Two ships and a
shore establishment
A stone frigate is a naval establishment on land.
'Stone frigate' is an informal term which has its origin in Britain's Royal Navy (RN), after its use of Diamond Rock, an island off Martinique, as a ' sloop of war' to harass the French in ...
of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
have borne the name HMS ''Cochrane'', after Admiral
Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald
Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (14 December 1775 – 31 October 1860), styled Lord Cochrane between 1778 and 1831, was a British naval officer, politician and mercenary. Serving during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic ...
:
* was a
armoured cruiser
The armored cruiser was a type of warship of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was designed like other types of cruisers to operate as a long-range, independent warship, capable of defeating any ship apart from a pre-dreadnought battles ...
launched in 1905. She was stranded in 1918 and broken up.
* 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 an ...
, formerly an armed merchant cruiser, commissioned in 1914 and purchased in 1915 as ''Ambrose''. 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 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 () was a house and estate (land), 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 building. D ...
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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