What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hms Breda: Campbeltown Loch, Kintyre, Firth of Clyde as Requisitioned Steam Yacht (20th Century)-(1944), Steam Yacht (20th Century)-(1944). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
HMS *Breda* was a requisitioned steam yacht that served as a Royal Navy vessel during World War II. It was scuttled in 1944 in Campbeltown Loch, Kintyre, as part of the preparations for the D-Day landings, forming part of the artificial harbor (Gooseberry) to support the Normandy invasion.
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Places near here
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