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RM Tamar, HMNB Devonport – 47 Commando (Raiding Group) RM Norton Manor, Taunton, Somerset – 40 Commando; RM Bickleigh, Plymouth, Devon – 42 Commando; RM Chivenor, Braunton, Devon – Commando Logistic Regiment and 24 Commando Royal Engineers; RM Instow, Instow, Devon – 11 Amphibious Trials and Training Unit
The largest naval base in Western Europe, [1] HMNB Devonport is located in Devonport, in the west of the city of Plymouth, England. The base began as a Royal Navy Dockyard in the late 17th century, designed and built on open ground by Edmund Dummer as an integrated facility for the repair and maintenance of warships, centred on his pioneering ...
HMS Drake, also known as the Fleet Accommodation Centre, is a stone frigate (shore establishment) of the Royal Navy on Saltash Road in Devonport, in the west of the city of Plymouth, England. It provides the naval barracks to support HMNB Devonport .
HMS Drake (shore establishment) is the name now given to much of HMNB Devonport. From 1934 to the early 21st century, it referred only to the naval barracks within the base. From 1934 to the early 21st century, it referred only to the naval barracks within the base.
HMS Defiance (shore establishment 1970) was the Fleet Maintenance Base at HMNB Devonport between 1972 and 1979, and again between 1981 and 1994 when it was absorbed into the main base. One ship was renamed HMS Defiance whilst serving as the establishment's depot ship.
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HMS Collingwood gained its name from Lord Collingwood, a distinguished admiral at the turn of the 19th century. The current shore establishment was commissioned as the fourth HMS Collingwood on 10 January 1940, initially to instruct "hostilities only" ratings of the seaman branch.