- Office for Nuclear Regulation
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- Devonport Royal Dockyard
Devonport Royal Dockyard
Summary
- Operator/Licensee: Ministry of Defence (MoD)
- Type of site: Defence
- Location: Plymouth
Background
Devonport is the largest naval base in Western Europe. It comprises Her Majesty’s Naval Base (HMNB) Devonport and its co-located Devonport Royal Dockyard. The naval base provides full operational support to the Royal Navy’s surface ships and submarines and the complex site also includes Naval barracks. The dockyard is the UK's sole refitting and defuelling site for nuclear powered submarines.
The co-located Royal Dockyard is owned and operated by the Marine division of Babcock International Group (BM), who took over the previous owner Devonport Management Limited (DML) in 2007. The BM operation is commonly called Devonport Royal Dockyard.