For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948. 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. English Heritage calls it 'one of the most remarkable engineering buildings in the country'. The Drake currently lies capsized on its starboard side (the side of the torpedo strike) and is orientated SE-NW (bow pointing NW). Want to find out more about your relative's service? similar to the fronts of the rear wings. (d.1st Jan 1944), Robins Ernest William. painted panels; axial corridor with bedrooms on upper floors. Portsmouth. Your email address will not be published. The postcode is PL2 2BG and a map of where you are going can be found at 2, 3 & 4)[49][50][51] was being redeveloped in phases,[52] with a marketing strategy focused on 'the development of marine industries and the high growth area of marine science and technology';[53] it has been renamed Oceansgate. 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. Cruisers were a class of warship developed in the 19th century designed for scouting, commerce warfare and showing the flag, roles previously taken by frigates, corvettes and sloops. [6] Previously the Navy Board had relied upon timber as the major building material for dry docks, which resulted in high maintenance costs and was also a fire risk. Date of Loss 02/10/1917. Public access, i.e., diving on the site is permitted on a look but do not touch basis. Areas to the south and east (with the exception of the area now occupied by Princess Yachts) are being retained by the MOD,[54] with No. HMS Dartmouth ( Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon) Includes Hindostan as static training ship HMS Excellent ( Whale Island, Portsmouth) Includes Bristol as static training ship HMS Raleigh (Torpoint, Cornwall) Includes Brecon as static training ship HMS Sultan (Gosport, Hampshire) HMS Temeraire (Portsmouth) Other HMS Drake (1743) was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1743 and sold in 1748. Attended by tugs in Plymouth Sound this afternoon. 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. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 261046 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. 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. Joseph Gerrard Poland HMS Eaglet, Coder John Richard Robertson HMS Drake, Ch. Find out about services offered by Historic England for funding, planning, education and research, as well as training and skill development. Public toilets are available in Church Bay between the harbour and the pub, near the playground. The ship type is rare and represents an intermediate design of armoured cruiser that quickly became obsolete. If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Plymouth Drake Sea Cadets & Royal Marine Cadets SO59 Bonaventure House South Yard, just down the road from HMS Vivid and the Naval Hertridge centre 0.00 Miles Away; Serco Integrated Services Hmnb Devonport Bldg So15 0.00 Miles Away; Services Sound & Vision Corporation Frobisher Block 0.01 Miles Away; James Fisher Rumic Building S146 0.01 Miles Away Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. The second survivor managed to escape through the stokehold hatch. 340 ft Keyham. [16], The dockyard suffered severe damage in a large-scale fire on 25 September 1840, it started in the North Dock on HMSTalavera and Imogene were completely gutted, threatened HMSMinden, and spread to nearby buildings and equipment. Edmund Dummer, Surveyor of the Navy, travelled the West Country searching for an area where a dockyard could be built; he sent in two estimates for sites, one in Plymouth, Cattewater and one further along the coast, on the Hamoaze, a section of the River Tamar, in the parish of Stoke Damerel. HMS Drake 1909 LOC det 4a19534 (uncropped, full size).jpg 9,184 7,360; 9.52 MB. All rights reserved. Despite the obvious damage sustained divers from Wessex Archaeology were able to discern in 2006 that there remains not only a main body of wreckage in reasonable condition but intact and recognisable structural remains. The prominent clock tower was built in 1896, containing a clock and bell by Gillett & Johnston; it initially functioned as a semaphore tower. [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. The largest naval base in Western Europe,[1] HMNB Devonport is located in Devonport, in the west of the city of Plymouth, England. She was purchased in 1770 and briefly named HMS Drake. 1988. [33], In 2011 the MOD sold the freehold of the North Yard to the Dockyard operator, Babcock; the site includes six listed buildings and structures, among them the Grade I listed Quadrangle.[34]. They were responsible for all the civilian support services operated by the dockyard departments. The now privatised maintenance facilities are operated by Babcock International Group, who took over the previous owner Devonport Management Limited (DML) in 2007. In an emergency call 999 or 112 and ask for the coastguard. PLAN: central double-depth wardroom linked by 1st-floor STYLE: Free Classical. Gross weight: 2,350 ton. Articles incorporating text from Wikipedia, Military units and formations of the United Kingdom, NATO headquarters Allied Forces Southern Europe, http://www.tristandc.com/history1942-1961.php, http://www.birnbeckpier.org/birnbeck_pier_history.php, http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/18/a8174018.shtml, Signal! 3 Basin was the frontispiece to a huge integrated manufacturing complex. 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. triangular parapet pediment to each entrance bay is a tall See our extensive range of expert advice to help you care for and protect historic places. window over 3-light flat-headed window; right of the tower are Armaments included - two primary 4 inch (QF) guns, two secondary 3-inch QF guns and two 21 inch torpedo tubes.S.S. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Find out more about Heritage Apprenticeships. [2], In 1880 a Royal Naval Engineering College was established at Keyham, housed in a new building just outside the dockyard wall alongside the Quadrangle where students (who joined at 15 years of age) gained hands-on experience of the latest naval engineering techniques. Nineteen ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. Sailors lived in hulks until the first barracks [10], Most of these buildings and structures were rebuilt over ensuing years, including Dummer's original basin and dry dock (today known as No. Devonport would no longer be used as a base for attack submarines after these moved to Faslane by 2017, and the Type 45 destroyers are based at Portsmouth. Water and electricity are available on the pontoon but there is no reliable source of fuel. [29], In the mid-nineteenth century, all royal dockyards faced the challenge of responding to the advent first of steam power and then metal hulls. Part of the Alfred Newton and Sons collection. A third gate called New Passage was created in the 1780s, giving access to the Torpoint Ferry. [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 Drake has been extensively damaged both by the original torpedo attack on the vessel, the wrecking of the Ella Hewett and the subsequent dispersal of both wrecks with explosives in the 1970s by divers from the Scottish and Northern Ireland Bomb and Mine Disposal Team. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7161 - The Best And Worst Of British Cities 4 -. 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. In my innocence, I could never figure out why they forgot to put those supplies onboard in Fleetwood. This copy shows the entry on 02-Mar-2023 at 02:19:39. 4 Slip having been recently refurbished for use with landing craft. [63] Another explanation advanced is that "GUZZ" was the radio call sign for the nearby Admiralty wireless station (which was GZX) at Devil's Point,[64] though this is disputed and has recently been disproved by reference to actual wireless telegraphy callsigns in existence over the past century. This article is about the Royal Navy base in Plymouth, England. It proceeded to Church Bay where it anchored, but soon began to list, and eventually capsized and sank. He was awarded The 1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, War Medal 1939-1945, and Defence Medal 1939-1945. The records staff at the Historic Environment Division would encourage divers to send them a short report on any diving undertaken on the HMS Drake wreck site to assist in monitoring the wreck (see Record Heritage). The southern boundary of his yard was formed by a 'double' rope-house (combining the previously separate tasks of spinning and laying within a single building); the upper floor was used for the repair of sails and a separate rigging house stood nearby. This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest. In the 1760s a period of expansion began, leading to a configuration which (despite subsequent rebuildings) can still be seen today: five slipways, four dry docks and a wet basin (slipways were used for shipbuilding, but the main business of the eighteenth-century yard was the repair, maintenance and equipping of the fleet, for which the dry docks and basin were used). [48] As of 2016 the northern section of the South Yard (including the 18th-century dry docks, Nos. [35] This part of the site contains some fourteen listed buildings and structures. Heritage Apprentices in a training session on the Researching The Historic Environment module and training in Architectural Photography. Our The Engineering College moved to nearby Manadon in 1958; the Jacobethan-style building then went on to house the Dockyard Technical College for a time, but was demolished in 1985. Species of interest are highlighted. PLYMOUTH SX45NW SALTASH ROAD, Devonport The following transport lines have routes that pass near HMS Drake, Plymouth . Estimates for the damage were put at 150,000 in the values of the day, and would have totalled 500,000 had the fire not been contained by demolishing several surrounding buildings. These are: Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. centre block flanked by symmetrical 2:1:2-bay fronts which are She had a crew complement of 32 seamen. Thirteen out of service nuclear submarines were stored at Devonport in 2018. it was built. Nearest tank filling is Aquaholics in Ballycastle or Portstewart (ring ahead: 028 7083 2584). On 2nd October 1917 HMS Drake had just finished escort duties for convoy HH24 from America. The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority. HM Naval Base Devonport is the home port of the Devonport Flotilla which includes the Trafalgar-class submarines. By boat from Rathlin or Ballycastle Harbour. In just under three centuries, over 300 vessels were built at Devonport, the last being HMS Scylla in 1971.[12]. Plymouth Naval Base Museum opened in 1969 following an appeal from the office of the Admiral-superintendent for items of memorabilia and was housed in the Dockyard Fire Station. Then let other divers know about this site from your experience! buildings at HMS Pembroke at Chatham and HMS Nelson at richly decorated though of similar plan form to the equivalent Gunpowder was stored on site, which began to be a cause for concern among local residents (as was the older store in the Royal Citadel within the city of Plymouth). On 30 December 1690, a contract was let for a dockyard to be built: the start of Plymouth (later Devonport) Royal Dockyard. Range was 2,000 miles at 13 knots. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small HMS Drake 15:28, 10 NOV 2022. Free car parking is available above the harbour and marina. The Drake did not lie undisturbed, on the 4th November 1962, the 595 ton 'Ella Hewitt' skippered by William Gregson fouled the wreck while leaving Church Bay and within eighteen hours had sunk adjacent to her. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. [60] The National Audit Office in 2019 stated that the costs of laid up storage of all nuclear submarines had reached 500 million,[61] and they represent a liability of 7.5 billion. From its original 17th-century site, the dockyard expanded in stages (first to the south and then progressively northwards) over the next .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}2+12 centuries. However, Devonport retains a long-term role as the dedicated home of the amphibious fleet, survey vessels and half the frigate fleet. [2], Further north still, Weston Mill Lake (at one time Devonport's coaling yard) was converted in the 1980s to provide frigate berths for the Type 22 fleet. It was here that Dummer built his groundbreaking stone dry dock (completely rebuilt in the 1840s). Submarine U79 was a Class: UE, Type: Ocean-going mine-laying submarine and was launched on 9th April, 1916, she was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on May 25th, 1916. pilasters dividing bays to upper floors, window architraves, After 1860, the fortifications were superseded by the Palmerston Forts around Plymouth and the land occupied by the lines was either sold or utilised by the dockyard. In May 2017 the Drake was scheduled under the Historic Monuments and Archaeological Objects (NI) Order 1995 in recognition of the sites significance and to mark the centenary of its sinking. Source Historic England Archive BB83/04456. Another memorable story is that of a local landlord being invited by the skipper and crew to continue the evening's session aboard ship, he eventually came round on his way to Iceland - the trawler made a detour and dropped him off on the Faroes. [5] Having selected the location, Dummer was given responsibility for designing and building the new yard. Superintendent Engineer Major Monro Wilson, RE. HMS "DRAKE" Old aerial view of the Royal Naval Barracks at Devonport. Northern Ireland Marine MapViewer, Please flag any incorrect or inaccurate information on this page. In 1689 Prince William of Orange became William III and almost immediately he required the building of a new Royal Dockyard west of Portsmouth. A group of volunteers from The Friends of Balaam's Wood Local Nature Reserve clearing brambles at Gannow Green Moated Site, New Frankley in Birmingham, Two horsemen reading The Sportsman, 30 Oct 1902, Farnborough, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire. 3-light window. Several establishments were set up in the vicinity of Devonport and Plymouth in direct relationship either to the Royal Dockyard or to Plymouth's use as a base for the Fleet, including: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. HMS Drake was a 12-gun sloop launched as the civilian Marquis of Granby. 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. The Devonport Lines were a bastion fortification which consisted of an earthen rampart with a wide ditch and a glacis. 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. Rathlin MCZ in towards dome with turned finial. The Lugano and the Brisk were both torpedoed by U-boats on the same day. Rathlin Harbour has pontoons for around 40 boats. Your email address will not be published. St Albans moved to Devonport in July 2019 in preparation for her major refit.[38]. 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). [3] In the early 1970s the newly styled 'Fleet Maintenance Base' was itself commissioned as HMS Defiance; it remained so until 1994, when it was amalgamated into HMS Drake. Hampshire Railways Remembered. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public. His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport) is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth) and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy. 1898-1902, with careful attention to detail and compositional quality, [13] One slipway (1774) survives unaltered from this period (Slip No.1): a rare survival. Lugano was a cargo steamer built in 1917 by Irvine's of Hartlepool and owed by the Gulf Line. the Olympic had sailed empty from New York, HMS Essex escorted her for part of the crossing and she was met by the Drake in the Northern Approaches and escorted to port. [16] To open up the site, the old ropehouse was demolished and a new rope-making complex built alongside the east perimeter wall of the expanded site (where it still survives in part, albeit rebuilt following a fire in 1812). These innovations also allowed rapid erection of staging and greater workforce mobility. On October 2, 1917, HMS Drake was torpedoed by the German U-29, and her boiler room was flooded. Part of a complete complex, manifesting the status and These can be converted to DMS or DDM by following the link below. The remains of the trawler partially overlays the Drake near its bow end. The convoy dispersed at 08.03 am, but just over an hour later HMS Drake was torpedoed under the second funnel by a German U-boat, U-79, under the command of Lieutenant Commander Otto Rohrbeck, five miles north of Rathlin Island. Get directions now. More Be the first to add a photo and help showcase this place to others. This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. [28], In contrast to South Yard, which fared badly in the Blitz, most of the original buildings survive at Morice Yard, enclosed behind their contemporary boundary wall; over a dozen of these are listed. [36], Ships based at the port are known as the Devonport Flotilla. - now Ruttonjee Hospital, RNH Trincomalee, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), HMS Queen Charlotte WWII land based gunnery school, Shore Rd., Ainsdale Southport, Lancashire. For ships with the same name, see, Operating base in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy. Required fields are marked *. HMS Drake lies on a flat sandy seabed at a depth of between 15-19 metres. The IB MYP program aims to facilitate maximum academic achievement, develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect as they become lifelong learners. [36] It is the base for HMS Triumph, one of two remainingTrafalgar-class nuclear-powered hunter-killer submarines. When a power outage occurs, DTE Energy crews work as quickly and safely as possible to restore power to all of our customers. 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The smithery with its fire and forge was positioned to the north, safely separate from the other buildings. Those unable to expand were closed; the rest underwent a transformation through growth and mechanisation. Dived here recently? Weston Mill Dock, (lamel's Head Gate) Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 2BG Sir Francis Drake is now an enduring legacy in Devonport, as the naval base has been named HMS Drake.[1]. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Joe Kreyling served with the royal Navy in the Mediterranean between 1943-45, taking part in the allied invasions of Sicily and mainland Italy. In 1758, the Plymouth and Portsmouth Fortifications Act provided the means to construct a permanent landward defence for the dockyard complex. 0.6 mi Dockyard. Source Historic England Archive BB98/02592. 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