HMNB Devonport — main office building
28–29 April 1941 · Plymouth, Devon
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- 28–29 April 1941
- Record type
- Historic bombing site
- Bomb type
- HE
- Location
- Plymouth, Devon
- Position accuracy
- Approximate — dockyard admin area, building unknown
What happened
The worst of the raids on the naval dockyard came on the night of 28th/29th April 1941: six laboratories, a small-arms ammunition store and several other buildings were damaged, and the main office building took a direct hit from a high-explosive bomb.
Also worth knowing
Devonport Dockyard sits outside the coverage of the Town Clerk's 'bomb book', so this point is placed from descriptive accounts rather than the book's own plotting — treat it as indicative rather than exact.