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A 1909 map of HM Dockyard, Devonport, also showing the Gun Wharf (Morice Yard) located between the South Yard and the North Yard From its original 17th-century site, around No.1 Dock in what is now called the South Yard, the dockyard expanded in stages (first to the south and then progressively northwards) over the next two-and-a-half centuries.
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 ]
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.
Known as Devonport since 1843. [23] Significant expansion for steam engineering, 1844–53 and 1896–1907. ... 1933 HMS Norfolk Summer cruise map ... HMNB Singapore ...
Devonport Naval Heritage Centre, formerly known as the Plymouth Naval Base Museum is a maritime museum in Plymouth, Devon. It is housed in a number of historic buildings within the South Yard of HM Naval Base, Devonport (one of the three main bases of the Royal Navy ).
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 ...
Devonport Dockyard may refer to: HMNB Devonport , Devonport, Devon, England, one of the main bases of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom Devonport Naval Base , Devonport, New Zealand, the main base of the Royal New Zealand Navy