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HMS ''St Vincent'' was 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 ...
, located in
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during the 1990s. There had been a previous London-based HMS ''St Vincent'', which had been the home of the Royal Navy section at the
Royal Naval Reserve The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original Ro ...
's base at HMS ''President''. This HMS ''St Vincent'' had closed on 31 March 1992, and the following day, on 1 April 1992 a new HMS ''St Vincent'' opened. This was located in the
Whitehall Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London. The road forms the first part of the A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea. It is the main thoroughfare running south from Trafalgar Square towards Parliament Sq ...
bunker behind Admiralty House, and became the Admiralty's communication centre. It continued to operate until being paid off on 31 March 1998. Its elements then became MARCOMM COMCEN (St Vincent).


References

*Warlow, Ben, ''Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy'', Liskeard: Maritime, 2000. {{DEFAULTSORT:St Vincent Royal Navy bases in England Royal Navy shore establishments Military history of London