HMNB Clyde
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"Faslane" redirects here. For other uses, see Faslane (disambiguation).
"HMS Neptune (shore establishment)" redirects here. For ships with the same name, see HMS Neptune.
His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS Neptune), primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth). It is the navy's headquarters in Scotland and is best known as the home of Britain's nuclear weapons, in the form of nuclear submarines armed with Trident missiles.
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HMNB Clyde | |
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Gare Loch, Argyll and Bute, Scotland | |
Coordinates | 56°03′58″N 04°49′03″W |
Type | Naval base |
Area | 87 hectares (210 acres) |
Site information | |
Owner | Ministry of Defence |
Operator | Royal Navy |
Controlled by | Naval Base Commander, Clyde |
Condition | Operational |
Website | HMMB Clyde - Royal Navy |
Site history | |
Built | 1940s |
In use | 1940s – present |
Garrison information | |
Current commander | Commodore Sharon Malkin: December 2022 - Present[1] |
Garrison | Submarine Service |
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