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- Cairnryan_Harbour abstract "During World War II, Cairnryan became No.2 Military Port, and three harbour piers and a military railway linking the village with nearby Stranraer were built by the army. Only one of the piers still remains, one was dismantled and another was destroyed in an ammunition explosion shortly after the war. The remaining pier is now in a state of disrepair and is fenced off to the public. However many anglers still take their chances and use the pier as its offers rich pickings for a variety of seafish such as mackerel, cod, dogfish, mullet and plaice.Thousands of troops were based locally in military camps. At the end of the war, the Atlantic U-Boat fleet surrendered in Loch Ryan and was anchored in the port before being towed to the North Channel and scuttled. This activity was codenamed Operation Deadlight.For a period after the war, the port was used to load superfluous ammunition onto army landing craft for disposal at sea - a hazardous task, which took the lives of several at the port, while the long-term and wider risks of such dumping have only later become more evident. It ceased in the early 1960s when most of the military infrastructure was abandoned, then dismantled, apart from one of the military jetties which remains, albeit in a perilous state.Ship breaking then became the main industry; the great British aircraft carriers HMS Centaur, HMS Bulwark, HMS Eagle, and HMS Ark Royal were all sent here for decommissioning, as well as a number of other vessels including HMS Mohawk and HMS Blake. As recently as 1990, Soviet Navy submarines were being dismantled here for scrap.[citation needed]Cairnryan Harbour was built along with Faslane naval base on the Gare Loch, in Argyll and Bute, Scotland.".
- Cairnryan_Harbour areaCode "01776".
- Cairnryan_Harbour councilArea Dumfries_and_Galloway.
- Cairnryan_Harbour country Scotland.
- Cairnryan_Harbour country United_Kingdom.
- Cairnryan_Harbour lieutenancyArea Wigtownshire.
- Cairnryan_Harbour postalCode "DG9".
- Cairnryan_Harbour wikiPageID "31242884".
- Cairnryan_Harbour wikiPageRevisionID "606145405".
- Cairnryan_Harbour constituencyScottishParliament Galloway_and_Upper_Nithsdale_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency).
- Cairnryan_Harbour constituencyWestminster Dumfries_and_Galloway_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- Cairnryan_Harbour country "Scotland".
- Cairnryan_Harbour dialCode "1776".
- Cairnryan_Harbour hasPhotoCollection Cairnryan_Harbour.
- Cairnryan_Harbour latitude "54.974232".
- Cairnryan_Harbour lieutenancyScotland Wigtownshire.
- Cairnryan_Harbour longitude "-5.030052".
- Cairnryan_Harbour next Larne_Harbour_railway_station.
- Cairnryan_Harbour next Yorkgate_railway_station.
- Cairnryan_Harbour officialName "Cairnryan Harbour".
- Cairnryan_Harbour postTown "STRANRAER".
- Cairnryan_Harbour postcodeArea "DG".
- Cairnryan_Harbour postcodeDistrict "DG9".
- Cairnryan_Harbour previous Stranraer_railway_station.
- Cairnryan_Harbour route P&O_Ferries.
- Cairnryan_Harbour route Stena_Line.
- Cairnryan_Harbour route "(Ferry)".
- Cairnryan_Harbour unitaryScotland Dumfries_and_Galloway.
- Cairnryan_Harbour subject Category:Geography_of_Argyll_and_Bute.
- Cairnryan_Harbour point "54.974232 -5.030052".
- Cairnryan_Harbour type Place.
- Cairnryan_Harbour type PopulatedPlace.
- Cairnryan_Harbour type Settlement.
- Cairnryan_Harbour type Wikidata:Q532.
- Cairnryan_Harbour type Place.
- Cairnryan_Harbour type Location.
- Cairnryan_Harbour type _Feature.
- Cairnryan_Harbour comment "During World War II, Cairnryan became No.2 Military Port, and three harbour piers and a military railway linking the village with nearby Stranraer were built by the army. Only one of the piers still remains, one was dismantled and another was destroyed in an ammunition explosion shortly after the war. The remaining pier is now in a state of disrepair and is fenced off to the public.".
- Cairnryan_Harbour label "Cairnryan Harbour".
- Cairnryan_Harbour sameAs m.0gjcdf5.
- Cairnryan_Harbour sameAs Q5017704.
- Cairnryan_Harbour sameAs Q5017704.
- Cairnryan_Harbour lat "54.974232".
- Cairnryan_Harbour long "-5.030052".
- Cairnryan_Harbour wasDerivedFrom Cairnryan_Harbour?oldid=606145405.
- Cairnryan_Harbour isPrimaryTopicOf Cairnryan_Harbour.
- Cairnryan_Harbour name "Cairnryan Harbour".