Scrabster

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Scrabster Harbour

Scrabster (Scots: Scraibster ,[1] Scottish Gaelic: Sgrabastair/Sgrabstal)[2] is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. It is some Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). from Thurso, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). from Wick and 112 miles (180 km) from Inverness.

Scrabster Harbour is an important port for the Scottish fishing industry.[3]

During the Second World War, Scrabster harbour was the base for a ferry operation started to carry military explosives to Scapa Flow. Initially running a 40 ft, (12.2 m) King's Lynn pilotcutter "MERMAID" built in 1908, Antony Bridges maintained the service until 1945.[4]

Ferries

Far North Line

The nearest railway line is the Far North Line connecting Thurso railway station to Inverness railway station.

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  4. ↑ Scapa Ferry, Antony Bridges, ISBN 0 09 916960 6, 1957.
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