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MAJOR BASES
HM
NAVAL BASE - PORTSMOUTH
Function: Home
base to surface ships, notably Carriers, Type 42 Destroyers and Type 23
Frigates.
Other Functions: Fleet Headquarters Commander-in-Chief Home Command organisation.
HM NAVAL BASE
- DEVONPORT
(PLYMOUTH)
Function:
Largest naval base in Western Europe. Home port for Nuclear Attack
Submarines (SSNs), Large Assault Ships, Type 22 and Type 23 Frigates, Hydrographic
Ships. There are over 5,000 ship movements annually.
Other
Functions: Flag Officer Sea
Training, RN Hydrographic School.
HM
NAVAL BASE - CLYDE
Function:
Home base to UK’s Nuclear Deterrent
Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBNs). Also base to SSNs and minewarfare
vessels.
Other
Functions: HMS Caledonia at Rosyth
provides support for naval personnel standing by ships and submarines
in refit.
RN AIR
STATION - YEOVILTON
Function:
Home
base to RN Sea Harriers, naval helicopter squadrons and other fixed
wing aircraft. Yeovilton operates over 100 aircraft of different types.
Nearly 4,000 uniformed and civilian personnel work at RNAS Yeovilton.
Other Functions: Training
of aircrew and engineers of resident aircraft types. RN Fighter Controller
School trains ground and airborne AEW controllers.
RN AIR STATION - CULDROSE
Function:
RNAS Culdrose supports the Anti- Submarine Warfare and Airborne
Early Warning helicopter squadrons of the Royal Navy. Eight Naval
Air Squadrons are based at RNAS Culdrose, both front line and training
Squadrons.
Other
Functions: Responsible for the Operational and Advanced Flying Training of
helicopter pilots, observers and aircrewmen.
HMS CALEDONIA
As a DLO facility HMS Caledonia’s role is to provide support services
to both the Royal Navy and the MoD in the East of Scotland. As stated
previously HMS Caledonia supports the requirements of personnel operating
on RN vessels from HM Naval Base Clyde.
TRAINING ESTABLISHMENTS
BRNC
DARTMOUTH
The principal function of the College is the training of young
officers for service in the Royal Navy. A large number of students from
friendly Navies are also trained here.
A variety of other course are undertaken including leadership and
teambuilding Programmes, seamanship, navigation and other naval subjects.
HMS COLLINGWOOD
(FAREHAM) HMS
Collingwood is the lead establishment of the Maritime Warfare School (MWS)
and the largest naval training centre in Western Europe . The MWS is a
federated training establishment incorporating HMS Excellent, the Defence
Diving School , the RN Physical Training School, the School of Hydrography
and Meteorology in Plymouth and the Royal Marines School of Music in
Portsmouth Naval Base. At any one time the MWS is training about 10 per
cent of the Royal Navy and has an annual throughput of over 30,000
Officers and Ratings, both regular and reserve.
HMS DRYAD
(PORTSMOUTH)
Dryad provides training to over 5000 students a year, attending over 265
different types of courses. An annual budget of some £36 million is
required to manage assets which include an estate of some 300 acres.
Within the framework of the Naval Recruiting and Training Agency (NRTA),
the primary aim of the Maritime Warfare School (MWS) is to deliver
outstanding Maritime Warfare Training, providing the required number of
Warfare Personnel appropriately trained for their individual tasks. The
Maritime Warfare School currently consists of HMS Collingwood, Dryad and
Excellent.
HMS Excellent (Portsmouth)
HMS Excellent has proud and important traditions but is also one of
the newest establishments, having been recomissioned in 1994 to deliver a
wide range of different training functions. These include damage control
and fire fighting and harbour training on board HMS Bristol for RNR
personnel, cadet forces and youth organisations.
HMS Excellent provides support for a number of lodger units, most notably
the Headquarters of Commander in Chief Fleet, and the UK's Operational
Battle Staffs.
HMS Raleigh (Torpoint)
HMS Raleigh is the initial entry training establishment for all junior
ratings entering the Royal Navy and the Royal Naval Reserve. About 2,500
people work in the Establishment and a New Entry of up to some 100
ratings joins most weeks of the year.
HMS Raleigh also provides professional courses in military training,
seamanship, logistics and submarine operations as well as vital training
for ships' team preparing for operational deployments. Raleigh is also
home to the band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines Plymouth.
HMS Sultan (Gosport)
HMS Sultan is the school of Marine and Air Engineering for the Royal
Navy. Training of Marine and Air Engineers of Foreign and Commonwealth
Navies is also undertaken. Large numbers of officer and rating students
are trained annually e.g. the Ship Systems Group alone has a throughput
of some 1,000 students per year. There are five other similar training
groups
HMS Sultan is also home to the Admiralty Interview Board, and other
lodger units including the Central Air and Admiralty Medical Board.
HMS Temeraire (Portsmouth)
HMS Temeraire houses the staff of the Directorate of Naval Physical
Training and Sport (DNPTS), the Royal Navy School of Physical Training
and the Fleet Recreation Centre.
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