Where is MoD Caledonia?

MoD Caledonia is in Scottish Highlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 56.0322°, -3.4483°.

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MoD Caledonia

MoD Caledonia in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom.

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MoD Caledonia is a place of interest in Scotland Islands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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His Majesty’s Ship Caledonia (HMS Caledonia) is a military establishment of the Royal Navy based next to the former Royal Naval Dockyard, Rosyth in Scotland.

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History

HMS Caledonia was first opened in 1937 and responsible for artificer apprentice training from 1937 to 1985, with many thousands of young men going through training. Following the consolidation of naval training in 1985, the site lost its training status with the former apprentice training moving to in Gosport. The site was subsequently reduced to become part of HMS Cochrane. Just before the beginning of the Second World War, Boys' Training Ship Caledonia was based here. By this time Admiral Sir Charles Ramsey, the Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth, responsible for naval operations in the area, was based at just down the road at the Dockyard. In 1993 the Ministry of Defence announced plans to…

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