Forts · Scottish Highlands
HMS St Christopher
HMS St Christopher in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
About
HMS St Christopher is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
HMS St Christopher was a Coastal Forces training base of the Royal Navy operational during the Second World War and located in and around Fort William, Scotland.
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Background
History
Commissioned in October 1940, HMS St Christopher was in service for a total of four years, until being decommissioned in December 1944. The base was first commanded by Commander A.E.P. Welman DSO DSC RN, and existed to train the crews of a variety of different inshore patrol craft. To enable this, an Admiralty Floating Dock was moored at Corpach in Loch Linnhe for some of the time. Most of the courses lasted a number of weeks and involved such activities as firing torpedoes from Motor Torpedo Boats. A Westland Lysander or a Blackburn Skua would occasionally fly over the base to allow practices on anti-aircraft guns. Over its time in service, the base is estimated to have trained around…
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- Coordinates
- 56.8155, -5.1122
- Official site
- www.westhighlandmuseum.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q5634434 (CC0)
- wikipedia: HMS St Christopher (shore establishment) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is HMS St Christopher?
- HMS St Christopher is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.8155°, -5.1122°.
- Who owns HMS St Christopher?
- HMS St Christopher is owned by |ordered=.