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His Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore, also Her Majesty's Naval Base, Singapore (HMNB Singapore), alternatively known as the Singapore Naval Base, Sembawang Naval Base and HMS Sembawang, was situated in Sembawang at the northern tip of Singapore and was both a Royal Navy shore establishment and a cornerstone of British defence policy (the Singapore strategy) in the Far East between the World Wars.
Sembawang Road is one of the key roads built to connect the naval base to the city centre in the South. This road began as a track in the 1920s and was officially named Sembawang Road in 1938. Buses operated by various private companies were then the main mode of transport.
The British Defence Singapore Support Unit (BDSSU) is a British naval facility located in Sembawang, Singapore.A remnant of a larger naval base, known as HMNB Singapore, the facility provides fuel and other supplies to Royal Navy ships in the region, as well as those of other countries. [1]
Supply Base East; Seletar Camp: Seletar: HQ Army Combat Engineers Group (HQ ARMCEG) 35th Battalion, Singapore Combat Engineers (35 SCE) [2] Sembawang Camp: Sembawang: Naval Diving Unit (NDU) [32] Supply and Transport School (STS) [33] 1st SAF Transport Battalion (1 SAF TPT BN) [34] 3rd SAF Transport Battalion (3 SAF TPT BN) [32] Stagmont Camp ...
Camp Lemonnier is a United States Naval Expeditionary Base, [1] situated next to Djibouti–Ambouli International Airport in Djibouti City, and home to the Combined Joint Task Force – Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) of the U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM). [2] It is the only permanent U.S. military base in Africa.
The Navy Region Centre Singapore (NRCS) is a United States military installation in Admiralty, Sembawang, Singapore, that manages shore support facilities. It does so for departments such as the Department of the Navy (DoN) and Department of Defense (DoD). The centre manages facilities such as administration, Housing, Morale, welfare, family ...
The North Region (Malay: Wilayah Utara, Chinese: 北區) of Singapore is one of the five regions in the city-state. The region is the second largest region in terms of land area, and has a population of 582,330. [1] Woodlands is the regional centre and also the most populous town with 255,130 residents living in the area.
Located on the west of the park is the Sembawang Shipyard, which was His Majesty's Naval Base (HM Naval Base) of the British Royal Navy from the 1920s until Singapore's independence. The busy and geographically advantaged port in Singapore and the urgent need for a naval base made the British decide to establish a Naval Base in Singapore.