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  1. UrbexBee

    Report - Royal Navy Diving & Animal Testing Facility - Hampshire - November 2021

    History of the Royal Navy Diving & Animal Testing Facility The Ministry of Defence is considering abandoning deep-diving experiments which induce agonising decompression sickness in live goats after complaints from animal rights groups. Live testing was suspended in March 2007 and a review...
  2. P

    Royal Navy Military Hospital tunnels Malta

    Hello all, I am from Malta and love to explore underground. This time I went in an underground complex of tunnels under a british Hospital that lately was used as a mushroom factory. Hope you enjoy as I do seeing many other posts here Here is my video. Any wish to add some advice will be...
  3. Jane Doe

    Report - The Royal Navy Cordite Factory Poole November 2013

    The Royal Naval Cordite Factory (RNCF) was built between Poole and Wareham during the First World War to make Cordite, which is classed as a propellant, not an explosive. In 1914 Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, decided that the Royal Navy needed its own plant to produce high...
  4. Aleesha3

    Report - Royal Navy diving and animal testing facility-Gosport- July 2020

    This was actually a spontaneous find after planning a road trip to Portsmouth and Gosport and all of our good locations being unsuccessful, we didn’t want it to be a waste so luckily we found this and a couple of others. History- This place was used to use goats for testing and experiments...
  5. Thumper

    Report - Royal Navy Cordite Factory - Holton Heath - March 2017

    I know this has been done to death and it's also a complete s*** hole now but I only get 1 day a week off work and as I'm on call I cannot stray too far so sorry, you are going to have to put up with this one until I take some holiday! I won't write out the history as this is such a frequently...
  6. The devil child

    Report - The Royal Navy Hospital Mortuary - Mtarfa, Malta - Sept 15

    This ex hospital (now a school) is not far from where i have moved to so i took a walk there today. Its in a very good condition and been well preserved apart from a bit of broken glass it is in good nic and a few things left too. Gong to go straight on to the history, The period following the...
  7. Bertie Bollockbrains

    Report - Isolation Unit at Royal Navy Hospital Mtarfa, Malta - September 2015

    I have already reported on the morgue at the Royal Navy Hospital Mtarfa, which was a very small affair consisting of just one slab and a fridge capable of holding only 2-3 bodies. Anyways here is the isolation unit which is separate from the hospital for obvious reasons and located near to the...
  8. Skeleton key

    Report - Royal Navy Station Shotley - HMS Ganges 2013

  9. Derelict-UK

    Report - Royal Navy Stores Depot - Copenacre - Corsham - Report

    ***PIC HEAVY*** We visited this in 2011 and it hasn't been posted due to people wanting to get in but apparently it was sealed not long after our visit and no one has been in since. Visited with The Engineer & DHL (RIP), Thanks goes out to Tommo & his mate who helped. Royal Naval...
  10. xexxa

    Report - Royal Navy Cordite Factory -Holton Heath- Feb 2012

    I know I said that I would post in the other one, but this is much more interesting. Got access into the labs. Before we go any further. My friend swears he saw a security guy walking round in a high vis. I thought I heard the gates open. Can anyone confirm if security is around? Again, these...
  11. Chaos

    Report - RNCF - Royal Navy Cordite Factory - November 11

    Firstly some history pinched from Wiki The Royal Navy Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, (RNCF), was set up at Holton Heath, Dorset in World War I to manufacture Cordite for the Royal Navy. It was reactivated in World War II to manufacture gun propellants for the Admiralty and its output was...
  12. Degenatron

    Report - Royal Navy minesweeper vessel HMS Bronington May 2011

    Another of my reports I have been sitting on for a while. First of all I have to say that I can't take the credit for the planning side of this explore so thanks to Ste from Wikiwirral for inviting me along. A brief history (from wikipedia). A couple of exterior shots This was a...
  13. UrbanWarrior

    Report - The Royal Navy Cordite Factory, Holton Heath

    The Royal Navy Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, (RNCF), was set up at Holton Heath, Dorset in World War I to manufacture Cordite for the Royal Navy. It was reactivated in World War II to manufacture gun propellants for the Admiralty and its output was supplemented by the Royal Navy Propellant...
  14. Dorset_Josh

    Report - RNCF - Royal Navy Cordite Factory - Holton Heath Nov 2010

    The first batch of pictures are of the two gun towers which were put in place to provide flak cover from two large anti aircraft guns and protect the site against German bombers. The two towers are situated within 2 miles of each other, one to the north of the site and one to the west of the...
  15. horrgakx

    Report - RNAD Broughton Moor, ex Royal Navy ammo store - March 09

    Been meaning to do this for ages and we (me & sworks) thought it should be done before the grass and weeds start growing back for summer. Glad we did really, it was a nightmare of gorse and brambles even now with most train tracks being impassable. Must be infinitely worse when it all grows...
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