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We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! GIS Maps Search. Many stories surround the sinking and why she hit the wreck, a relative of mine listened to the May Day call on his wireless set in Ballintoy, the Portrush lifeboat came to her assistance and took the crew off with no casualties. round arches and Ionic columns plus further entablature sloped above main parapet level. 3 Slip, tested in No. PLAN: central double-depth wardroom linked by 1st-floor A general description of the physical features of the dive site, The history of the wreck provided by the Senior Marine Archaeologist from the Department for Communities Historic Environment Division (only included for wreck sites), A description of the species composition at the site. Construction of an onshore barracks, just north-east of the North Yard, was completed in 1889 with accommodation for 2,500; sailors and officers moved in during June of that year. It was here that Dummer built his groundbreaking stone dry dock (completely rebuilt in the 1840s). each side with pilasters, cornices and wainscot, and the rear On 30 December 1690, a contract was let for a dockyard to be built: the start of Plymouth (later Devonport) Royal Dockyard. This became known as the Quadrangle: it housed foundries, forges, pattern shops, boilermakers and all manner of specialized workshops. 655 & 656; PSA Drawings Collection, NMR Swindon: PLM 248-284).Listing NGR: SX4499756685. The Drake currently lies capsized on its starboard side (the side of the torpedo strike) and is orientated SE-NW (bow pointing NW). More buildings were added in the early years of the twentieth century, including St Nicholas's Church. Your email address will not be published. Be the first to add a photo and help showcase this place to others. She had a crew complement of 32 seamen. This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. moulded hoods above 1st-floor windows, apron entablature to 2 Slip and moored alongside the quay wall". and forming the centrepiece of a complete planned group. Portsmouth. Morice Ordnance Yard remained independent from the dockyard until 1941, at which point it was integrated into the larger complex. Armaments included - two primary 4 inch (QF) guns, two secondary 3-inch QF guns and two 21 inch torpedo tubes.S.S. and moulded cornices. The wreckage extends for c. 160m and is 32m wide at its widest. Get directions now. All blocks have Find out about services offered by Historic England for funding, planning, education and research, as well as training and skill development. The dockyard employs 2,500 service personnel and civilians, supports circa 400 local firms and contributes approximately 10% to the income of Plymouth. staircase; 2 central windows above, then cornice linked to HMS Drake was a 12-gun sloop launched as the civilian Marquis of Granby. On November 21st, 1918, as part of this dispersal, U 79 was handed over to the French Navy. [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. 1 Basin and No. Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. HMS Drake 15:28, 10 NOV 2022. window over 3-light flat-headed window; right of the tower are If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. - HMS Drake during the Second World War -. The last of the Trafalgar class submarines, she will probably serve until at least 2025. [48] As of 2016 the northern section of the South Yard (including the 18th-century dry docks, Nos. To find an estimate of when your power will be back on, please check your outage status here.. You can also find out how extensive the outages are in your area by viewing our interactive Outage Map.Zoom in on the map and click on the color-coded outage area or search by . Source Historic England Archive BB83/04456. Two stationary steam engines drove line shafts and heavy machinery, and the multiple flues were drawn by a pair of prominent chimneys. In my innocence, I could never figure out why they forgot to put those supplies onboard in Fleetwood. 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. List entry 1386370. With such limited manoeuvrability however, HMS Drake collided with the cargo ship Mendip Range at 10.37 am.HMS Drake it seems did not receive much damage from the collision, but the Mendip Range was forced to beach at Ballycastle Bay on the mainland. 028 207 68525 Mobile Number 07803 505084. Species of interest are highlighted. long enough to accommodate two ships of the line, end to end) was added, just north of the basin, in the 1720s. (d.1st Jan 1944), Robins Ernest William. The site is approximately 500m south-west of Church Bay and is marked with a large yellow marker buoy. staircase bay with tall double-transomed 3-light round-arched Armaments included - two primary 4 inch (QF) guns, two secondary 3-inch QF guns and two 21 inch torpedo tubes.S.S. Ballycastle Harbour has a gated slipway (open during office hours) and pontoon berthing. The vast site covers more than 650 acres and has 15 dry docks, four miles of waterfront, 25 tidal berths and five basins. Berthing fees apply for both Rathlin and Ballycastle Harbour Office; for use of either, contact the Ballycastle Harbour Office: 02820768525 / 07803505984. The wardroom block dates from this period. Public Records. As a young teenager, I remember the frequent visits of Fleetwood trawlers to Ballycastle. 10thFeb 2023 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 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. [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. Members who served with HMS Drake Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Drake . Just one end section of the terrace survives; dating from 1692 to 1696, it is the earliest surviving building in any royal dockyard.[8]. Below These innovations also allowed rapid erection of staging and greater workforce mobility. Part of the Alfred Newton and Sons collection. 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. Wessex Archaeology HMS Drake The largest naval base in Western Europe,[1] HMNB Devonport is located in Devonport, in the west of the city of Plymouth, England. In 2009 the Ministry of Defence announced the conclusion of a long-running review of the long-term role of three naval bases. The numbers employed at the yard increased from 736 in 1711 to 2,464 in 1730. central dining room with panelled walls, large fireplaces with (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Devon: London: 1989-: HISTORY: part of the second phase of the barracks, the The name HMS Drake and its command structure has been extended to cover the entire base. HMS Brisk was built in 1910, a type H (Acorn) destroyer with a top speed of 27 knots. Your email address will not be published. In just under three centuries, over 300 vessels were built at Devonport, the last being HMS Scylla in 1971.[12]. 1898 saw the barracks expand to accommodate a further 1,000 men. She was purchased in 1770 and briefly named HMS Drake. painted panels; axial corridor with bedrooms on upper floors. 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). Sailors lived in hulks until the first barracks A "tiddy oggy" is naval slang for a Cornish Pasty and which was once the nickname for a sailor born and bred in Devonport. Books and journalsPevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Devon, (1989), 655-656. Use of this data is subject to Terms and Conditions. Satellite and aerial maps of HMS Drake with nearby locations Toggle Map History of this Location The Royal Navy has been associated with Plymouth and Devonport since before the 1500s. The base began as Royal Navy Dockyard in the late 17th century, but shipbuilding ceased at Devonport in the early 1970s, although ship maintenance work has continued. Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. 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 Date of Loss 02/10/1917. List Entry HMS DRAKE WARDROOM, OFFICERS QUARTERS AND MESS HMS DRAKE WARDROOM, OFFICERS QUARTERS AND MESS, SALTASH ROAD Listed on the National Heritage List for England. 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. List of ships with the same or similar names, Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS_Drake&oldid=1128898823, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 22 December 2022, at 15:16. officers were housed in Howard and Seymour blocks (qqv) before HMNB Devonport The largest naval base in Western Europe, Devonport has been supporting the Royal Navy since 1691. 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. 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 2,372 ton Lugano, loaded with cotton and steel from Virginia came into the Sound and was hit on her starboard side by one torpedo fired from U 79, the explosion ripped a large hole in the hull resulting in her sinking rapidly with no loss of life. 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. Other ships in her class were the Good Hope, King Alfred and Leviathan. 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. 1988. 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). The Scrieve Board (Project Managed by PDM) currently serves as a museum store. The barracks buildings are now named the Fleet Accommodation Centre. Having dismissed the Plymouth site as inadequate, he settled on the Hamoaze area which soon became known as Plymouth Dock, later renamed Devonport. Search over 400,000 listed places. In 2014 it was announced, as part of a 'City Deal' regeneration agreement, that the South Yard would be 'unlocked' with a view to it becoming a 'marine industries hub'. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Address: HM Naval Base, Plymouth, United Kingdom, PL2 2BG. Rathlin Harbour has pontoons for around 40 boats. However, Devonport retains a long-term role as the dedicated home of the amphibious fleet, survey vessels and half the frigate fleet. 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