Two ships and a
shore establishment
A stone frigate is a naval establishment on land.
"Stone frigate" is an informal term that has its origin in Britain's Royal Navy after its use of Diamond Rock, an island off Martinique, as a 'sloop of war' to harass the French in 1803–04. ...
of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
have borne the name HMS ''Cochrane'', after Admiral
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Marquess of Maranhão (14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a British naval flag officer of the Royal Navy, mercenary and Radical politician. He was a ...
:
* was a
armoured cruiser launched in 1905. She was stranded in 1918 and broken up.
*
HMS ''Cochrane'' was a
depot ship
A depot ship is an auxiliary ship used as a mobile or fixed base for submarines, destroyers, minesweepers, fast attack craft, landing craft, or other small ships with similarly limited space for maintenance equipment and crew dining, berthing and ...
, formerly an armed merchant cruiser, commissioned in 1914 and purchased in 1915 as . She was renamed HMS ''Cochrane'' in 1938 and was broken up in 1946.
* was the
Rosyth naval base
Rosyth Dockyard is a large naval dockyard on the Firth of Forth at Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, owned by Babcock Marine, which formerly undertook refitting of Royal Navy surface vessels and submarines. Before its privatisation in the 1990s it was ...
commissioned in 1938. It was paid off in 1947 but restored in 1948, taking over from HMS ''Lochinvar''. The base closed in 1962, was recommissioned in 1968 and was finally closed in 1996. The bust of Admiral Cochrane by
Scott Sutherland
Scott Sutherland (15 May 1910 – 10 October 1984) was a Scottish sculptor, best known for the Commando Memorial in Spean Bridge. He was Head of Sculpture at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art
Life
Scott Sutherland was born in 1910, the son ...
which was commissioned for the base can now be seen in
Culross
Culross (/ˈkurəs/) (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cuileann Ros'', 'holly point or promontory') is a village and former royal burgh, and parish, in Fife, Scotland.
According to the 2006 estimate, the village has a population of 395. Originally, Culross ...
.
A number of satellite establishments also bore the name:
**HMS ''Cochrane I'' was the Rosyth base between 1940 and 1945.
**HMS ''Cochrane II'' was the Rosyth supply and accounting base for tenders between 1940 and 1945.
**HMS ''Cochrane II'' was the naval barracks at
Donibristle
Donibristle ( sco, also Dunibirsle) was a house and estate in Fife, Scotland, on the coast of the Firth of Forth. Only the wings of the house remain, within the modern settlement of Dalgety Bay. They are now protected as a category A listed buil ...
between 1962 and 1963.
**HMS ''Cochrane III'' was the Primrose Camp training centre and later accommodation establishment between 1942 and 1946.
**HMS ''Cochrane V'' was the ledger for personnel involved in Operation Apostle (the return to Norway) in 1945.
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