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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 ...
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
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.
Weston Mill Lake (at one time Devonport's coaling yard) was converted in the 1980s to provide frigate berths for the Type 22 fleet. [1] After the Type 22 fleet had been decommissioned and the lake had been re-designated the base for its amphibious warfare ships, the Royal Navy decided to create a centre of excellence for landing craft, hovercraft and fast boats there: the centre, which handles ...
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.
Now known as HMNB Devonport. [1] The foundation stone of St. George's Chapel, Chatham within the Barracks was laid on 27 April 1905 and on completion, was dedicated by the Lord Bishop of Rochester John Harmer, as St George's Church on 19 December 1906. [2]
RFA Stirling Castle is a ship of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary operated by the Ministry of Defence.Acquired in 2023, the ship entered drydock at HMNB Devonport for modification into a trials platform for autonomous minehunting systems that are to operate from a larger mother ship.