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A 21-gun salute being fired on the quarterdeck in front of the wardroom block in 2015
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and completed in 1896. It contained a clock and bell by
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518:"Royal Navy firing gunshots across Plymouth"
544:"Armed Forces Day 2024 starts with a bang!"
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1380:List of air stations of the Royal Navy
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595:"Devonport Naval Base Handbook, 2010"
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203:(the wardroom block is on the left)
1365:HM Victualling Yard Royal Victoria
1360:HM Victualling Yard Royal Clarence
618:Coats, Ann; Davies, David (2013).
419:National Heritage List for England
388:National Heritage List for England
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1370:HM Victualling Yard Royal William
299:on 1 January 1934. Following the
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1057:UK Joint Logistics Support Base
492:"21 Gun Salute From HMS Drake"
318:and other special occasions.
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1401:HM Naval Yard Penetanguishene
179:, in the west of the city of
171:(shore establishment) of the
1496:HM Naval Yard Garden Island
1350:RNAS Prestwick (HMS Gannet)
806:Institute of Naval Medicine
307:naval guns, recovered from
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224:base ship of the same name
165:Fleet Accommodation Centre
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1042:Navy Command Headquarters
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283:columns surmounted by a
1491:HM Naval Base Weihaiwei
1481:HM Naval Base Singapore
1461:HM Dockyard Trincomalee
1431:HM Dockyard Haulbowline
1406:HM Naval Shipyards York
1396:Grand River Naval Depot
1456:HM Dockyard Port Royal
1451:HM Dockyard Port Mahon
305:QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss
267:columns supporting an
235:Gillett & Johnston
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1471:HM Naval Base Colombo
1426:HM Dockyard Gibraltar
301:handover of Hong Kong
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1476:HM Naval Base Cochin
1375:HM Dockyard Woolwich
1141:HM Dockyard Portland
1136:HM Dockyard Pembroke
1121:HM Dockyard Deptford
903:Royal Naval Reserves
451:on 24 September 2015
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1441:HM Dockyard Kinsale
1436:HM Dockyard Jamaica
1416:HM Dockyard Bermuda
1330:RNAD Broughton Moor
1131:HM Dockyard Harwich
1116:HM Dockyard Chatham
883:Predannack Airfield
323:Ministry of Defence
199:Aerial view of HMS
175:on Saltash Road in
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1446:HM Dockyard Madras
1421:HM Dockyard Bombay
1146:HM Dockyard Rosyth
548:Plymouth Chronicle
524:. 8 September 2003
471:"Historic England"
441:"A history of HMS
254:neoclassical style
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1110:Daedalus II
985:King Alfred
830:RM Chivenor
752:Collingwood
696:naval bases
626:1 September
576:1 September
554:1 September
528:1 September
502:1 September
425:1 September
394:1 September
325:ownership.
281:Ionic order
269:entablature
138:Residential
47: /
1560:Categories
1345:DM Gosport
1335:DM Crombie
1306:St Vincent
1267:Scapa Flow
1236:Imperieuse
1199:Flycatcher
1094:Aggressive
961:Flying Fox
704:HMNB Clyde
496:Forces.net
329:References
263:formed by
258:tetrastyle
173:Royal Navy
119:Royal Navy
32:50°23′27″N
1541:Navy Hall
1531:HMS Tamar
1312:HMS
1304:HMS
1296:HMS
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1244:Lochinvar
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1234:HMS
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1153:Cambridge
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993:President
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860:RM Instow
835:RM Condor
800:Temeraire
798:HMS
790:HMS
782:HMS
774:HMS
768:Excellent
766:HMS
758:HMS
750:HMS
476:30 August
231:limestone
177:Devonport
35:4°11′00″W
21:HMS Drake
1571:Plymouth
1521:Auckland
1389:overseas
1320:Port HHZ
1290:Standard
1025:Wildfire
1009:Sherwood
977:Hibernia
937:Dalriada
913:Calliope
855:RM Tamar
845:RM Poole
731:training
363:14 March
246:wardroom
181:Plymouth
167:, is a
129:Barracks
1252:Mercury
1223:Harrier
1190:Forward
1086:Abastor
969:Forward
921:Cambria
784:Raleigh
688:current
273:parapet
261:portico
191:History
89:Country
1314:Vernon
1262:(1939)
1215:Gannet
1207:Ganges
1192:(1939)
1169:Ferret
1102:Badger
1070:former
1001:Scotia
953:Ferret
945:Eaglet
792:Sultan
776:Nelson
721:Jufair
277:cupola
275:and a
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1161:Dryad
1035:other
1017:Vivid
929:Ceres
818:bases
760:Drake
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311:Tamar
297:Drake
279:with
220:hulks
213:Drake
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160:Drake
63:Drake
1274:Newt
1258:HMS
1188:HMS
1077:home
719:HMS
628:2024
578:2024
556:2024
530:2024
504:2024
478:2016
457:2014
427:2024
396:2024
365:2023
309:HMS
285:dome
158:HMS
135:Role
125:Type
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