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HMD Devonport

UK Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, England

50.378333, -4.183056 · 12 feet
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No.6 Jetty, Tamar Wharf, Morice Town, Plymouth, England, PL1 4FP, United Kingdom

Nearby Locations

Km
Princess Yachts helipad 1.5 171°
HMS Drake 1.8 334°
Queen Alexandras Royal Naval Hospital 1.9 110°
Bull Point Helicopter Operating Facility 2.4 326°
The Long Room, Stonehouse 2.5 137°
Millbay Docks 2.6 126°
The Royal Navy has been associated with Plymouth and Devonport since before the 1500s. The Royal Dockyard itself was opened in 1691 to the south of the main site and work started further north on Naval Barracks in 1880.

A ten year major modernisation programme for Devonport Dockyard commenced in the early 1970s. Between Mar 1973 and 1977, No. 5, 6 and 7 Dock in No. 2 Basin were pumped dry and a covered Frigate complex constructed on the site of the old Keyham dock, to allow work to be done under cover. The new docks were flooded in early Jun 1976.

(See also, the adjacent HMS Drake).

Ships

Royal Navy
1948 Majestic class R93 HMS Terrible
1961 Type 12 Rothesay class F126 HMS Plymouth
1962 Type 81 Tribal class F133 HMS Tartar
1966 Towed Array Exocet Leander class F28 HMS Cleopatra
1967 Exocet Leander class F47 HMS Danae
1970 Seawolf Leander class F71 HMS Scylla

Operations

02 Apr 19821982 17 Jun 19821982 FK Operation Corporate

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