HMNB Clyde

HMNB Clyde
Gare Loch, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
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Coordinates	56°03′58″N 04°49′03″W / 56.06611°N 4.81750°W / 56.06611; -4.81750
Type	Naval base
Area	87 hectares (210 acres)
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Navy
Controlled by	Naval Base Commander, Clyde
Condition	Operational
Website	HMMB Clyde - Royal Navy
Site history
Built	1940s
In use	1940s – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Commodore Sharon Malkin: December 2022 - Present[1]
Garrison	Submarine 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.