Defence Munitions Crombie is a military
munitions depot on the upper
Firth of Forth
The Firth of Forth () is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth. It meets the North Sea with Fife on the north coast and Lothian on the south.
Name
''Firth'' is a cognate of ''fjord'', a Norse word meani ...
in West Fife, Scotland. The depot is located on the north shore of the river, south of the village of
Crombie and west of
Charlestown. The site commenced operations in 1916. It was formerly known as
RNAD
A Royal Naval Armament Depot (RNAD) is an armament depot (or a group of depots) dedicated to supplying the Royal Navy (as well as, at various times, the Royal Air Force, the British Army and foreign and Commonwealth forces). They were sister de ...
Crombie and DMC Crombie. It is now operated as part of the UK's
Defence Storage and Distribution Agency.
The depot has two jetties and a deep water channel allowing
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 Fr ...
warships and
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) is a naval auxiliary fleet owned by the UK's Ministry of Defence. It provides logistical and operational support to the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. The RFA ensures the Royal Navy is supplied and supported by ...
replenishment vessels to moor for resupply.
History
DM Crombie formerly served as the primary munitions depot for
Rosyth Naval Yard, which is downriver of the depot. Since the naval yard's closure, DM Crombie has been retained primarily as a loading/off-loading facility for naval vessels and the storage and maintenance of the Royal Air Force's air launched weapons.
In 2003 the site employed around 200 people;
by 2012 this was reduced to 84 staff, all civilians.
The site occupies about 200 acres.
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Installations of the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
Ammunition dumps in Scotland
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