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