RNAD Coulport
Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport, shortened to RNAD Coulport, on Loch Long in Argyll, Scotland, is the storage and loading facility for the nuclear warheads of the United Kingdom's Trident programme.Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Military installation
- Description: Royal Naval Armaments Depot in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Royal Naval Armament Depot Coulport” and “Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include HMNB Clyde and Garelochhead railway station.
HMNB Clyde
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde, primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy. HMNB Clyde is situated 2 miles east of RNAD Coulport.
Garelochhead railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Garelochhead railway station is a railway station serving the village of Garelochhead, on the Gare Loch, in Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line and is a boundary station for SPT. Garelochhead railway station is situated 2½ miles northeast of RNAD Coulport.
Ardentinny Hotel
Hotel
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardentinny Hotel is situated 2 miles southwest of RNAD Coulport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coulport and Rahane.
Coulport
Hamlet
Photo: william craig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coulport is a village on the east side of Loch Long and the west side of the Rosneath Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. It is 5 miles north-north-west of Cove.
Rahane
Hamlet
Photo: George Rankin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rahane is a clachan in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the west bank of the Gare Loch in the Rosneath peninsula, 2.3 miles south of the larger settlement of Garelochhead and 11 miles northwest by road from the town of Helensburgh.
Ardentinny
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ardentinny is a small village on the western shore of Loch Long, 14 miles north of Dunoon in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Nearby is Cruach a' Chaise. On the opposite side of Loch Long is the village of Coulport, home of RNAD Coulport, the storage and loading base for the UK's Trident submarine fleet, part of the extensive HMNB Clyde. Ardentinny is situated 2 miles southwest of RNAD Coulport.
RNAD Coulport
Latitude
56.05641° or 56° 3′ 23″ northLongitude
-4.86592° or 4° 51′ 57″ westOperator
Royal NavyOpen location code
9C8Q344M+HJOpenStreetMap ID
way 91264670OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=baseWikidata ID
Q1136990
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In Other Languages
From French to Japanese—“RNAD Coulport” goes by many names.
- French: “RNAD Coulport”
- German: “Marinebasis Coulport”
- Japanese: “クールポート王立海軍弾薬庫”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Creag Loisgte Wood and Tom Soilleir.
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