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| − | Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Clyde (also HMS Neptune) is one of three operating bases in the | + | 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. |
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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: | 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 | + | *RNAD Coulport, beside Loch Long, 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Faslane. |
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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 Marine and Technology]] and managed by [[Serco Denholm]]. | ||
| − | == | + | ==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. | |
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| − | + | 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. | |
Revision as of 00:47, 28 October 2013
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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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
