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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 ...
Devonport Naval Base is the home of the Royal New Zealand Navy, located at Devonport, New Zealand on Auckland's North Shore. It is currently the only base of the navy that operates ships, and has been in use as a navy base since 1841. [ 1 ]
The naval base was founded in 1921 when the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy was first formed. The old cruiser HMS Philomel, with her engines and armament removed, was moored at the Admiralty reservation, Devonport Dockyard, Auckland, and re-commissioned as a naval training base.
Devonport Naval Base is the Royal New Zealand Navy's principal naval base and shipyard, in Auckland. The base and its drydocks were also used by the US Navy during World War II. At the base are the Calliope Drydock, Naval Health Unit, training base, a jetty used for training, and port operations. [14] [15] HMNZS Philomel, training base.
This is a list of current New Zealand Defence Force bases. For further detail and/or history please consult the more specific articles for NZ's three military arms – the Royal New Zealand Navy , New Zealand Army and Royal New Zealand Air Force
HMS Tamar, Base operated from 1897 to 1997 at two locations in Hong Kong; HMS Tarlair, Hydrophone training school during World War I, Hawkcraig near Aberdour; HMS Tern, RNAS Twatt, Orkney, Scotland; HMS Thunderer, Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham and Manadon, Plymouth, Devon; HMS Tormentor, Landing craft operational base, Hamble, Southampton
Devonport (/ ˈ d ɛ v ən p ɔːr t / DEV-ən-port), [1] formerly named Plymouth Dock or just Dock, [2] is a district of Plymouth in the English county of Devon, although it was, at one time, the more important settlement. It became a county borough in 1889.
English: Part of the Devonport Naval Base, in the Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. The Navy Hospital is visible to the upper left (building flying the flag).