RALEIGH Update - The Torpoint (near Plymouth) based Royal Navy Training Establishment has principal function to the deliver both New Entry Training and Basic Training and thus has a variety of activities which fall under the headings of Damage Control simulators, fire-fighting training, as well as a permanently moored training ship the former Minecountermeasure vessel BRECON which decommissioned in 2005 and in 2008 was taken in hand for use as a static training ship at Jupiter Point (at RALEIGH).   The BRECON provides recruits with their first taste of life onboard ship.  The vessel is also used for seamanship training, board and search training and to give trainee chefs and stewards the opportunity to experience life in a ship’s galley.    RALEIGH also delivers training for crews preparing for operational deployments, and is also the home of Defence Maritime Logistics School, the Seaman Specialist School, the Submarine School and HM Royal Marines Band, (Plymouth).

Now there is a project, started in August (2011) to construct replica parts of Type 23 Frigates and Type 45 Destroyers – as part of a new land based training facility to safely teach sailors how to transfer vital supplies from ship to ship while at sea. The 170 tonne steel ship structures ordered via Rolls Royce who subcontracted the construction of the steel replicas to Falmouth shipyard of A&P Falmouth.    The MoD has a contract with Rolls Royce to develop a new range of replenishment at sea equipment and build the new training facility.