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2 unusual facts about Cromarty Firth


Cromarty Firth

The yard with a dry dock for repairing and fabricating oil platforms, was opened in 1972 as a joint venture between Brown & Root (as it then was) and construction giant George Wimpey.

During World War II, there was a large training and operational base for Catalina amphibians and Sunderland seaplanes, which extended from Invergordon to Alness point - also now an industrial estate.


Invergordon railway station

On 26 November 1944, RAF Short Sunderland DD851 of the 4th Operational Training Unit departed Cromarty Firth, RAF Station Alness on an anti-submarine patrol of the North Sea off the coast of Scotland.


see also

River Glass

Allt Graad or River Glass, which flows from Loch Glass to the Cromarty Firth in Scotland

Sir Charles Ross, 9th Baronet

Balnagown Castle, not far from the north shore of the Cromarty Firth near Invergordon, and adjacent parts of the once-extensive Ross estate of Balnagown have been owned since 1972 by billionaire businessman and Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, who has restored the castle.