RMN Woodlands Naval Base

Woodlands Naval Base
Markas Pangkalan Woodlands
Part of Singapore Naval Base
North Region
Near Woodlands in Singapore
Woodlands Naval Base is located in Singapore
Woodlands Naval Base
Woodlands Naval Base
Coordinates1°26′56″N 103°46′51″E / 1.44889°N 103.78083°E / 1.44889; 103.78083
TypeMilitary base
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defense
Operator Royal Malaysian Navy
Site history
Built1952 (1952)
In use
  • 1952–1997 (as military base, under Malaya, later Malaysia);
  • 1997–2018 (as prison, under Singapore)
FateDemolished in 2021 to make space for housing complexes
Garrison information
Garrison
  • Fleet Operational Command
  • Fleet Material Command
  • KD Malaya

Woodlands Naval Base was a military base of the Royal Malaysian Navy in Woodlands, Singapore. It is on the opposite side of the Singapore Strait from Johor Bahru. This base served as the first headquarters of the Royal Navy Malay Section (then name of the Royal Malaysian Navy) from 1952 until 9 September 1984, when the headquarters relocated to Lumut, Perak.[1]

This base was part of Singapore Naval Base and was called Singapore Naval Base - Woodlands Side.[2] After the British Government transferred the Royal Malayan Navy (then name of the Royal Malaysian Navy) to the Federation of Malaya on 1 July 1958, almost a year after the Federation of Malaya gained independence from the British, the Singapore Naval Base was divided in half, with the Woodlands side being given to the Federation of Malaya and the Sembawang side remaining under the British and Commonwealth's military.[1][3]

  1. ^ a b "National Fleet History". National Archives of Malaysia. April 2011. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Singapore Naval Base - Woodlands side. View of land East of …". www.nas.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  3. ^ Faizah bte Zakaria (18 October 2016). "Sembawang Naval Base". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 10 August 2023.