Naval Arsenal

A naval arsenal is a military facility with facilities, workshops, magazines and warehouses required for the maintenance, repair and equipping of warships and the associated weapon systems , devices and machines . Large naval arsenals also include dock facilities for building and repairing ships and boats.

Important and well-known naval arsenals are or were:

• Arsenal (Venice) , Republic of Venice
• Marine Arsenal (Germany) , with the arsenal operations in Wilhelmshaven and Kiel , German Navy
• Naval Arsenal Pola , Austrian Navy
• Naval Arsenal La Spezia , Italian Navy
• Taranto Naval Arsenal , Italian Navy
• Naval Arsenal Rochefort , French Navy
• Arsenal de Brest , French Navy
• Arsenal de Toulon , French Navy
• Portsmouth (naval base) , British Royal Navy
• Kure Naval Arsenal , Imperial Japanese Navy
• Yokosuka Naval Arsenal , Imperial Japanese Navy
• Washington Navy Yard , U.S. Navy
• Naval Station Norfolk , U.S. Navy