the Holy Loch, with a huge depot ship moored in the loch. Thousands of American sailors lived around Dunoon.

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When
1961–1992
Where
55.9800, -4.9300
Group
Secret bunkers & war sites

Visiting

The loch can be seen from the shore road at Sandbank.

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