HMS Raleigh
HMS Raleigh is a stone frigate, serving as the basic training facility of the Royal Navy at Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is spread over several square miles, and has damage control simulators and fire-fighting training facilities, as well as a permanently moored training ship, the former HMS Brecon.Photo: John Readman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HMNB Devonport and Church of St James.
HMNB Devonport
Military installation
His Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport is the largest naval base in Western Europe, and one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy. HMNB Devonport is situated 1½ miles northeast of HMS Raleigh.
Church of St James
Church
Photo: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St James is situated 1 mile east of HMS Raleigh.
Dockyard railway station
Railway station
Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY 4.0.
Dockyard railway station is a Great Western Railway suburban station on the Cornish Main Line in Devonport, Plymouth, England. As the name implies, it serves Devonport Dockyard. It is 248 miles 60 chains from London Paddington via Box and Plymouth Millbay. Dockyard railway station is situated 2 miles northeast of HMS Raleigh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St John and Antony.
St John
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John is a coastal civil parish and a village in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, 3 miles south of Saltash and 1.5 miles south-west of Torpoint.
Antony
Village
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Antony is a village and coastal civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the Rame Peninsula about three miles west of Torpoint and has a shop, a pub and a garage. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 438.
Anderton
Neighborhood
Photo: Martin Southwood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anderton is a settlement in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located at grid reference SW 431 519. There are also places called Anderton in the parishes of Launcells and St Juliot. Anderton is situated 1½ miles south of HMS Raleigh.
HMS Raleigh
- Type: Military installation
- Description: shore establishment in Cornwall, UK
- Category: naval shore establishment
- Location: Torpoint, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.37061° or 50° 22′ 14″ northLongitude
-4.21777° or 4° 13′ 4″ westOperator
Royal NavyOpen location code
9C2Q9QCJ+6VOpenStreetMap ID
way 166030803OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=baseWikidata ID
Q5633973
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“HMS Raleigh” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “雷利號訓練基地”
- Chinese: “雷利訓練基地”
- Chinese: “雷利训练基地”
- French: “HMS Raleigh”
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