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The base serves as home base to Britain's fleet of Vanguard-class nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines, as well as conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarines, supported by the 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines. [24] In command of HMNB Clyde is the Naval Base Commander (Clyde), Commodore Sharon Malkin.
HMS Beaver, HQ, Flag Officer-in-Charge, Humber, (1 October 1940 – July 1945) – (base A.O. at Grimsby) HMS Beaver II, Coastal Forces MLs, Immingham; HMS Bee, Coastal Forces MLs working up base, Weymouth (1942–1943), then Holyhead, Wales (1943–1945) HMS Beehive, Coastal Forces MTBs and MGBs, Boomer Hall, Felixstowe, Suffolk
Faslane Bay. Faslane (Gaelic: Am Fas Leathann) on Gare Loch is the name of a bay near the village of Garelochhead, and is now the main part of HM Naval Base Clyde in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, as well as being a Defence Logistics Organisation port, operated in dual site organisation with Great Harbour, Greenock, by Serco Denholm.
Security of nuclear weapons at Faslane, HM Naval Base Clyde, is part of the Group's responsibilities. The 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines (43 Cdo FP Gp RM), [5] formerly Comacchio Company Royal Marines (1980–1983), Comacchio Group Royal Marines (1983–2001) and Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines (2001–2012), is a 550-man unit of the Royal Marines responsible for ...
The Naval Base Commander, Clyde [1] also known as the Commodore, Clyde Submarine Base is a senior British Royal Navy appointment first established in August 1967. The office holder is responsible for the command and administration of His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde .
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Clyde after the River Clyde that runs through the city of Glasgow, Scotland. For His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde see HMNB Clyde. HMS Clyde (1796) was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1796 and sold in 1814. HMS Clyde (1805) was a 4-gun tender purchased in 1805 and sold in 1826.
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The letters R N R surround the device and all is enclosed within a diamond surmounted in turn by a plaque with the ship's name and above that the Naval Crown. [ 2 ] The principal RNR unit in Glasgow and the West of Scotland had been, since 1903, HMS Graham , (Clyde Division RNR) based at Whitefield Road in Govan.