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Changi Naval Base (CNB), officially known as RSS Singapura – Changi Naval Base, [1] is a naval base of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and United States Navy (USN). Located about 1.5 kilometres east of Changi Air Base (East) and 3.5 kilometres east of Singapore Changi Airport , the base was built on 1.28 km 2 (0.49 sq mi) of reclaimed land .
Gombak Base: Bukit Batok: Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) [8] Hendon Camp: Changi: 1st Commando Battalion (1 CDO) [9] Jurong Camp I: Jurong West: HQ 3rd Division (HQ 3 DIV) [10] 17th Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence Battalion (17 C4I) 3rd Army Maintenance Base (3 AMB) Jurong Camp II: Infantry Training Institute (ITI) [11]
Entrance to Changi Naval Base. Changi Naval Base (CNB) is the latest naval facility of the RSN and was built to replace Brani Naval Base. Located on 1.28 km 2 (0.50 mi 2) of reclaimed land at the eastern tip of Singapore, it was officially opened on 21 May 2004 by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Its 6.2 km (3.9 mi) berthing space can accommodate ...
Changi houses several military installations of all three branches of Singapore's defence forces. Installations for the army in the area include Hendon Camp and the SAF Changi Ferry Terminal, while for the air force include, Changi Air Base East and West, and finally for the navy include Changi Naval Base.
Changi Fire Command [30] - Under command Lt. Col. Charles Philip Heath and was manned by the 9th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery. The fire command controlled the Eastern approaches of the Island and protected the entrance to the Johore Strait and the Naval Base.
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.
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Collectively, the three naval guns in Changi formed the Johore Battery, named after the King of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim, who gave King George V of the UK a grand royal gift of £500,000 for his Silver Jubilee in 1935, of which £400,000 of the amount was used by the British government to fund the installation of the three large naval guns in Changi.