HMNB Clyde

HMNB Clyde
Gare Loch, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
An aerial view of HMNB Clyde
HMNB Clyde is located in Argyll and Bute
HMNB Clyde
HMNB Clyde
Location in Argyll and Bute
HMNB Clyde is located in the United Kingdom
HMNB Clyde
HMNB Clyde
HMNB Clyde (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates56°03′58″N 04°49′03″W / 56.06611°N 4.81750°W / 56.06611; -4.81750
TypeNaval base
Area87 hectares (210 acres)
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRoyal Navy
Controlled byNaval Base Commander, Clyde
ConditionOperational
WebsiteHMMB Clyde - Royal Navy
Site history
Built1940s
In use1940s – present
Garrison information
Current
commander
Commodore Sharon Malkin: December 2022 - Present[1]
GarrisonSubmarine Service

His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS Neptune), primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth). It is the navy's headquarters in Scotland and is best known as the home of Britain's nuclear weapons, in the form of nuclear submarines armed with Trident missiles.

  1. ^ "Naval base gets female commander in wake of submarine abuse accusations". telegraph.co.uk. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 18 November 2023.