Draft:Cloch Point To Dunoon Anti-submarine Boom

The Cloch Point To Dunoon Anti-submarine Boom, was part of the Clyde Defences during both of the World Wars. It was located on the upper Firth of Clyde, west of Scotland. Between the Cloch Lighthouse on the Inverclyde coast and Dunoon on the Cowal peninsula coast, Argyll and Bute. The tethering points on the east shore were located at, National, on the west coast, tethering points are still visible on the rocks below Castle Hill in Dunoon.

The anti-submarine boom protected The Tail of the Bank, an area of deep water where shipping gathered too convoy.

Associated with the anti-submarine boom were three coastal defence installations. The Ardhallow Battery and Dunoon Battery were on the west shore, the Cloch Point Battery was on the east shore.