A submarine worker has died in an accident while on duty at Devonport Dockyard in Plymouth.
The emergency services were called shortly before 1pm on Monday 21 October, after they received reports that a man had become trapped on a cherry picker vehicle.
In a statement, operating company Babcock Marine confirmed that the man had died while "carrying out maintenance work on a...
An incident last year at Devonport dockyard in Plymouth had "potential nuclear implications", according to a Ministry of Defence (MoD) report released to the BBC .
The power-loss caused by a fault to the nuclear switchboard and which lasted for 90-minutes, could have been "catastrophic", a nuclear analyst told the BBC.
The incident, which was graded as "code-B" (the second most...
Hundreds waved flags and displayed banners at Devonport Dockyard today as Plymouth's Royal Navy warship HMS Argyll arrive back home after seven months at sea.
The deployment saw the ship travel 35,000 nautical miles, visiting 16 countries across eight time zones and included operations in the seas around Africa, the Falklands, the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean.
As part of Plymouth’s History Festival (1-31 May), visitors are invited to tour the newly refurbished Naval Heritage Centre at Devonport Dockyard.
The main events are on Monday 6 May and Sunday 19 May, 10am -5pm. They are a valuable opportunity to walk around and enjoy the entire Heritage Collection with an added chance to take a tour of HMS Courageous – the only decommissioned Hunter...
