The largest naval base in Western Europe, Devonport has been supporting the Royal Navy since 1691. The vast site covers more than 650 acres and has 15 dry docks, four miles of waterfront, 25 tidal berths and five basins. Devonport is home to Britain’s amphibious ships and half her frigates, plus the training hub of the front-line Fleet, FOST. There are more than 5,000 shipping movements every year. With 2,500 civilian and Service personnel, there are over 5,000 ship movements annually. The base employs 2,500 Service personnel and civilians, supports around 400 local firms and generates around ten per cent of Plymouth’s income.
Devonport
Devonport ships and submarines
HMS Ocean
An amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean is designed to deliver troops to the centre of the action by helicopter or by landing craft – we have six helicopter operating spots on our flight deck and our hangar can hold many more aircraft. We have our own Royal Marine assault squadron, 9ASRM, and we also carry four Mk5 landing craft vehicle and personnel (LCVP).
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HMS Ocean
An amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean is designed to deliver troops to the centre of the action by helicopter or by landing craft – we have six helicopter operating spots on our flight deck and our hangar can hold many more aircraft. We have our own Royal Marine assault squadron, 9ASRM, and we also carry four Mk5 landing craft vehicle and personnel (LCVP).
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HMS Monmouth
HMS Monmouth, the ‘Black Duke’ – the ship which has more battle honours than any other serving warship. She is currently in her home port of Plymouth, recovering from her recent 7 month deployment East of Suez and preparing to deploy once again
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HMS Scott
HMS Scott is the Royal Navy’s only ocean survey vessel. Designed to commercial standards, she provides the Royal Navy with a deep bathymetric capability off the continental shelf. At 13,500 tonnes Scott is the fifth largest ship in the Royal Navy. Scott is lean-manned with a complement of only 78. This is made possible by adopting commercial manning practices such as the use of fixed fire fighting systems and extensive machinery safety surveillance technology. Scott has been specially designed to carry the modern High Resolution Multi Beam Sonar System (HRMBSS). This swathe echo sounder is capable of collecting depth information over a strip of the sea bed several kilometers wide & gives Scott the capability of surveying 150km2 of ocean floor every hour.
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HMS Portland
HMS Portland, the fastest and most fearless Type 23 frigate in the Royal Navy. HMS Portland is one of the youngest Type 23 frigates in the Royal Navy, having been commissioned on 3 May 2001.
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HMS Triumph
HMS Triumph is the latest and most capable Trafalgar-Class submarine. HMS Triumph is the last of seven Trafalgar-class submarines, and in March 2011 was prominent in Operation Ellamy in Libya, firing the first shots of Britain’s involvement in the shape of cruise missile strikes from the Mediterranean. She is the tenth RN warship (and the second submarine) to bear that name, the first being a 58-gun galleon launched in 1562.
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HMS Somerset
At present HMS Somerset is heading east of Suez to conduct maritime security operations – clamping down on piracy, smuggling, terrorism, people trafficking and the illegal arms trade. Somerset is one of a clutch of Type 23 frigates ordered in 1992 from the Yarrow yard – today BAE Systems – in Scotstoun. It was there that she was launched in June 1994 before she made her way to her home port of Devonport two years later to take her place in the Fleet.
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HMS Tireless
HMS Tireless is over 25 years old but still playing a vital role in the front-line Fleet. HMS Tireless is the third of the seven Trafalgar-class submarines built at Barrow by Vickers. She was launched on 17 March 1984, so she has been plying her trade in the Royal Navy for more than a quarter of a century, but a recent lengthy overhaul of her propulsion, weapons systems and sensors put her in good shape for the grueling programme of training and trials which followed.
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