British Defence Singapore Support Unit
The British Defence Singapore Support Unit is a British naval facility located in Sembawang, Singapore. A remnant of a larger naval base, known as HMNB Singapore, the facility provides fuel and other supplies to Royal Navy ships in the region, as well as those of other countries.- Type: Military installation
- Description: British naval facility in Singapore
- Also known as: “BDSSU”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sembawang Park and Sembawang.
Sembawang Park
Park
Sembawang Park is a 15-hectare park situated in Sembawang, in the north of Singapore facing the Straits of Johor overlooking Malaysia. It is located at the end of Sembawang Road, where the former Sembawang Road End Bus Terminal was.
Sembawang
Metro station
Photo: ZKang123, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sembawang MRT station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station on the North–South Line. Located in Sembawang, Singapore along Sembawang Road, the station is close to the Sun Plaza shopping centre and Sembawang Bus Interchange. Sembawang is situated 2 km southwest of British Defence Singapore Support Unit.
Canberra Plaza
Shopping center
Canberra Plaza is a New Generation Neighbourhood Centre built by the Housing & Development Board, the government agency in charge of public housing development in Singapore. Canberra Plaza is situated 2 km south of British Defence Singapore Support Unit.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sembawang and Bukit Canberra.
Sembawang
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sembawang is a planning area and residential town located in the North Region of Singapore. Sembawang planning area is bordered by Simpang to the east, Mandai to the south, Yishun to the southeast, Woodlands to the west and the Straits of Johor to the north.
Bukit Canberra
Neighborhood
Photo: YJJcoolcool, CC BY 4.0.
Bukit Canberra is an integrated sports and community hub next to Sembawang MRT station. The hub houses facilities including an indoor sports hall, the largest ActiveSG gym in Singapore, a six-lane sheltered swimming pool, and an eight-lane lap pool.
Simpang
Suburb
Simpang is a planning area located in the North Region of Singapore. The word Simpang means junction or intersection in Malay. It is situated north of Yishun, east of Sembawang and west of Seletar. Pulau Seletar is classified under Simpang planning area. Simpang is situated 3 km southeast of British Defence Singapore Support Unit.
British Defence Singapore Support Unit
- Category: naval base
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
1.46262° or 1° 27′ 45″ northLongitude
103.8329° or 103° 49′ 58″ eastOperator
Strategic CommandOpen location code
6PH5FR7M+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 1388268949OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=baseWikidata ID
Q104863406
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Bokmål—“British Defence Singapore Support Unit” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “英国国防部新加坡支援部队”
- Chinese: “英國國防部新加坡支援部隊”
- Hebrew: “יחידת התמיכה הבריטית בסינגפור”
- Japanese: “在シンガポール・イギリス軍支援部隊”
- Korean: “주 싱가포르 영국군 지원 부대”
- Korean: “주싱가포르 영국군 지원부대”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “British Defence Singapore Support Unit”
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