Greenock Blitz
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The Greenock Blitz is the name given to two nights of intensive bombing of the town of Greenock, Scotland by the Nazi German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. The raids over the nights of the 6 and 7 May 1941 targeted the shipyards and berthed ships around the town. The brunt of the bombing fell on residential areas. Over the two nights, 271 people were killed and over 10,200 injured. From a total of 180,000 homes nearly 25,000 suffered damage and 5,000 were destroyed.
1941
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HMS Cumberland, HMS Empire Spruce, HMS K13, HMS Repulse, HMS Seagull, Maillé Brézé, MTB 489, MTB 702,
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1941 Greenock Blitz
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 410 | Kingdom of Strathclyde | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 580 | Battle of Alclud Ford | Kingdom of Bernicia, Kingdom of Rheged, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 870 | Siege of Dumbarton | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1164 | Battle of Renfrew | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1263 | Battle of Largs | Norway, battle, Kingdom of Scotland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1603 | Battle of Glen Fruin | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1941 | Clydebank Blitz | Nazi Germany, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1941 | Greenock Blitz | Nazi Germany, aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | 1933 | Maillé Brézé | destroyer, Vauquelin-class destroyer | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1750 | Alexander Stephen and Sons | shipyard, business, shipbuilding | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1861 | Charles Connell and Company | shipyard, shipbuilding, business | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1865 | Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited | shipyard, shipbuilding, business, enterprise, manufacture of steam generators, except central heating hot water boilers, Manufacture of military fighting vehicles | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding | 1840 | William Denny and Brothers | shipbuilding, business | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding | 1967 | Scott Lithgow | shipbuilding, business | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | Blackwood and Gordon | shipbuilding company | Wikidata | |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | Greenock Dockyard Company | shipbuilding company | Wikidata | |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | William Hamilton and Company | shipbuilding company | Wikidata | |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1711 | Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1830 | Robert Duncan and Co. | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1851 | John Brown & Company | shipbuilding, enterprise, shipbuilding company, business, machinery industry and plant construction | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1860 | Lobnitz | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1874 | Lithgows | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1898 | Napier and Miller | shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1903 | Ferguson Marine Engineering | shipbuilding, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding company | 1999 | BAE Systems Marine | shipbuilding, business, shipbuilding company | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | Coastal Battery Toward | coastal battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Gryffe Wraes Cottage, anti-aircraft site 185m WNW of | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | High Mathernock, AA battery 350m WSW and camp 360 SW of | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Larkfield Battery | anti-aircraft battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Portkil Battery, 6-inch battery | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Steel Cottage, anti-aircraft battery 480m NW of | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | 1901 | Ardhallow Battery | artillery battery | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | Inverkip Anti-Aircraft Operations Room | Royal Air Force, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Strathclyde Regional Council - Dumbarton Emergency Headquarters - Garshake | civil defense center, Strathclyde Regional Council | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Strathclyde Regional Council - Dumbarton Emergency Headquarters - Crosslet | civil defense center, Strathclyde Regional Council | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Ardencaple Castle | ruins, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Ardgowan Castle | tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Barony and Castle of Kilbirnie | tower house, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Barr Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Caldwell Tower | tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Castle Semple | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Dumbarton Castle | contour fort, Historic Environment Scotland, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Hunterston Castle | Clan Hunter, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Kames Castle | cottage, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Kelburn Castle | country house, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Little Cumbrae Castle | Clan Montgomery, tower house | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Mugdock Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Rothesay Castle | House of Stuart, castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | Skelmorlie Castle | castle | Wikidata | |
| site | castle | 1180 | Crookston Castle | Historic Environment Scotland, ringwork castle, archaeological site, tower house | Wikidata |
| site | castle | 1290 | Kilmahew Castle | Clan Napier, castle | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Fort Matilda | fort, neighborhood | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Empire Spruce | naval tug, shipwreck | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS K13 | fleet submarine, shipwreck, K-class submarine | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | HMS Seagull | torpedo gunboat, Sharpshooter-class torpedo gunboat, shipwreck | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | MTB 489 | motor torpedo boat, shipwreck | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | MTB 702 | motor torpedo boat, shipwreck | Wikidata | |
| site | shipwreck | 1842 | HMS Cumberland | third-rate, shipwreck, Cumberland-class ship of the line | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1916 | HMS Repulse | Renown-class battlecruiser, shipwreck, battlecruiser | Wikidata |