Editing Cromarty Firth (section)

==History==
The Firth forms one of the safest and most commodious anchorages in the north of Scotland{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} and [[Invergordon]] was at one time a major base for the Royal Navy's Home Fleet. The Firth was the scene of the [[Invergordon Mutiny]] in 1931. Remnants of the Navy remain, such as the [[HMS Fieldfare|disused airfield]] near Evanton (now an industrial estate) which was built to take aircraft from the fleet carriers while they were at anchor. During [[World War II]], there was a large training and operational base for [[PBY Catalina|Catalina]] [[amphibious aircraft]] and [[Short Sunderland|Sunderland]] seaplanes, which extended from [[Invergordon]] to Alness point - also now an industrial estate. A memorial to the men who were killed on operational missions was placed at this industrial estate in 2001. A propeller from a Catalina was found and restored by [[RAF]] apprentices and now resides in the town of [[Alness]]. The tennis courts on the industrial estate are the only remaining parts of the estate which date from World War II.