MOD maps out £26bn Project Royal Oak naval bases rebuild

The Ministry of Defence has unveiled details of a £26bn programme to rebuild the UK’s three principal naval bases with a decade of marine civils, dockyard engineering and building work in the biggest naval infrastructure investment since the Cold War.

The ten-year Project Royal Oak programme will deliver new docks, waterfront infrastructure, engineering facilities, accommodation and operational buildings at HMNB Clyde, HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth as part of the Government’s £298bn Defence Investment Plan.

HMNB Clyde accounts for the biggest slice of investment with £15.1bn committed, promising to make Faslane Scotland’s biggest construction site

Across the three bases the MOD will also build new research and development facilities, training centres and out-of-water engineering infrastructure designed to improve fleet availability and support the next generation of Royal Navy vessels.

Project Royal Oak

HMNB Clyde (Faslane) – £15.1bn

This receives the largest share of funding and forms part of the long-running Clyde Transformation Programme.

Key projects include:

Three new floating docks under Programme Euston for submarine maintenance.

New shoreside infrastructure supporting the floating docks.

A new off-site engineering facility to increase submarine maintenance capacity.

Modernisation of dock infrastructure.

New training facilities.

New accommodation for service personnel.

Long-term asset renewal and infrastructure management across the base.

This investment is aimed at supporting the UK’s nuclear deterrent, Astute-class submarines and future Dreadnought and SSN-AUKUS fleets.

HMNB Devonport – £7.1bn

The Plymouth naval base will undergo a major dockyard renewal focused on submarine support.

Projects include:

Upgrades to 15 Dock.

Modernisation of 10 Dock.

Work to 14 Dock to restart submarine defuelling operations.

New and replacement infrastructure across the naval base and dockyard.

Wider estate renewal and maintenance works.

Devonport remains the UK’s centre for deep submarine maintenance and supports the Continuous At Sea Deterrent, surface ships and the Royal Marines.

HMNB Portsmouth – £3.9bn

The programme will deliver:

Major renewal of waterfront infrastructure.

Docking and port infrastructure upgrades.

Modernisation of operational facilities.

Estate improvements supporting the surface fleet.

New and refurbished accommodation.

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