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Wartime

Catalina Z2141 Catalina Z2141, based at Sullom Voe, Shetland, sank at its moorings at Invergordon on 10th November ...
Catalina AH531 Catalina AH531 of 4(C) OTU, which sank in a gale on 5th September 1942 being lifted on to the slipwa...
Saro Lerwick L7257 Saro Lerwick L7257 sank at her moorings at Invergordon on 11th November 1941 and was raised in Decem...
Flying Boat Floating Dock This floating dock, built in 1921 at the Royal Dockyard at Sheerness, arrived at Invergordon in 1938...
Admiralty Floating Dock Known as AFD16, she was laid down on the 3rd of December 1941, and completed in February 1942. On th...
AFD16 Admiralty Floating Dock Another view of the small floating dock (see picture #1489) which was at Invergordon in 1942 and 194...
Inchindown The fuel storage facility has become a little more obvious following the extensive tree felling on t...
Catalina Flying Boat at Admiralty Pier An interesting picture of a Catalina very close to the Admiralty Pier. Generally the flying boats wo...
Northern Barrage The destroyer HMS Vampire laying smoke, whilst protecting the USS Shawmut, of Mine Squadron One, ope...
Northern Barrage - US Minelayers and a British Cruiser in the Cromarty Firth This was photographed from on board either USS Shawmut or USS Aroostook, with a British light cruise...
Lysander at Evanton, 1942 Westland Lysander with collapsed undercarriage after a heavy landing at Evanton, Sept 1942. Lysander...
'The Flying Porcupine' Short Sunderland, N9046 which earned the name of 'The Flying Porcupine' when operating out of Inverg...

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