HMS Excellent (shore Establishment)

HMS Excellent (shore Establishment)

HMS Excellent is a Royal Navy "stone frigate" (shore establishment) sited on Whale Island near Portsmouth in Hampshire.

HMS Excellent is itself part of the Maritime Warfare School, with a Headquarters at HMS Collingwood, although a number of lodger units are resident within the site, the principal of which is the Headquarters of Commander in Chief Fleet (Navy Command Headquarters).

MWS elements within the site are:

• Phoenix school of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence, damage control and fire fighting
• South East Naval Military Training Centre
• Defence Diving School Boat Section

HMS Excellent also provides administrative and infrastructure support to the Maritime Warfare School elements at Defence Diving School, Horsea Island, and small arms ranges at Tipner.

Lodger units are:

• Navy Command Headquarters - Fleet Commander
• Headquarters of UK Maritime Battle Staff
• HMS King Alfred Royal Naval Reserve
• Fleet Regional Photographic Unit (South East Region)
• Sea Cadet Corps National Training Centre
• HMS Bristol - Accommodation and Cadet Forces training ship
• TS Alamein Sea Cadet Corps
• Royal Marines Volunteer Cadet Corps
• DASA (Navy Branch): DASA is a Division of the MOD tasked with providing statistical and analytical support to the Navy Statistical Publications produced by DASA Navy