Loch Long Royal Naval Torpedo Range
(photo venant de ▻http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/military-sites/62725-royal-naval-torpedo-range-arrochar-july-11-a.html )
Entrainé par le sujet des stations de test de torpilles découvertes dans un seen d’hier (cf. ►http://seenthis.net/messages/171695 et les commentaires), je creuse un peu et m’arrête sur une première. Après Kaspisk et Gdynia, voici donc Loch Long (à 15 km du Loch Lomond, cher au cœur du Capitaine Haddock).
▻https://maps.google.com/maps?q=56.067149,-4.87278&num=1&t=h&z=13
Secret Scotland - Loch Long Torpedo Range
▻http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/LochLongTorpedoRange
en 2006
après l’incendie de 2007
The Loch Long Torpedo Range operated on the loch from 1912 to 1986. The abandoned Admiralty buildings, pier, and slipway remained on the west shore of the loch, opposite the village of Arrochar, until 2007, when demolition of the site began, and it was also subject to destruction by fire.
Originally an Admiralty facility, the range became the Royal Naval Torpedo Testing Station and Range, later referred to as both the Loch Long Torpedo Range, and the Arrochar Torpedo Range.
Activity at the range reached a peak during World War II, with more than 12,000 torpedoes being fired down the loch in 1944.
Quelques visites photographiques au hasard des images de gg
• avril 2008 ▻http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/military-sites/32464-torpedo-testing-station-loch-long-april-2008-a.html
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/150/436809748_4e8909983d.jpg 
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2070/2428166573_c2359cc7fd.jpg • octobre 2010 ▻https://lifeattheendoftheroad.wordpress.com/2010/10/03
http://lifeattheendoftheroad.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/lochstriven070_thumb.jpg 
http://lifeattheendoftheroad.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/lochstriven073_thumb.jpg • mars 2012 ▻http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=23649
http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t468/Melorac/Torp%20range/LF070_edited-1.jpg 
http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t468/Melorac/Torp%20range/LF069_edited-1-1.jpg Un projet immobilier, annoncé en mars 2012, le Ben Arthur Resort
Argyll News : Direct hit : former torpedo range at Arrochar to become Ben Arthur Resort | For Argyll
▻http://forargyll.com/2012/03/direct-hit-former-torpedo-range-at-arrochar-to-become-ben-arthur-resort
In what looks like an first class and inspirational initiative, the former Ministry of Defence torpedo range on Loch Long is planned to be translated into the Ben Arthur Resort – taking its name from the exotic and magnificent mountain peak behind it, known familiarly as ‘The Cobbler’.
L’annonce, le 17/07/13, sur le blog du projet de l’autorisation de construire. Les travaux commenceront à l’automne 2013
▻http://benarthurresort.com/2013/07/17/planning-permission-recieved
La luxueuse brochure présentant le projet accessible ici ▻http://benarthurresort.com/brochure avec un lien à cliquer vers un document de 78 pages accessible via issuu ▻http://issuu.com/archial/docs/ben_arthur
Dont voici les pages 18 et 19
