hms

Always wanted to visit this one, took me ten years to finally do it! Worth it though. Bit of history: On the 20th June 1940, the Guinness Trust Holiday Home at South Heighton (Newhaven) became a Royal Naval headquarters under the formal title of HMS Forward. Under its command was HMS...

A piece of British WW2 History hidden under a hillside. HMS Forward, a maritime intelligence centre, was key to monitoring the English channel and and was heavily involved in D-Day. Although it's fallen into dereliction, attempts to restore and maintain it have been carried out by 'Friends of...

Visited with Maniac, The_Raw and MiaroDigital. The tower was originally a Martello tower which was part of the UK Napoleonic defenses, there were over 100 of these towers built along the south coast in the 1800's. It was converted into a water tower in 1902 (in fact there are two of them on the...

A bit of history, shamelessly stolen from Wikipedia. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. She was based alternately in Falmouth...

HMS Plymouth HMS Plymouth is a ‘Rothesay’ class, type 12, anti-submarine Frigate. Her keel was laid down in Devonport on 1st July 1958 and she was launched just over a year later on 20th July 1959, the ceremony being carried out by Nancy, Viscountess Astor. Her fitting out was...

I like graffiti and ever since I saw this place I wanted to pay it a visit, it was second on my list for the day and I was alone. I parked up and found a way in, I could hear a generator and see a cabin on one side, so I went in a different direction. After about half hour I walked out of a...

HMS St. George, Portsmouth Did this site a few months back with my mate Spook and his brother. Spent a nice few hours here, but at the end we ran into some pikeys stealing metal! Thanks for looking. Hope you enjoyed!

Cracking day out explored with Skeleton Key Mr W J Jordan, the New Zealand High Commissioner, with a group of New Zealand sailors at in front of the masthead and figurehead of HMS Ganges Must have been there day off :) Good job 1 of us is employed by the home...

I was lucky enough to visit this old girl a few times whilst she was accessible. Easily one of the best explores I have ever had. Stepping onboard was like taking a step back in time, filled with 1980s items and memorabilia. She is the last of her kind and I truly hope she can be saved...

HMS Royal Arthur (shore establishment) was one of several assessment camps where new recruits were assessed, kitted out and sent to their various depots. In 1993 the gates were locked for good and the site was left to rot. Since the site was abandoned it has suffered heavy vandalism, being...

I don't know a lot of the history on this place,i know it closed down around 1993. Explored with 3 non members

Some history can be found here and reads much better than i could write down. http://www.hmsplymouth.co.uk/history.html Needless to say HMS Plymouth participated in the 1982 Falklands Conflict. She sailed with Tide Class Tanker RFA Tidepool and County Class Destroyer HMS Antrim to South...

Thanks to Monk for posting this and meeting up with us i must admit i nearly had a little sex wee when i saw this place.It is even better in real life and worth the efoort.. in attendance ,Myself Urbanginger,SpaceInvader, Fortknox0, Rookinella ,lawrence Monk and canute.. Was a good start to a...