I presume that would be off the 'Cromarty Firth' rather than off 'Cromarty' as it would be risky actually going through the narrows into the Firth. Much safer to torpedo as they approach the narrows. Obvious Scapa Flow did show that U-Boats could get through to Scape Flow but Cromarty Firth is much more restrictive.
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Thanks, I seem to remember that the Sutors was one of the first places to have a boom (presumably in WWI), there is a report of someone from the Admiralty visiting to see it. There was an indicator loop at the Sutors, presumably WWII. The HMS NATAL was of course sunk off Cromarty but not by enemy action.
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I was contacted by the Cromarty Museum with this query about possible U-Boat activity in the Cromarty Firth area in WWI or WWII, can anyone answer their question. "2. The other enquiry was about Uboats which came into the Cromarty Firth and torpedoed a ship off Cromarty. Did this happen? I don't know if this was First or Second WW. I've heard this story before but don't kno
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I came to this site to lookup something else and noticed this thread about the murder of the crew of the BELGIAN PRINCE. As far as I am aware, this is the only known grave of one of the crew of the BELGIAN PRINCE and there is no memorial anywhere commemorating their loss. A few years ago I visited the grave and called in at the two local museums, neither was aware of the incident or gra
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I was recently researching Commando deaths at Achnacarry but this opened up to any WWII military deaths in the Lochaber area. One was Alfred Schenk was found drowned in Glasnacardoch Bay, near Mallaig in Inverness-shire on 4th April 1945. He is just described as a German Naval officer Number R1941 and age 42. He seems to have been initially buried at Morar but was later transferred to Cann
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