In 2017 the First World War armoured cruiser HMS Drake was scheduled for protection under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (Northern Ireland) Order 1995. In an emergency call 999 or 112 and ask for the coastguard. The nuclear submarine refit base was put into special measures in 2013 by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) and it could be 2020 before enhanced monitoring ceases. When a power outage occurs, DTE Energy crews work as quickly and safely as possible to restore power to all of our customers. On October 2, 1917, HMS Drake was torpedoed by the German U-29, and her boiler room was flooded. Two stationary steam engines drove line shafts and heavy machinery, and the multiple flues were drawn by a pair of prominent chimneys. The wreckage is covered in dense kelp and mixed red algae. The largest naval base in Western Europe, Devonport has been supporting the Royal Navy since 1691. A "tiddy oggy" is naval slang for a Cornish Pasty and which was once the nickname for a sailor born and bred in Devonport. Up until 1832 the Plymouth Royal Dockyard, was administered by a Commissioner of the Navy on behalf of the Navy Board in London included:[75][76][77], By An Order in Council dated 27 June 1832 the role of the commissioner was replaced by an admiral-superintendent.[78]. All rights reserved. [35] This part of the site contains some fourteen listed buildings and structures. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Thirteen out of service nuclear submarines were stored at Devonport in 2018. HMS Drake 1909 LOC det 4a19534 (uncropped, full size).jpg 9,184 7,360; 9.52 MB. HMS Drake had lost the use of its steam steering gear in the attack and had to try to steer using only propellers, until this could be repaired. PLAN: central double-depth wardroom linked by 1st-floor The Lugano and the Brisk were both torpedoed by U-boats on the same day. There were no casualties as a result of the capsizing and the Admiralty announced her loss on October 4th, though no reference was made to HMS Brisk. Explore the many ways you can help to support the incredibly rich and varied heritage. Since 2002, it has been the main refitting base for all Royal Navy nuclear submarines Work was completed by Carillion in 2002 to build a refitting dock to support theVanguard-class Trident missile nuclear ballistic missile submarines. on an English barracks, executed in a bold Free Style manner, [11] The terrace survived into the 20th century, but was largely destroyed in the Blitz along with several others of Devonport's historic buildings. The docks Dummer designed were stronger with more secure foundations and stepped sides that made it easier for men to work beneath the hull of a docked vessel. [10], Most of these buildings and structures were rebuilt over ensuing years, including Dummer's original basin and dry dock (today known as No. Ballycastle/Rathlin Harbour Office No. HMS Drake lies on a flat sandy seabed at a depth of between 15-19 metres. Devonport serves as headquarters for the Flag Officer Sea Training, which is responsible for the training of all the ships of the Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary, along with many from foreign naval services. Devonport - arrive at DRAKE main gate (which is not Camels Head Gate nor Albert Gate). HMS Drake Learning & Development Hub Bldg B046 (West) Upper Battery Road HMS Drake PLYMOUTH PL2 2BG Mil: 9375 65362 HMNB Clyde - LDO (North) HMNB Clyde Learning & Development Hub Bldg 1320 HMNB Clyde HELENSBURGH G84 8HL Mil: 93255 3641 HMS Sultan HMS Sultan Learning & Development Hub Raven Building HMS Sultan Military Road GOSPORT PO12 3BY The site is comprised of the metal wreck of the Drake and a further metal wreck of a 52m Fleetwood fishing trawler, the Ella Hewett that struck and sunk atop the Drake in 1962. HMS Drake lies on a flat sandy seabed at a depth of between 15-19 metres. [9], Before the expansion could begin, a rocky hillside to the south had to be cut away; the rubble was used to reclaim the mudflats ready for building. open well stair with moulded balusters, decorated mess rooms passages on 2-span bridges to double-depth quarters blocks at 5 Basins (of 10 and 35 acres respectively), linked by a very large lock-cum-dock, 730ft in length, alongside three more dry-docks of a similar size, able to "accommodate ships larger than any war-vessel yet constructed". He was awarded The 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, War Medal 1939-1945, and Defence Medal 1939-1945. The following transport lines have routes that pass near HMS Drake, Plymouth . Members who served with HMS Drake Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Drake . [2] Discussions were underway in 2014 around removing the museum from the Dockyard and displaying some of its collections within an expanded Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery.[58]. List entry 1386370. Grade II Listed Building: Hms Drake Main Gateway With Gate Pier Arches, Gates, Flanking Walls And Railings. Since then, the museum has expanded and now occupies, in addition, the 18th-century Pay Office[57] and Porter's Lodge. Joseph Gerrard Poland HMS Eaglet, Coder John Richard Robertson HMS Drake, Ch. This is the first time. The barracks buildings are now named the Fleet Accommodation Centre. Just one end section of the terrace survives; dating from 1692 to 1696, it is the earliest surviving building in any royal dockyard.[8]. © Crown Copyright and database right 2023. The postcode is PL2 2BG and a map of where you are going can be found at U79 survived the war and was interned on 11th November 1918 and subsequently surrendered - all the confiscated U-Boats were either scrapped or divided amongst the allies. HMS Shah (formerly the USS Jamaica, which was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1943) 1943-45, HMS Appledore - base and training ship in Devon, 194546. Date of Loss 02/10/1917. On 30 December 1970, Vice-Admiral J R McKaig was appointed as Port Admiral, His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport, and Flag Officer, Plymouth. recording and preserving recollections, documents, photographs and small items. For ships with the same name, see, Operating base in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy. Follow the links for more information about the species on the NBN Atlas Northern Ireland website, A link to the dive site location on the NBN Atlas Northern Ireland website, showing all species records from within a 1km boundary of the site centroid. 5 Basin was converted to serve as a new Fleet Maintenance Base, to be built alongside a Submarine Refit Complex for nuclear submarines; an 80-ton cantilever crane, one of the largest in western Europe, was installed to lift nuclear cores from submarines in newly built adjacent dry docks. This is a list of shore establishments (or "stone frigates") of the Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserve. May include summary, reasons for designation and history. paired sashes, then next bays on either side have tall sashes. The nuclear-powered submarine HMSCourageous, used in the Falklands War, is preserved in North Yard as a museum ship, managed by the Heritage Centre. Wilfred George Williams HMS Derwent, Joseph William Paul Kreyling HMS Drake, Able Sea. There were four bastions, Marlborough Bastion to the north, Granby Bastion to the north-east, Stoke Bastion to the east and George Bastion to the south east. This is probably the finest and most ambitious officers mess Several sections of the historic South Yard are no longer used by the Ministry of Defence, though it is still currently a closed site and subject to security restrictions. On high ground overlooking the rest of the yard he built a grand terrace of thirteen three-storey houses for the senior dockyard officers (the first known example in the country of a palace-front terrace); the commissioner was accommodated in the centre, and at each end of the terrace was a two-storey block of offices (one for the commissioner, the other for the Clerk of the Cheque). 4 and No. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Rathlin MCZ floor, otherwise dressed limestone brought to course and with Northern Ireland Marine MapViewer, Please flag any incorrect or inaccurate information on this page. Range was 2,000 miles at 13 knots. One suggestion is that this originates from the word guzzle (to eat or drink greedily), which is likely to refer to the eating of cream teas, a West Country delicacy and, therefore, one with strong connections to the area around Plymouth. Stoker Sydney Green HMS Drake (d.18th Jan 1944), OS J Metcalfe HMS Drake (d.5th May 1941), PO. The lines ran from Morice Yard on the River Tamar, enclosing the whole dockyard and town, finally meeting the river again at Stonehouse Pool, a total distance of 2,000 yards (1,800 metres). She was renamed HMS Resolution in 1771 and served James Cook on his second and third voyages of discovery in the Pacific. Rathlin Island SPA, Irish Wrecks Online Source Historic England Archive BB98/02592. Other ships in her class were the Good Hope, King Alfred and Leviathan. The Drake, having sustained some damage to the steering, and taking water, headed for Church Bay, but collided with the cargo ship Mendip Range as it rounded Rue Point. Follow the link for more information, Links to additional information found online for the dive site, The approximate XY coordinates for the dive site in Decimel Degrees (DD). [17] Initially used for the manufacture of anchors and smaller metal items, it would later be expanded to fashion the iron braces with which wooden hulls and decks began to be strengthened; as such, it provided a hint of the huge change in manufacturing technology that would sweep the dockyards in the nineteenth century as sail began to make way for steam, and wood for iron and steel. This article is about the Royal Navy base in Plymouth, England. The wreck was sold in 1748. . Using an old browser means that some parts of our website might not work correctly. Morice Ordnance Yard remained independent from the dockyard until 1941, at which point it was integrated into the larger complex. 4 Slip having been recently refurbished for use with landing craft. Rathlin SAC HMS Drake was built in 1902, a 'Drake' class armoured cruiser, at 23 knots she was one of the fastest cruisers in the world at that time. Perform a free public GIS maps search, including geographic information systems, GIS services, and GIS databases. Weston Mill Dock, (lamel's Head Gate) Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 2BG Get directions now. Armaments included - two primary 4 inch (QF) guns, two secondary 3-inch QF guns and two 21 inch torpedo tubes.S.S. After the attack and as normal procedure, the convoy dispersed, the remaining naval and auxiliary escorts including the HMS Brisk, a type H (Acorn) destroyer were deployed to follow up on the dispersed ships, some through Rathlin Sound and others in the North Channel. 2 Basin gave access to three large dry-docks, while No. The Drake currently lies capsized on its starboard side (the side of the torpedo strike) and is orientated SE-NW (bow pointing NW). Buildings Scheduled monuments Parks and gardens Battlefields Shipwrecks. Records of HMS Drake from other sources. [48] As of 2016 the northern section of the South Yard (including the 18th-century dry docks, Nos. Portsmouth. [65], Another explanation is that the name came from the Hindi word for a yard (36 inches), "guz", (also spelled "guzz", at the time) which entered the Oxford English Dictionary,[66] and Royal Navy usage,[67] in the late 19th century, as sailors used to regularly abbreviate "The Dockyard" to simply "The Yard", leading to the slang use of the Hindi word for the unit of measurement of the same name. In 2013 a new Royal Marines base, RM Tamar, was opened alongside; as well as serving as headquarters for 1 Assault Group Royal Marines, it can accommodate marines, alongside their ships, prior to deployment. [9], Provision of ships' armaments was not the responsibility of the Navy but of the independent Board of Ordnance, which already had a wharf and storage facility in the Mount Wise area of Plymouth. It was here that Dummer built his groundbreaking stone dry dock (completely rebuilt in the 1840s). She was purchased in 1770 and briefly named HMS Drake. HMS is an authorized International Baccalaureate Middle Years school. Water and electricity are available on the pontoon but there is no reliable source of fuel. HMS Drake or Drake I, II III or IV appears on sailors records as their home base, they may not have physically been at Devonport between the dates shown as any time they are not allocated to another ship's crew, they revert to HMS Drake, this may happen while they are port awaiting their next ship or in transit on another ship but not part of the ship's crew. PLYMOUTH SX45NW SALTASH ROAD, Devonport Free public toilets are available in the visitor information office above the harbour. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. Find out about services offered by Historic England for funding, planning, education and research, as well as training and skill development. English: Aerial image of HMS Drake, Devonport, Plymouth. The medical centre staff of HMS Drake are responsible for any self-caring personnel using either the patient's own living accommodation or one of the designated medical cabins. HMS DRAKE WARDROOM, OFFICERS QUARTERS AND MESS, SALTASH ROAD, Listed on the National Heritage List for England. 1 Dock). HMS Drake (1770) was a 12-gun sloop launched as the civilian Marquis of Granby. HMS "DRAKE" Old aerial view of the Royal Naval Barracks at Devonport. By 1907 Keyham, now renamed the North Yard, had more than doubled in size with the addition of No. On 30 December 1690, a contract was let for a dockyard to be built: the start of Plymouth (later Devonport) Royal Dockyard. We would go down to the quay to watch these visitors come ashore to make what I was told was a 'last port of call' to get supplies they needed before heading out for their long and arduous time in the Icelandic fishing grounds. centre block flanked by symmetrical 2:1:2-bay fronts which are Below 3-light window. 3 Basin was the frontispiece to a huge integrated manufacturing complex. HMNB Devonport is located in Devonport, in the west of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. Nearby public transportation stops & stations: 170 ft HMS Drake. [45] The site includes within it several listed buildings and scheduled ancient monuments, most notably the Grade I listed East Ropery,[46] together with several other 18th-century buildings and structures associated with rope-making in the Yard, the covered slip (No. The Scrieve Board (Project Managed by PDM) currently serves as a museum store. The wardroom block dates from this period. Her armaments included - 34 UE150 type mines, one fore and one aft torpedo tubes, four 50 cm torpedoes and an 8.8cm mounted gun on her deck. A serving Royal Navy officer, usually of rear-admiral rank, was appointed as admiral-superintendent of the dockyard; however, the post was sometimes held by a commodore-superintendent or even a vice-admiral. 028 207 68525 Mobile Number 07803 505084. The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. There remains intact and recognisable structural remains; for example, an improved Martin Type anchor and some visible chain to the west of the main wreckage (bow end); the partially buried remains of the ram bow; a praravane skeg used for mine clearance; parts of the armour belt hull; articulated elements of the stern including upright frames and horizontal beams; a hawse hole; steering gear and rudder (with fitting and machinery for turning the rudder); a probable BL 6-inch (152mm) MK VII gun; open internal spaces and bulkheads and a port propeller shaft (near SW edge of wreckage). Species of interest are highlighted. Nearest tank filling is Aquaholics in Ballycastle or Portstewart (ring ahead: 028 7083 2584). Find out about listed buildings and other protected sites, and search the National Heritage List for England (NHLE). 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