Royal Navy Navy currently operates from three bases in the United Kingdom where commissioned ships are based; Portsmouth, Clyde and Devonport, Plymouth—Devonport is the largest operational naval base in the UK and Western Europe. Each base hosts a flotilla command under a commodore, or, in the case of Clyde, a captain, responsible for the provision of operational capability using the ships and submarines within the flotilla. 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines is similarly commanded by a brigadier and based in Plymouth. Historically, the Royal Navy maintained Royal Navy Dockyards around the world. Dockyards of the Royal Navy are harbours where ships are
John Wilson (Royal Navy officer) John Wilson (Royal Navy officer) Rear Admiral John Crawford Wilson (1834 – 4 July 1885) was a Royal Navy officer who was appointed Commodore in command of the Australia Station. Wilson was born in 1834 to James Wilson, Chief Justice of Mauritius, and Margaret Crawford. He was the tenth of 12 children. Wilson was appointed a lieutenant in the Royal Navy in 1855. Promoted to captain in 1865, he was given command of HMS "Narcissus", HMS "Impregnable", HMS "Thunderer" and HMS "Wolverine". He was appointed Commodore in command of the Australia Station in 1878. In 1879, in response to the