Scrabster

{{Short description|Village in Highland, Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2017}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Scrabster

| gaelic_name = Sgrabastair/Sgrabstal

| static_image_name = Scrabster2009-2.jpg

| static_image_caption = Scrabster Harbour

| map_type = Caithness

| coordinates = {{coord|58.609722|-3.5525|display=inline,title}}

| population =

| os_grid_reference = ND099701

| unitary_scotland = Highland

| lieutenancy_scotland = Caithness

| country = Scotland

| post_town = THURSO

| postcode_area = KW

| postcode_district = KW14

| dial_code = 01847

| constituency_westminster = Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

}}

Scrabster ({{langx|gd|Sgrabastair/Sgrabstal}}){{cite web|url=http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=1142|title=Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - Database|publisher=Gaelicplacenames.org|accessdate=14 December 2014|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924020412/http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=1142|url-status=dead}} is a small settlement on Thurso Bay in Caithness on the north coast of Scotland. It is some {{convert|1+1/2|mi|km}} from Thurso, {{convert|22+1/2|mi|km}} from Wick, {{convert|112|mi|km}} from Inverness and 271.7 miles (437.2 km) from Edinburgh. Scrabster Harbour is an important port for the Scottish fishing industry.[http://www.highland.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/B7B72218-5BBD-40AA-8217-5E71E1845EA4/0/scrabster.pdf] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023051350/http://www.highland.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/B7B72218-5BBD-40AA-8217-5E71E1845EA4/0/scrabster.pdf|date=23 October 2007}}

During the Second World War, munitions were ferried to Scapa Flow from Scrabster harbour aboard the 40 ft (12.2 m) pilot cutter Mermaid (registered in King's Lynn and built in 1908), skippered by Antony Bridges.Scapa Ferry, Antony Bridges, {{ISBN|0 09 916960 6}}, 1957.