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{{Short description|Operating base in Scotland for the Royal Navy}}
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'''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 [[Nuclear weapons and the United Kingdom|Britain's nuclear weapons]], in the form of [[nuclear submarine]]s armed with [[UK Trident programme|Trident missiles]].

==History==
Faslane was first constructed and used as a base in the [[World War II|Second World War]]. During the 1960s, the [[British Government]] began negotiating the [[Polaris Sales Agreement]] with the United States regarding the purchase of a [[Polaris missile]] system to fire British-built nuclear weapons from five specially constructed submarines. In the end, only four were constructed; {{HMS|Resolution|S22|6}}, {{HMS|Repulse|S23|6}}, {{HMS|Renown|S26|6}} and {{HMS|Revenge|S27|6}}. These four submarines were permanently based at Faslane.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/uk/resolution.htm|title=Resolution|publisher=Global Security|access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref>

Faslane itself was chosen to host these vessels at the height of the [[Cold War]] because of its geographic position, which forms a [[Bastion (naval)|bastion]] on the relatively secluded but deep and easily navigable [[Gare Loch]] and [[Firth of Clyde]] on the west coast of Scotland. This position provides for rapid and stealthy access through the [[North Channel (British Isles)|North Channel]] to the submarine patrolling areas in the [[North Atlantic]], through the [[GIUK gap]] to the [[Norwegian Sea]]. At the time it was chosen, the location was also close to the American SSBN base at [[Holy Loch]], which operated 1961–1992. One boat was always on patrol at any given time.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/successor-submarine-programme-factsheet/successor-submarine-programme-factsheet|title=Successor submarine programme: factsheet|publisher=Ministry of Defence|date=20 January 2016|access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref>

In 1971, the base was home to the 3rd Submarine Squadron of Nuclear Fleet and Diesel Patrol Submarines, "the fighters", and the [[10th Submarine Squadron (United Kingdom)|10th Submarine Squadron]] consisting of the four Polaris submarines, "the bombers".<ref>Royal Naval Engineers Benevolent Society, [http://www.rnebs.co.uk/Files/Courageous%20Special.pdf Society Members' Bulletin: Special Edition: HMS Courageous] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025012845/http://www.rnebs.co.uk/Files/Courageous%20Special.pdf |date=25 October 2014 }}, September 2013, p.5</ref>

==In Command==
{{Main|Naval Base Commander, Clyde}}

== Based vessels and units ==
The following notable vessels and units are based at Faslane.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/where-we-are/naval-base/clyde|title=Clyde Naval Base|website=Royal Navy|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/our-organisation/the-fighting-arms/surface-fleet/patrol/archer-class/hms-pursuer|title=HMS Pursuer (P273)|website=Royal Navy|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/qhm/clyde/regulations/marine-unit|title=Queen's Harbour Master Cylde – Marine Unit|website=Royal Navy|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mod.police.uk/specialist/marine.html|title=Marine Units|website=Ministry of Defence Police|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mod.police.uk/specialist/central-support.html|title=Central Support Group (CSG)|website=Ministry of Defence Police|access-date=27 November 2018}}</ref>
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=== Royal Navy ===
'''Commodore J. L. Perks OBE, Commander Submarine Flotilla/(Commodore Submarine Service (COSM))'''<ref>{{cite news |title=Submariners Association Newsletter in Depth 67 |url=https://www.submarinersassociation.co.uk/images/SA/Pages/In-Depth_Newsletters/InDepth67.pdf |work=Submariners Association |date=1 January 2020 |access-date=26 June 2020 |archive-date=13 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613121739/https://www.submarinersassociation.co.uk/images/SA/Pages/In-Depth_Newsletters/InDepth67.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Vanguard-class submarine|''Vanguard''-class]] SSBNs
** {{HMS|Vanguard|S28|6}}
** {{HMS|Victorious|S29|6}}
**{{HMS|Vigilant|S30|6}}
**{{HMS|Vengeance|S31|6}}
* [[Astute-class submarine|''Astute''-class]] SSNs
** [[HMS Astute (S119)|HMS ''Astute'']]
** [[HMS Ambush (S120)|HMS ''Ambush'']]
**[[HMS Artful (S121)|HMS ''Artful'']]
**[[HMS Audacious (S122)|HMS ''Audacious'']]
** [[HMS Anson (S123)|HMS ''Anson'']]
* [[Sandown-class minehunter|''Sandown''-class]] mine countermeasures vessel
**[[HMS Bangor (M109)|HMS ''Bangor'']] – forward deployed with [[9th Mine Counter-Measures Squadron|9 Mine Countermeasures Squadron]] at HMS Jufair, Bahrain
* Faslane Patrol Boat Squadron
** {{HMS|Tracker|P274|6}} ([[Archer-class patrol vessel|''Archer''-class]] patrol vessel)
** {{HMS|Raider|P275|6}}  ([[Archer-class patrol vessel|''Archer''-class]] patrol vessel)
* Northern Diving Group
** 1 x [[Sea-class workboat|''Sea''-class]] 15m diving support boat<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sixth and final support boat delivered to Royal Navy diving group|url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-latest-activity/news/2023/february/23/230127-diving-support-boat|access-date=2023-02-25|website=www.royalnavy.mod.uk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=SEA Class Marine Craft |url=https://www.atlas-elektronik.com/solutions/surface-vessel-systems/sea-class-marine-craft.html|access-date=2023-02-25|website=Atlas Elektronik |language=en}}</ref> 
* Mine Threat and Exploitation Group
** [[Sea-class workboat#Autonomous minehunter|Arcims-class]] autonomous vessels 
*** RNMB ''Hebe''
*** RNMB ''Hydra''
*** RNMB ''Hussar''
*** RNMB ''Hazard''
*** RNMB ''Harrier'' (forward deployed with 9 MCM Squadron at [[HMS Jufair]], Bahrain as of 2023)<ref>{{cite tweet |url=https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/1625210569786593282 |title=Autonomous minehunting vessel RNMB Harrier has arrived in Bahrain and will be based on @RFACardiganBay |number=1625210569786593282 |user=NavyLookout |date=13 February 2023 |access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref>
*** RNMB ''Halcyon''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/-/media/royal-navy-responsive/images/navynews/archivepdfs/2020s/2023/navy-news-february-2023-issue-823.pdf?rev=d6ed03242b4e475684f2ea061fb2d2d3 |title=Royal Navy Fleet Poster p.21 |date=February 2023 |website=Navy News |access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Royal Navy autonomous mine hunting at the sharp end |url=https://www.navylookout.com/royal-navy-autonomous-mine-hunting-at-the-sharp-end/ |website=Navy Lookout |date=30 March 2023}}</ref>
** RNMB ''Hellcat'' (mine warfare support boat)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/RN_MTXG/status/1679077822462058496|title=A photo of RNMB HELLCAT conducting ROV missions yesterday taken by the crew of RNMB HEBE|access-date=15 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |url=https://x.com/NavyLookout/status/1679423448915886126/photo/3 |title=@NavyLookout SMB (Survey Motor Boat) Shackleton and RNMB  (Royal Navy Motor Boat - mine warfare) Hellcat outbound from Faslane at Rhu this morning |number=1679423448915886126 |user=NavyLookout |date=13 July 2023 |access-date=15 June 2024}}</ref>

'''Royal Fleet Auxiliary'''
* [[RFA Stirling Castle]] (from Spring 2024 as "mothership" of autonomous vessels from Mine Threat and Exploitation Group)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.navylookout.com/the-royal-fleet-auxiliary-in-2023/ |title=The Royal Fleet Auxiliary in 2023 |date=15 December 2023|accessdate=2023-12-15|website=Navy Lookout}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Up close with RFA Stirling Castle – first of the navy's new motherships |url=https://www.navylookout.com/up-close-with-rfa-stirling-castle-first-of-the-navys-new-motherships/ |access-date=4 July 2023 |work=Navy Lookout |date=4 July 2023}}</ref>

'''Royal Marines ([[UK Commando Force]])'''
* [[43 Commando|43 Commando Fleet Protection Group]]
** Headquarters Squadron
** O Rifle Squadron
** P Rifle Squadron
** R Rifle Squadron
** [[Island-class patrol vessel (2013)|''Island''-class]] patrol vessels
*** ''Mull''
*** ''Rona''
*** ''Eorsa''

=== Serco Marine Services ===
* Multicat 2613-class utility boat
** ''SD Angeline'' 
* [[Oiler (ship)|Coastal oilers]]
** ''SD Oilman''
** ''SD Waterpress''
* Impulse-class tugs
** ''SD Impulse'' (A344)
** ''SD Impetus'' (A345)
* ATD 2909-class tugs
** ''SD Reliable''
** ''SD Resourceful''
** ''SD Dependable''
* STAN 2608-class tugs
** ''SD Jupiter''
* Oban-class tenders
** ''SD Oronsay''
** ''SD Omagh''
* Personnel ferries
** ''SD Eva''
* STAN 1505-class tenders
** ''SD Clyde Racer''
* STAN 1905-class tenders
** ''SD Clyde Spirit''

=== Ministry of Defence Police ===
* Clyde Marine Unit  
** [[Island-class patrol vessel (2013)|''Island''-class]] patrol vessels
*** ''Iona''
*** ''Skye''
*** ''Lismore''
*** ''Barra''
*** ''Harris''
*** ''Jura''
* Nuclear Division (Faslane Station)
* Central Support Group
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==Role and operations==
[[File:HMS Vigilant alongside Faslane Naval Base. MOD 45147682.jpg|thumb|right|HMS ''Vigilant'' alongside Faslane Naval Base.]]
[[File:HMS Astute Arrives at Faslane for the First Time MOD 45150805.jpg|thumb|right|HMS ''Astute'' arriving at Faslane for the first time.]]
HMNB Clyde lies on the eastern shore of [[Gare Loch]] in [[Argyll and Bute]], to the north of the [[Firth of Clyde]] and {{convert|25|mi|km|abbr=on}} west of [[Glasgow]].  The [[submarine base]] encompasses a number of separate sites, the primary two being:
*Faslane, 25 miles from Glasgow;
*[[RNAD Coulport]], beside [[Loch Long]], {{convert|2|mi|km|abbr=on}} west of Faslane.

Faslane is also a [[Defence Equipment and Support]] site, operated in dual site organisation with Great Harbour, [[Greenock]], by [[Babcock International Group|Babcock Marine and Technology]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defpro.com/daily/details/391/ |title=Babcock Marine Holds a Unique Export Position |publisher=Defpro |date=2 September 2009 |access-date=4 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303053100/http://www.defpro.com/daily/details/391/ |archive-date=3 March 2012}}</ref> and managed by [[Serco Denholm]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.serco.com/media/pressreleases/2002/014_2002.asp |title=Marine Services Planning Agreement |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428001206/http://www.serco.com/media/pressreleases/2002/014_2002.asp |archive-date=28 April 2006 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maritimejournal.com/archive101/2008/January/tugs__and__towing_by_Jack_Gaston/serco_denholm_awarded_mod_contract |title=Maritime Journal: Serco Denholm Awarded MOD Contract |access-date=2009-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313071329/http://www.maritimejournal.com/archive101/2008/January/tugs__and__towing_by_Jack_Gaston/serco_denholm_awarded_mod_contract |archive-date=13 March 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.serco.com/markets/defence/marineservices.asp |title=Marine Services |work=Serco |access-date=2009-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313011413/http://www.serco.com/markets/defence/marineservices.asp |archive-date=13 March 2009}}</ref>

[[File:US Navy 050606-N-0000C-002 The guided missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) departs Clyde Naval Base in Faslane, Scotland.jpg|thumb|right|{{USS|Arleigh Burke}} departing HMNB Clyde]]
The naval shore establishment at Faslane is HMS ''Neptune''. Naval personnel appointed to the base who do not belong to a seagoing vessel make up Ship's Company.  Both the Gareloch and Loch Long are [[sea loch]]s extending northwards from the Firth of Clyde. The base serves as home base to Britain's fleet of {{sclass|Vanguard|submarine|0}} nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines, as well as conventionally armed [[SSN (hull classification symbol)|nuclear-powered submarines]], supported by the [[43 Commando Fleet Protection Group Royal Marines]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/4251|title=43 Commando resurrected as historic Royal Marines unit returns|access-date=19 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404101737/http://navynews.co.uk/archive/news/item/4251|archive-date=4 April 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In command of HMNB Clyde is the Naval Base Commander (Clyde), [[Commodore (Royal Navy)|Commodore]] Sharon Malkin. The base is home to a number of lodger units including [[Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland]] (FOSNI) (who is also [[Rear Admiral Submarines]]), the Northern Diving Group and the Scottish Headquarters of the [[Ministry of Defence Police]]. It is base to 3,000 service personnel, 800 of their families and 4,000 civilian workers, largely from [[Babcock Marine]], forming a major part of the economy of Argyll and Bute and [[West Dunbartonshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-34106546|title=What do we know about Faslane, the home of Trident nuclear weapons?|date=31 August 2015|publisher=BBC|access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref>

In 2018, the Secretary of State for Scotland at the time, [[David Mundell]] said: "The UK’s entire submarine fleet will be based at Faslane by 2020. This will reinforce Scotland’s vital role in protecting our country, and guarantee skilled, secure jobs on the Clyde for years to come."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/faslane-expansion-plans-well-received-local-area-says-mod/|title=Faslane expansion plans 'well received in the local area', says MoD|date=2018-02-26|work=UK Defence Journal|access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref>

==Safety and accidents at Faslane==
Exercise Evening Star is the annual test of the emergency response routines to a nuclear weapon accident at Faslane. It is conducted by the [[Office for Nuclear Regulation]]. In 2011 the test failed as "a number of command and control aspects of the exercise were not considered to have been adequately demonstrated".<ref name="ONR">{{cite web |url=http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/llc/2011/clyde3.htm |title=HM Naval Base Clyde – Quarterly report for 1 July 2011 to 30 September 2011 |publisher=Office for Nuclear Regulation, Health and Safety Executive |access-date=13 April 2012 |location=Bootle |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708172324/http://www.hse.gov.uk/nuclear/llc/2011/clyde3.htm |archive-date=8 July 2013}}</ref>

In 2013–14 there were 99 radiation accidents concerning nuclear reactors, and 6 with nuclear weapons. These are the highest numbers for at least six years. The MoD maintains that there was no risk to the public as most of them were minor accidents. The SNP defence spokesman, [[Angus Robertson]], called the figures "totally shocking".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/radiation-safety-breaches-up-50-in-one-year-at-scotlands-nuclear-bomb-bases.119582725|title=Radiation safety breaches up 50% in one year at Scotland's nuclear bomb bases |work= Herald Scotland|date=1 March 2015|access-date=1 March 2015}}</ref>

The MoD, however, argued that it was "entirely misleading" to focus only on the number of incidents, because they include "very minor issues such as the failure to fill out the correct form before painting works began." Indeed, the MOD stated that this "rigorous system shows how seriously MoD takes all aspects of nuclear safety, ensuring lessons are learned, and we can be clear that none of the events in the reports posed any risk to the health of our personnel, or to any members of the public." Indeed, one of the recorded events was the incorrect labelling of an empty pallet. Minor events were reported and investigated so that performance could be continuously improved. "This comprehensive, independent recording process allows Clyde to maintain a robust reporting culture, undertake learning from experience and to take early corrective action," the UK Defence Minister, Philip Dunne, told MPs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13203793.Radiation_safety_breaches_up_50__in_one_year_at_Scotland_s_nuclear_bomb_bases/ |title=Radiation safety breaches up 50% in one year at Scotland's nuclear bomb bases (From HeraldScotland) |publisher=Heraldscotland.com |date=2006-12-04 |access-date=2016-12-29}}</ref>

==Anti-nuclear demonstrations==
{{Wikinews|Nuclear weapons protest at Faslane leads to 47 arrests}}
Given the presence of these nuclear capable missiles, Faslane has attracted demonstrations by [[Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament]] and other Scottish [[Advocacy group|pressure group]]s, including [[Trident Ploughshares]]. Since 1982, a permanent [[Faslane Peace Camp|peace camp]] is outside the base gates, where there are frequent demonstrations and regular Wednesday protests. The presence of Faslane is also an issue in [[Politics of Scotland|Scottish politics]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4508bc46-4fbf-11e5-b029-b9d50a74fd14.html#axzz43LQvLV60|title=SNP rails against Osborne's Faslane investment|newspaper=Financial Times|date=31 August 2015|publisher=FT|access-date=19 March 2016|last1=Dickie|first1=Mure}}</ref>

The [[Scottish National Party]] (SNP), the [[Scottish Socialist Party]] (SSP), and the [[Scottish Greens]] all oppose the deployment of nuclear weapons although the SNP have made assurances that they would retain the base for the servicing of conventionally armed and conventionally powered naval units. Members of those parties and indeed some from the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] are often present at rallies. Also, some former independents, such as [[George Galloway]] attend rallies outside Faslane.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/1612409.stm|title=Faslane protest sparks 170 arrests|date=22 October 2001|publisher=BBC|access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref>

[[File:York at Faslane South Gate DaveTaylor.jpg|thumb|right|Police dismantling a [[Faslane 365|blockade]] of protesters from York at the south gate of the Faslane base]]

===Faslane 365===
The Faslane 365 campaign was a one-year protest at the base. It was a civil resistance initiative to apply critical public pressure for the disarmament of Britain's nuclear weapons.<ref name="Faslane365">{{cite web |url=http://www.faslane365.org |title=Faslane 365 |access-date=1 October 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516082758/http://faslane365.org/ |archive-date=16 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The campaign was launched in September 2006, with the first protest action commencing on 1 October 2006 carried out by a campaigning group of women associated with protests at [[Greenham Common]]. It formally ended with a "Big Blockade" on 1 October 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/peace/faslane-365-the-big-blockade20071002|title=Faslane 365 – the big blockade|date=2 October 2007|publisher=Greenpeace|access-date=19 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405172804/http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/peace/faslane-365-the-big-blockade20071002|archive-date=5 April 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

131 blockading groups took part in Faslane 365 and 1150 arrests were made.<ref name="Faslane365" />

== See also ==

* [[Armed forces in Scotland]]
* [[Military history of Scotland]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
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* {{Official website}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060427092521/http://www.subasekb.navy.mil/TRIDENT%20REFIT%20FACILITY/MISSION.htm King's Bay Trident Refit Facility]

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