Shore Establishments
- HMS Vivid was the Navy barracks at Devonport. It was commissioned in 1890, and operated as a training unit until 1914. The base was renamed HMS Drake in 1934. A number of ships were renamed HMS Vivid whilst serving as depot ships for the base:
- HMS Vivid was the original depot ship between 1892 and 1912.
- HMS Cuckoo was HMS Vivid between 1912 and 1920, HMS Vivid (Old) between 1920 and 1923, and YC37 from 1923 until 1958.
- HMS Sabine (formerly HMS Sabrina) was HMS Vivid between 1919 and 1922.
- HMS Harlech (formerly HMS Cambrian) was HMS Vivid between 1921 and 1923.
- HMS Marshal Ney was HMS Vivid between 1922 and 1934.
- HMS Vivid is the Plymouth base of the Royal Naval Reserve, commissioned in 1957 and currently in service.
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“Who heeds the waste abyss of possibility? The ocean is everywhere the same, but it has no character until seen with the shore or the ship.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882)