HMNB Clyde

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Royal Navy shore establishment naval base

HMNB Clyde is a major Royal Navy base in Scotland that serves as the home of the United Kingdom’s nuclear-armed submarine fleet.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Faslane	2
Faslane Flotilla	1
Faslane Naval Base	1
HM Naval Base Clyde	1
Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde	1
Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Royal Navy shore establishment ⓘ naval base ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	HMNB Clyde ⓘ surface form: Faslane Naval Base HMNB Clyde ⓘ surface form: Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde
branchOfService	British Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom Armed Forces
contains	HMNB Clyde self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Faslane HMNB Clyde self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
garrison	Royal Marines ⓘ Royal Navy Submarine Service ⓘ
hasCapability	support of nuclear-armed submarines ⓘ support of nuclear-powered submarines ⓘ
hasInfrastructure	accommodation and support services ⓘ engineering and maintenance facilities ⓘ nuclear weapons storage facilities at Coulport ⓘ submarine berths ⓘ
hasPart	HMNB Clyde self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Faslane Flotilla Northern Diving Group ⓘ Submarine Escape Training Tank (historical) ⓘ
homePortOf	Astute-class submarine ⓘ Royal Navy Submarine Service ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom nuclear-armed submarine fleet Vanguard-class submarine ⓘ
hosts	Astute-class submarine ⓘ surface form: Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarines Royal Navy training facilities ⓘ Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarines ⓘ support vessels ⓘ
locatedIn	Argyll and Bute ⓘ Firth of Clyde area ⓘ
locatedNear	HMNB Clyde self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Faslane Helensburgh ⓘ
locatedOnBodyOfWater	Gare Loch ⓘ
location	Scotland ⓘ
militaryBranch	Royal Navy ⓘ
namedAfter	River Clyde ⓘ
operator	Royal Navy ⓘ
ownedBy	United Kingdom Ministry of Defence ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
partOf	Royal Navy ⓘ
primaryFunction	base for ballistic missile submarines ⓘ base for fleet submarines ⓘ support of the United Kingdom strategic nuclear deterrent ⓘ
region	West of Scotland ⓘ
securityStatus	high-security military installation ⓘ
strategicImportance	principal base for Royal Navy submarines ⓘ
strategicRole	Nuclear weapons policy of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom continuous at-sea deterrent
timeZone	British Summer Time ⓘ UTC±00:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

HMNB Clyde → alsoKnownAs → HMNB Clyde ⓘ

this entity surface form: Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde

HMNB Clyde → alsoKnownAs → HMNB Clyde ⓘ

this entity surface form: Faslane Naval Base

HMNB Clyde → contains → HMNB Clyde self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Faslane

HMNB Clyde → contains → HMNB Clyde self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport

Submarine Escape Training Tank (historical) → garrison → HMNB Clyde ⓘ

Northern Diving Group → garrisonLocation → HMNB Clyde ⓘ

Gare Loch → hasMilitaryBase → HMNB Clyde ⓘ

Argyll and Bute → hasNavalBase → HMNB Clyde ⓘ

HMNB Clyde → hasPart → HMNB Clyde self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Faslane Flotilla

Trident nuclear missile system → homePort → HMNB Clyde ⓘ

Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarines → homePort → HMNB Clyde ⓘ

subject surface form: Vanguard-class ballistic missile submarine

Submarine Escape Training Tank (historical) → locatedAt → HMNB Clyde ⓘ

this entity surface form: HM Naval Base Clyde

HMNB Clyde → locatedNear → HMNB Clyde self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Faslane

Submarine Escape Training Tank (historical) → location → HMNB Clyde ⓘ

Royal Navy Submarine Service → mainBase → HMNB Clyde ⓘ

Royal Navy → primaryBase → HMNB Clyde ⓘ

HMNB Portsmouth → sisterBase → HMNB Clyde ⓘ