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==Background==
Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde (also HMS Neptune) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the Royal Navy. It is the service's headquarters in Scotland and is best known as the home of Britain's strategic nuclear deterrent, in the form of nuclear submarines armed with Trident missiles.

HMNB Clyde lies on the eastern shore of Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, to the north of the Firth of Clyde and 25 mi (40 km) west of the city of Glasgow. The submarine base encompasses a number of separate sites, the primary two being:

Faslane, 25 miles from Glasgow;
RNAD Coulport, beside Loch Long, 2 mi (3.2 km) west of Faslane.

Faslane is also a [[Defence Equipment and Support]] site, operated in dual site organisation with Great Harbour, Greenock, by [[Babcock Marine and Technology]] and managed by Serco Denholm.[2][3][4]
==Activities==

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==People==

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==Contact==

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 In October 2013 the [[Ministry of Defence]] admitted that '11 significant safety incidents had taken place at two nuclear submarine bases in Britain in the past five years. Six had happened at Faslane and five at Devonport in Plymouth.
-The extent of the problems was revealed by Defence Minister [[Philip Dunne]] after a parliamentary question from SNP defence spokesman [[Angus Robertson]].
+The extent of the problems was revealed by Defence Minister [[Philip Dunne]] after a parliamentary question from [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP) defence spokesman [[Angus Robertson]].
 These included spilled radioactive waste, workers exposed to radiation, power supplies lost, safety valves wrongly operated and a bag of waste mistakenly dropped overboard.

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 Faslane base serves as home to Britain's fleet of Vanguard-class nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines, as well as conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarines, supported by the Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines.
-Faslane is also a [[Defence Equipment and Support]] site, operated in dual site organisation with Great Harbour, Greenock, by [[Babcock Marine and Technology]] and managed by [[Serco Denholm]].
+Faslane is also a [[Defence Equipment and Support]] site, operated in dual site organisation with Great Harbour, Greenock, by [[Babcock|Babcock Marine and Technology]] and managed by [[Serco Denholm]].
 ==Recent controversies==

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 In October 2013 the [[Ministry of Defence]] admitted that '11 significant safety incidents had taken place at two nuclear submarine bases in Britain in the past five years. Six had happened at Faslane and five at Devonport in Plymouth.
-The extent of the problems at the Faslane base on Gare Loch, Scotland, and Devonport, Plymouth, was revealed by Defence Minister [[Philip Dunne after a parliamentary question from SNP defence spokesman [[Angus Robertson]].
+The extent of the problems was revealed by Defence Minister [[Philip Dunne]] after a parliamentary question from SNP defence spokesman [[Angus Robertson]].
-They included spilled radioactive waste, workers exposed to radiation, power supplies lost, safety valves wrongly operated and a bag of waste mistakenly dropped overboard.
+These included spilled radioactive waste, workers exposed to radiation, power supplies lost, safety valves wrongly operated and a bag of waste mistakenly dropped overboard.
 :These answers from the MoD make for scary reading," Robertson told the Sunday Herald. "They concern the most serious types of incidents, and information about them wouldn't be made public without asking."
-:Although the MoD described what happened in ten instances, it refused to give details of one event at Devonport because "disclosure would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the armed forces". This was alarming and unacceptable, Robertson said.<ref> Rob Edwards, [http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/workers-exposed-to-radiation-at-faslane.22524875 Workers exposed to radiation at Faslane], 26 October 2013 </ref>
+:Although the MoD described what happened in ten instances, it refused to give details of one event at Devonport because "disclosure would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the armed forces". This was alarming and unacceptable, Robertson said.
 ==Notes==

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 {{Template:NuclearSpin}}
 ==Background==
-Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde (also HMS Neptune) is one of three operating bases in the UK for the [[Royal Navy]]. It is the service's headquarters in Scotland and is best known as the home of Britain's strategic nuclear deterrent, in the form of nuclear submarines armed with Trident missiles.
+'''Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde''' (also HMS Neptune) is one of three operating bases in the UK for the [[Royal Navy]]. It is the service's headquarters in Scotland and is best known as the home of Britain's strategic nuclear deterrent, in the form of nuclear submarines armed with Trident missiles.
 HMNB Clyde lies on the eastern shore of Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, to the north of the Firth of Clyde and 25 mi (40 km) west of the city of Glasgow. The submarine base encompasses a number of separate sites, the primary two being:
-*Faslane, 25 miles from Glasgow
+*'''Faslane''', 25 miles from Glasgow
-*RNAD Coulport, beside Loch Long, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Faslane.
+*'''RNAD Coulport''', beside Loch Long, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Faslane.
 Faslane base serves as home to Britain's fleet of Vanguard-class nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines, as well as conventionally armed nuclear-powered submarines, supported by the Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines.
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 ==Recent controversies==
-In October 2013 the [[Ministry of Defence]] admitted that '11 significant safety incidents had taken place at two nuclear submarine bases in Britain in the past five years.
+In October 2013 the [[Ministry of Defence]] admitted that '11 significant safety incidents had taken place at two nuclear submarine bases in Britain in the past five years. Six had happened at Faslane and five at Devonport in Plymouth.
 The extent of the problems at the Faslane base on Gare Loch, Scotland, and Devonport, Plymouth, was revealed by Defence Minister [[Philip Dunne after a parliamentary question from SNP defence spokesman [[Angus Robertson]].
-Robertson told the Sunday Herald that the answers made “scary reading”. 'They concern the most serious types of incidents, and information wouldn’t be made public without asking,' he said.
+They included spilled radioactive waste, workers exposed to radiation, power supplies lost, safety valves wrongly operated and a bag of waste mistakenly dropped overboard.

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 {{Template:NuclearSpin}}
 ==Background==
-Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde (also HMS Neptune) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the Royal Navy. It is the service's headquarters in Scotland and is best known as the home of Britain's strategic nuclear deterrent, in the form of nuclear submarines armed with Trident missiles.
+Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde (also HMS Neptune) is one of three operating bases in the UK for the [[Royal Navy]]. It is the service's headquarters in Scotland and is best known as the home of Britain's strategic nuclear deterrent, in the form of nuclear submarines armed with Trident missiles.
 HMNB Clyde lies on the eastern shore of Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, to the north of the Firth of Clyde and 25 mi (40 km) west of the city of Glasgow. The submarine base encompasses a number of separate sites, the primary two being:
-*Faslane, 25 miles from Glasgow;
+*Faslane, 25 miles from Glasgow
-*RNAD Coulport, beside Loch Long, 2 mi (3.2 km) west of Faslane.
+*RNAD Coulport, beside Loch Long, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Faslane.
 Faslane is also a [[Defence Equipment and Support]] site, operated in dual site organisation with Great Harbour, Greenock, by [[Babcock Marine and Technology]] and managed by [[Serco Denholm]].
-==Activities==
+==Recent controversies==
+In October 2013 the [[Ministry of Defence]] admitted that '11 significant safety incidents had taken place at two nuclear submarine bases in Britain in the past five years.
-==Funding==
+The extent of the problems at the Faslane base on Gare Loch, Scotland, and Devonport, Plymouth, was revealed by Defence Minister [[Philip Dunne after a parliamentary question from SNP defence spokesman [[Angus Robertson]].
-==Contact==
+Robertson told the Sunday Herald that the answers made “scary reading”. 'They concern the most serious types of incidents, and information wouldn’t be made public without asking,' he said.