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The base serves as home base to Britain's fleet of Vanguard-class nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines, as well as conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarines, supported by the 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines. [24] In command of HMNB Clyde is the Naval Base Commander (Clyde), Commodore Sharon Malkin.
Security of nuclear weapons at Faslane, HM Naval Base Clyde, is part of the Group's responsibilities. The 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines (43 Cdo FP Gp RM), [5] formerly Comacchio Company Royal Marines (1980–1983), Comacchio Group Royal Marines (1983–2001) and Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines (2001–2012), is a 550-man unit of the Royal Marines responsible for ...
The Naval Base Commander, Clyde [1] also known as the Commodore, Clyde Submarine Base is a senior British Royal Navy appointment first established in August 1967. The office holder is responsible for the command and administration of His Majesty's Naval Base Clyde .
Naval Base Commander, HMNB Portsmouth; Naval Base Commander, HMNB Devonport; Naval Base Commander, HMNB Clyde; Commanding Officer, RNAS Yeovilton; Commander Maritime Reserves - COMMARRES (flies blue broad pennant of an RNR Officer) Commodore of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary - COMRFA (flies blue RFA broad pennant)
HMNB Clyde. 43 Commando. CTCRM. HMNB Devonport. RM Poole. 40 Cdo. 42 Cdo. Chivenor & Instow. ... HMS Tamar, Base operated from 1897 to 1997 at two locations in Hong ...
Faslane Bay. Faslane (Gaelic: Am Fas Leathann) on Gare Loch is the name of a bay near the village of Garelochhead, and is now the main part of HM Naval Base Clyde in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, as well as being a Defence Logistics Organisation port, operated in dual site organisation with Great Harbour, Greenock, by Serco Denholm.
Admiralty Floating Dock No. 22 - Clark Stanfield design built at Chatham, lifting capacity of 2,750 tons, intended for the emergency docking of escort vessels and destroyers. Was at Coastal Forces Training Base HMS St Christopher (shore establishment) at Fort William during World War 2, then towed to Trincomalee to replace A.F.D. 23 [23]
A submarine base is a military base that shelters submarines and their personnel. Examples of present-day submarine bases include HMNB Clyde , Île Longue (the base for France 's Force océanique stratégique ), Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay , Naval Submarine Base New London , and Rybachiy Nuclear Submarine Base (near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky ).