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Proteus, the mother ship for American Polaris submarines and their nuclear-tipped missiles, docked in the Holy Loch in March 1961
IT is a product of Scotland’s subordinate status that when the great powers clash it is Caledonia that instantly becomes the proxy front line.
Sixty years ago, on March 3, 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the US Navy submarine depot ship Proteus docked in the Holy Loch on the Clyde. Its purpose was to act as a permanent mother ship for American Polaris submarines and their nuclear-tipped missiles.
This forward base provided the Pentagon with two advantages. First, it allowed American subs to slip quickly out to their Arctic firing stations close to the Russian mainland. And secondly, it had the happy effect of making Glasgow the main target for any Soviet first or retaliatory strike, rather than the US east coast. ....

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