Holy Loch
View of Holy Loch This evening, I am posting information on Scotland's Holy Loch with emphasis on the 'American Years', i.e. period 1961-1992 when the U.S. Navy used the loch for a ballistic missile submarine base. This has been prompted by research consequent upon a request from a former member of the U.S. Navy who served at the base. Where is Holy Loch? It is a sea loch (fjord) forming part of the Cowal Peninsula coast of the Firth of Clyde, Argyll and Bute in the west of Scotland. Mouth of the loch is about two miles north of the small town of Dunoon . Video clip of Holy Loch and the Firth of Clyde Dimensions of the loch By the standards of Scotland's lochs Holy Loch is small being just one mile wide and between two and three miles long depending on tidal conditions. Visiting the loch Commercial boat trips along are not available. However, it is possible to follow the road around the edges of the loch: Dunoon -Sandbank- Kilmun- Strone. There are regular CalMac ...