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	Devonport Dockyard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Devonport Dockyard [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2002476.stm] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1422130.stm], located in the city of Plymouth in the county of Devon is the largest naval base in Western Europe.
		Devonport Swim Club A small, community swimming club based at the Devonport Naval Base outdoor heated pool.
		The Devonport Flagstaff Classified and feature advertising information and letters to the editor for a local community newspaper that is circulated fortnightly.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Devonport_Dockyard.html (496 words)

	HMNB Devonport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMNB Devonport or Devonport Dockyard is a major Royal Navy base near the city of Plymouth in Devon and the largest in Western Europe.
		In 1676 Plymouth was visited by Charles II looking to select a new location for a naval dockyard.
		Devonport serves as headquarters for Flag Officer Sea Training who is responsible for the training of all the ships of the Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary along with many from foreign naval services.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Devonport_Dockyard (284 words)

	Devonport Dockyard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Devonport Dockyard, originally known as Plymouth Dock, on the Hamoaze (the name for part of the River Tamar), is the largest Naval dockyard in Western Europe and dates from 1693 when a wet and dry dock was built, followed by the construction of workshops, stores, and more docks.
		The dockyard was extended over the years with the addition of Morice Yard which provided ordnance, powder and shot to the fleet, and in 1844, by the Steam Yard.
		The Naval Dockyards Society is concerned with all aspects of naval dockyards, hospitals, victualling yards and Ordnance Board establishments.
	www.cronab.demon.co.uk /dd.htm (528 words)

	Radioactive Waste Management Advisory Committee (RWMAC) \| DEFRA
		Devonport became the designated site, so that, in addition to the existing fleet submarine work, the new Vanguard Class ballistic missile submarines would in due course be refitted at Devonport.
		RWMAC notes that the privately-owned Devonport Royal Dockyard continues to be the subject of full civilian regulation under NIA65 and RSA93, with all the external scrutiny that this entails.
		Both the dockyard and naval base have made impressive progress in reduction and minimisation of LLW at the point that the wastes are transferred from the submarines to Health Physics control.
	www.defra.gov.uk /rwmac/reports/modwaste/17.htm (3233 words)

	Plymouth, Devonport Dockyard Railway
		The first railways in the Dockyard were laid in Keyham (North) Yard in 1860, to connect the Boiler Shop in the Quadrangle, to No 2 Basin.
		In 1867 the branch railway was constructed to connect the new (opened 1859) Cornwall Railway near to Weston Mill Viaduct to the Dockyard.
		Two dockyard steam engines have been preserved, one (No 19) is at Bodmin Steam Railway, and the other (No.2; the Green Goddess) is under restoration in the Forest of Dean.
	www.plymouthdata.info /RAIL-Dockyard%20Railway.htm (468 words)

	Links to other sites dealing with dockyard topics
		Devonport has been selected as the refit and refuelling base for the Vanguard class of nuclear submarines but these 16,000 tonne vessels are too large to use the Submarine Refit Complex, so new facilities are being built round the old No 9 Dock.
		The dockyard was created from scratch in the 1690's as the country's commercial and naval conflicts were transferred to the Western approaches of the Channel to counter the French and their Biscayan bases.
		The dockyard was extended with the addition of Morice Yard, which provided ordnance, powder and shot to the fleet, and in 1844, by the Keyham Steam Yard (now the North yard) for the new generation of steam powered vessels.
	www.hants.gov.uk /navaldockyard/plym.htm (1391 words)

	Plymouth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the destruction of the dockyards and city centre in the blitz of 1941, Plymouth was rebuilt under the guidance of architect Patrick Abercrombie and is now one of the few remaining naval dockyards in Britain and the largest naval base in Western Europe.
		The city was extensively blitzed during the Second World War, to the extent that approximately twice the amount of housing stock that existed prior to the war was destroyed during it (as a consequence of rebuilt houses being successively hit).
		In 1914 the County Borough of Plymouth merged with the Municipal Borough of Devonport and the Urban District of East Stonehouse to form an enlarged County Borough.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plymouth,_England (3178 words)

	Trident Ploughshares - History of the Devonport Dockyard
		Devonport Dockyard, which plays host to the refitting of the Trident nuclear submarines, is situated in the City of Plymouth on the banks of the River Tamar.
		Despite a shrinking workforce and reduction in area at Devonport Dockyard there is still a belief in Plymouth that it is a naval town and the Dockyard is vital for economic survival.
		Indeed, one of the reasons Devonport was chosen rather than other dockyards such as Rosyth is because it was believed that there is little opposition here.
	www.tridentploughshares.org /article823 (444 words)

	Defra, UK - Environmental Protection - Radioactivity
		The draft UK Strategy notes (at paragraphs 7.5.6 and 7.5.7) that the Devonport Dockyard would have to manage increased amounts of primary coolant as a result of the refitting work which would be transferred from the site at Rosyth to the Devonport Dockyard and that therefore discharges from the Devonport site would need to rise.
		Notwithstanding this, the Ministers are satisfied that the increased discharge limits proposed by the Agency at the Devonport Dockyard are consistent with the achievement of the Government's overall strategy for reducing radioactive discharges to the marine environment in the period leading up to 2020.
		The data demonstrate that there is no evidence that the incidence of leukaemia in the areas around the Devonport Dockyard is higher than the rest of the Plymouth area or the South West in general.
	www.defra.gov.uk /environment/radioactivity/waste/devonport (7207 words)

	H Dockyard 2
		The Dockyard Surgery treated all injuries and serious cases were sent on board the old fourth-rate HMS Nankin, a veteran of the Second China War, which served as the dockyard hospital ship from 1866 to 1895 when facilities were provided on shore.
		The late Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Chatfield, who spent his early years at Pembroke Dockyard in the 1880s where his father was Captain Superintendent, recalled to this writer how his mother ‘initiated the soup kitchen in Pembroke Dockyard the Dockyard for the men to have hot soup in the dinner hour’.
		The old Dockyard Chapel has been stripped of its memorial window to the lost Atalanta, its oak pews were taken away by the Royal Air Force and its famous bell, captured from the Spaniards, gone without trace.67 Nothing survived.
	www.pembrokedock.org /h_dockyard_2.htm (9271 words)

	CRANE
		The earliest record of a rail mounted crane in use in Devonport Dockyard is in 1890, with a vertical boilered 4 wheel self propelled crane supplied from Grafton's of Vulcan works, Bedford.
		She follows the standard Devonport Dockyard construction pattern for cranes, with the large timber buffers almost down to track level and 3 link couplings.
		In the Dockyard it was not unknown for the cranes to derail themselves, but as most of the lines are buried in concrete, it was easy to drive them back onto the rails.
	www.btinternet.com /~plymvalleyrailway/m_crane.html (2164 words)

	UK National Audit Office press notice - Ministry of Defence: Sales of the Royal Dockyards (3 June 1998)
		In a report to Parliament today, Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, shows that in selling the dockyards at Devonport and Rosyth the savings achieved by the Ministry of Defence (the Department) could range from £56 million to £178 million over ten years, and identifies key areas the Department need to watch.
		The Department sold the Dockyard at Devonport to Devonport Management Limited in March 1997, and sold Rosyth Dockyard to Babcock Rosyth Defence Limited in January 1997.
		to enable the new owners of Devonport dockyard to finance their capital expenditure programme, the Department agreed to the company taking the assets into their balance sheet at a value some £33 million higher than the consideration received.
	www.nao.org.uk /pn/9798748.htm (933 words)

	Devonport / Plymouth - United Kingdom Nuclear Forces
		Devonport at Plymouth is a primary Royal Navy refit facility.
		Devonport is the largest Naval Base in Western Europe covering an area of some 622 acres.
		Devonport is officially called HMS Drake, because in the Royal Navy a shore Establishment is commissioned as one of Her Majesty's Ships, and officers and ratings assigned duty at the facility are recorded as being appointed to HMS Drake.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/world/uk/devonport.htm (421 words)

	Trafalgar class nuclear submarines
		In Devonport dockyard for a Capability Update Period which was ongoing in Feb 2000.
		In Devonport dockyard undergoing refuelling in Feb 2000.
		Left Devonport for the first part of Exercise Ocean Wave in January 1997; the exercise is a major overseas deployment and is taking place from January to August 1997.
	dspace.dial.pipex.com /town/pipexdsl/d/adhb32/subs/traf.htm (1284 words)

	Plymouth, Dockyard Chapel, Devonport
		The name of the Commissioner of the Dockyard at the time, Mr Robert Fanshawe, was engraved on the stone.
		The Chapel was capable of seating 2,000 worshippers, from the most senior Dockyard officers and their families in the nave to the naval and military officers sat in the gallery.
		The Dockyard Chapel was damaged in April 1941 during the Blitz on Devonport and the remains were demolished.
	www.plymouthdata.info /CH-DockyardChapel.htm (522 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| Papers reveal nuclear sub doubts
		Britain's main nuclear submarine dockyard was originally ruled out for the role during secret discussions on safety, it has emerged.
		Papers released by the Public Records Office show the safety rating for Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth was substantially worse than those of Rosyth, Chatham and Belfast.
		Devonport Dockyard is now the Royal Navy's main base for refitting nuclear submarines.
	www.nci.org /01/08/13-bbc-nuc_sub_doubts.htm (550 words)

	Red Pepper September 2002
		Risks to Plymouth residents from nuclear facilities at Devonport dockyard are being deliberately downplayed for commercial reasons according to anti-nuclear campaigners and experts.
		Devonport Management Ltd. (DML) are hiding behind official secrets legislation, they say, to play down the danger the dockyard poses to the public.
		John Large, consultant nuclear engineer to the UK and Russian governments, told an audience at Plymouth's Guildhall on Tuesday 2nd July that accident scenarios presented to the city council by Devonport dockyard owners and operators DML involved small radiation discharges which were 'coincidentally' contained just within the 600 yard boundary of the facility.
	www.redpepper.org.uk /natarch/x-nuclear-plymouth.html (871 words)

	Devonport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The name of Devonport has spread from the original Devonport, Devon in England to:
		Devonport is now part of Plymouth and is the site of the Devonport Dockyards.
		This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Devonport (93 words)

	Plymouth, Royal Dockyard, Devonport
		The use of the flyovers by road traffic having displaced the use of the Dockyard Railway tunnel, passengers were last carried on the on Monday May 16th 1966 and a bus service was introduced.
		The fine old Dockyard gate at the bottom of Albert Road was closed for the last time at midnight on September 4th 1966.
		The Dockyard Clock was moved from its original tower to the one nearest the road and fitted with a new electrical movement.
	www.plymouthdata.info /Royal%20Dockyard.htm (891 words)

	GHOST HOUNDS - Ghostbusters to test naval base (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		A team of paranormal investigators will arrive at Devonport Dockyard on Friday armed with night-vision cameras, dowsing rods and sound equipment.
		Devonport Dockyard is the largest naval base in western Europe.
		It has the only working gallows in the country and it is thought more than 100 men were executed in the dockyard.
	www.ghosthounds.com /article-print-91.html (371 words)

	Leander Class General Purpose Frigate ( Type 12 Improved)
		Both she and Euryalus were eventually sold to DML (Devonport Management Limited) in the hope of resale to a foreign navy or as a source of spares for other Leanders On August 1st 1988 she was towed from Portsmouth to Devonport.
		On December 15th 1979 Minerva was alongside at Devonport during a storm, when a Dockyard cane crashed on to her and Type 21 Frigate Ambuscade, destroying Minerva’s starboard Seacat launcher and damaging her hanger and various aerials.
		She underwent a £1 million refit at Devonport dockyard and was recommissioned by the Indian Navy on the 22nd August 1995.
	www.btinternet.com /~warship/Postwar/Frigates/leander.htm (6092 words)

	Backup power for Devonport Royal Dockyard: News from PB Design and Developments
		When DML, owner and operator of Devonport Royal Dockyard, was looking for reliable backup for its critical power supply, the company chose a variety of switch tripping and closing battery systems tested to military standards from Bristol based PB Design.
		Devonport's origins date back to 1691, when William of Orange commissioned the construction of a new dockyard to support naval activity in the Western Approaches.
		To help the dockyard maintain its critical power supply, Bristol based PB Design supplied a variety of different sized switch tripping and closing battery systems with full alarms and 'Vantage' Nicad cells, comprising a mix of single and dual systems rated from 30 to 110V.
	www.electronicstalk.com /news/pbb/pbb107.html (371 words)

	1997 Press Releases
		The shareholders of Devonport Royal Dockyard Ltd are Halliburton Holdings Ltd (51%), BICC plc (24.5%) and The Weir Group PLC (24.5%).
		Devonport will become the UK's sole refitting and refuelling location for nuclear-powered submarines early next century, following the modernization and upgrading of its facilities.
		Devonport Management Ltd had operated Devonport on behalf of the Ministry of Defense (MoD) since April 1987 under a management contract in which it licensed the assets from the MoD and managed the day-to-day operations of the business and its workforce.
	www.halliburton.com /news/archive/1997/brsnws_031497.jsp (381 words)

	CHNN, No 2, October 1996: Conference Reports
		In September 1936 Harold Easthope, a casual worker at Devonport, whose son was allegedly a Communist, was dismissed.
		Meanwhile, Chatham Dockyard the authorities were quite happy to employ a man they knew to be an active member of the British Union of Fascists.
		Within the Dockyards the response was muted, as the Dockyard workers exhibited the passivity and conservatism for which they were notorious.
	les1.man.ac.uk /chnn/CHNN02SIS.html (677 words)

	Devonport Dockyard - Plymouth Search Engine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Scylla was built in the Devonport Dockyard and we are delighted to welcome her back to the region.
		Devonport Dockyard H.M.S. Tamar 1863 Plymouth has been used as a naval base since the days of Edward I and his wars with France and the port was vital in the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588.
		The Devonport constituency was dominated by Devonport dockyards.
	www.plymouthcity.com /RecentSearches/Devonport_Dockyard.html (839 words)

	BBC - Devon - submarine dismantling plans for Devonport under fire
		This is not a representative poll and the results do not purport to represent public opinion as a whole on this issue.
		Devonport Dockyard already has four nuclear submarines awaiting dismantling and proposals have been drawn up to bring in another seven from Rosyth in Fife.
		DML, the firm which runs the Plymouth dockyard, is one of several companies bidding for the work to dismantle nuclear subs.
	www.bbc.co.uk /devon/have_your_say/nuclear_devonport.shtml (1375 words)

	metpol (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Following the necessary Act of Parliament in 1860, the Metropolitan Police took over the policing of Portsmouth and Devonport Dockyards and the smaller Establishments in the same vicinities and the remaining Naval Establishments were quickly taken over.
		They continued to serve in the dual role of policemen and firemen; they carried Deputation's from HM Customs and Excise to assist in the prevention of smuggling and in the early days they were still responsible for seeing that Convicts employed in the Yard did not loiter or attempt to evade work.
		The Metropolitan Police also formed a Water Police Branch and at Devonport Dockyard the whole of that Branch lived on an old hulk which had at one time been commissioned as HMS LEDA.
	freespace.virgin.net /ian.burdon/metpol.htm (811 words)

	THE FUTURE OF THE ROYAL DOCKYARDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
		Negotiations have also proceeded with DML on the related issue of the construction of facilities at Devonport for the refitting and refuelling of nuclear submarines, Project D154.
		The second, for the provision of nuclear refuelling and refitting facilities at Devonport, places on the contractor whose project manager will be Brown & Root (UK) Ltd, the responsibility for delivery of facilities that are licensable, operable and fit for purpose, whilst providing ample opportunity for industry to compete for work at the sub-contract level.
		Short term extensions to the current contracts in operation at both Rosyth and Devonport Dockyards, which would otherwise expire on 5 April 1996, are being arranged to cover the period of further negotiations.
	www.fas.org /news/uk/960402-uk.htm (352 words)

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