It remained in use until it was destroyed in the Plymouth Blitz; the same fate befell several other buildings of the 18th and early 19th century, including the long and prominent pedimented workshop with its central clocktower, built to accommodate a range of woodworkers and craftsmen, the adjacent pedimented dockyard offices and Edward Holl's replacement Dockyard Church of 1814. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small [13], The most imposing building of this period was a double-quadrangular storehouse of 1761 (probably designed by Thomas Slade); replacing the Dummer's storehouse, it also incorporated a new rigging house and sail loft. Nearby public transportation stops & stations: 170 ft HMS Drake. The wardroom block dates from this period. Other ships in her class were the Good Hope, King Alfred and Leviathan. each side with pilasters, cornices and wainscot, and the rear Then let other divers know about this site from your experience! 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. Owned by the Hewitt Fishing Company of Fleetwood, the 'Ella Hewitt' was built in 1953 and at 170 ft was one of largest trawlers operating out of Fleetwood. List entry 1386370. [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). The last of the Trafalgar class submarines, she will probably serve until at least 2025. Devonport. 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. Search over 400,000 listed places Overview Official List Entry Comments and Photos Previous Overview Next Comments and Photos Directions to HMS Drake, Plymouth with public transportation. importance of the Royal Navy at this time. Public toilets are available in Church Bay between the harbour and the pub, near the playground. centre block flanked by symmetrical 2:1:2-bay fronts which are [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. Get directions now. to help with the costs of keeping the site running. 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. [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]. Weston Mill Dock, (lamel's Head Gate) Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 2BG On 2nd October 1917 HMS Drake had just finished escort duties for convoy HH24 from America. All rights reserved. Information drawn from Historic Environment Record of Northern Ireland (HERoNI), Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division. [16], In 1895 the decision was taken to expand the Keyham Steam Yard to accommodate the increasing size of modern warships. The dockyard followed suit twenty years later, becoming Devonport Royal Dockyard. More [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. The ship type is rare and represents an intermediate design of armoured cruiser that quickly became obsolete. She was purchased in 1770 and briefly named HMS Drake. The crippled Drake under the command of Captain S. H. Radcliffe was escorted into Church Bay by HMS Martin and other auxiliary ships where she was anchored. By this time the surviving crew members had been transferred to other vessels in the vicinity. 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. 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. Charles Causley referred to Guz in one of his poems, "Song of the Dying Gunner A.A.1", published in 1951.[70]. Significant RM presences are also located in: The modern RNR has fourteen Royal Naval Reserve Units (with 6 satellite units). This includes the Navy's assault ships HMSAlbion and HMSBulwark. 3 Basin was the frontispiece to a huge integrated manufacturing complex. This copy shows the entry on 02-Mar-2023 at 02:19:39. 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. She was purchased in 1770 and briefly named HMS Drake. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. Lugano was a cargo steamer built in 1917 by Irvine's of Hartlepool and owed by the Gulf Line. 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. Do you have any additional information for this dive site you would like to contribute? [11] The terrace survived into the 20th century, but was largely destroyed in the Blitz along with several others of Devonport's historic buildings. GIS Maps Search. Free car parking is available above the harbour and marina. 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. We are now on Facebook. Paterson Alexander Grant. [13] One slipway (1774) survives unaltered from this period (Slip No.1): a rare survival. As a young teenager, I remember the frequent visits of Fleetwood trawlers to Ballycastle. with careful attention to detail and compositional quality, On October 2, 1917, HMS Drake was torpedoed by the German U-29, and her boiler room was flooded. There are many local stories of skipper's being carried out of pubs by the crew and taken down to the quay in the back of a van, the first mate or whoever was able, having to take the trawler out from the Bay. This typically relates to the stage of the tide, Details of nearest facilities to dive site i.e. passages on 2-span bridges to double-depth quarters blocks at and forming the centrepiece of a complete planned group. painted panels; axial corridor with bedrooms on upper floors. staircase bay with tall double-transomed 3-light round-arched 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. [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. Like this page to receive our updates. [56] Run by volunteers, it is only accessible for pre-booked tours, or on Naval Base open days. 01/05/75 quarters and Mess GV II* Formerly known as: (HMS Drake) Wardroom Blocks SALTASH ROAD 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. In 1894 a contingent of sixty Royal Navy homing pigeons was accommodated on the site. [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. Rathlin Harbour has pontoons for around 40 boats. This article is about the Royal Navy base in Plymouth, England. 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. 340 ft Keyham. Address: HM Naval Base, Plymouth, United Kingdom, PL2 2BG. 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). If so it would have been a major achievement for a U-Boat Captain to claim a Cruiser, Destroyer and a 2,350-ton merchant ship within a few hours of each. Listed on the National Heritage List for England. MATERIALS: Plymouth limestone rock-faced ashlar to ground 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). Required fields are marked *. From 1934 until the early 21st century the naval barracks on the site was named HMS Drake (it had previously been known as HMS Vivid after the base ship of the same name). [59], In 2018, the UK Parliament's Public Accounts Committee criticised the slow rate of decommissioning of these submarines, with the Ministry of Defence admitting that it had put off decommissioning due to the cost. (d.1st Jan 1944), Robins Ernest William. 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! 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. A general view of the line of ships during the Naval Review at Spithead RMG P00022.tiff 4,800 3,497; 48.02 MB. Displacing some 832 tons, U79 had a range of 8,000 nautical miles and a surface speed of 10.6 knots (submerged 7.9). The Wartime Memories Project is run by volunteers and the free to access part of the website is funded by donations from our visitors. The Drake currently lies capsized on its starboard side (the side of the torpedo strike) and is orientated SE-NW (bow pointing NW). 2 Slip and moored alongside the quay wall". paired sashes, then next bays on either side have tall sashes. Kevin Robertson & Leslie Oppitz. 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 May include summary, reasons for designation and history. 3-light window. Range was 2,000 miles at 13 knots. 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. Her Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Devonport (formerly HMS Drake ), is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth ). Wessex Archaeology HMS Drake Archaeologist Dr David Neal discussing his illustration of the mosaic being excavated at Rutland Roman Villa with members of the University of Leicester Archaeological Services team, Bombed library in Holland House, Kensington. HMS is an authorized International Baccalaureate Middle Years school. Descriptive location referring to nearest landfall i.e. The barracks buildings are now named the Fleet Accommodation Centre. Public Records. In 1860 the main dockyards' policing was also transferred to the new dockyard divisions of the Metropolitan Police, in Devonport's case No. Sailors lived in hulks until the first barracks © Crown Copyright and database right 2023. These are: Military Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. The Wreck. 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. 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. 3 Division, which remained in that role until 1934. The name HMS Drake and its command structure has been extended to cover the entire base. The following transport lines have routes that pass near HMS Drake, Plymouth . [35] This part of the site contains some fourteen listed buildings and structures. All students enrolled at HMS are IB students. It proceeded to Church Bay where it anchored, but soon began to list, and eventually capsized and sank. Portsmouth. [8] A chapel was built in 1700, alongside the Porter's Lodge at the main gate[9] (it was destroyed by a fire in 1799). Boat traffic between Ballycastle and Rathlin. English: Aerial image of HMS Drake, Devonport, Plymouth. Media in category "HMS Drake (ship, 1901)" The following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total. 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. Find out more about Heritage Apprenticeships. The postcode is PL2 2BG and a map of where you are going can be found at The base employs 2,500 Service personnel and civilians, supports . These can be converted to DMS or DDM by following the link below. 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. More buildings were added in the early years of the twentieth century, including St Nicholas's Church. One survivor was, incredibly, blown straight onto the upper deck, where he landed uninjured. Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. Search over 400,000 listed places Overview Official List Entry Comments and Photos Previous Overview Next Comments and Photos 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. HMS DRAKE WARDROOM, OFFICERS QUARTERS AND MESS, SALTASH ROAD, Listed on the National Heritage List for England. English Heritage calls it 'one of the most remarkable engineering buildings in the country'. Ldg.Sea. 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