Monument record MHG36211 - KYLESKU, GARBH EILEAN

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User: Admin, Date: Wed 13 Oct 2004
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NC23SW 24 2247 3385

A stone cairn situated in the car park on the N side of the Kylesku Bridge (NC23SW 22). The monument was erected on 10th April 1993 honouring the men of the XIIth Submarine Flotilla who had manned the midget submarines (X-craft). Much of the training of the crews of these craft was done in the waters around Kylesku. It was here that the crews were trained for the midget submarine attack on the German battleship Tirpitz which was then based in the Altenfjord, Norway.
J Guy 2000; NMRS MS 810/10, Part.1, 6, Part.3, 4