HMS Varbel

55.859731°N 5.076229°W / 55.859731; -5.076229

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Varbel
Recommissioned	1942?
Decommissioned	1945
Fate	Decommissioned and closed down
General characteristics
Class & type	Stone frigate

HMS Varbel was a Royal Navy shore establishment during World War II, used as a base for Operation Source. It was in the luxury 88-bedroomed Kyles Hydro Hotel at Port Bannatyne on the Isle of Bute in the Firth of Clyde off the west coast of Scotland.

The hotel was demolished in the 1970s.^[1] The houses along the waterfront are still there. The pier has gone except some old decaying piles.