Defiance Platform
Location type
StationName and dates
Defiance Platform (1905-1930)Opened on the Cornwall Railway.
Description
This platform was named for HMS Defiance of 1861. She was the last ship of the line built for the Royal Navy. In 1886 Defiance was moored at Wearde Quay and became the Navy's torpedo and mining training school at Devonport. Defiance Platform opened in 1905 to serve the establishment, and was relocated in 1907 when the Saltash to St Germans deviation opened. The platforms were just east of Wearde Junction.
The platform closed in 1930 when the school relocated to Wilcove. HMS Defiance was sold for breaking up at Millbay in 1931.
Tags
Platform06/07/2023
| Nearby stations Saltash St Budeaux Victoria Road St Budeaux Ferry Road Weston Mill Halt Devonport Admiralty Platform Keyham Ford Halt Camel^s Head Halt Dockyard [Devonport] Ford (Devon) Albert Road Halt Tamerton Foliot Devonport Devonport Kings Road Devonport [LSW] | Wearde Junction Wearde Mail Apparatus Combe by Saltash Viaduct Lowhill Quarry Forder Viaduct Forder Lake Viaduct Royal Albert Bridge Wivelscombe Viaduct St Budeaux Junction Weston Mill Viaduct Wivelscombe Loop Dockyard Junction [Devonport] Vivelscombe Tunnel Tourist/other Antony House RNAD Ernesettle |
| Location names in dark blue are on the same original line. | |
Chronology Dates
| / /1905 | Cornwall Railway Defiance Platform opened. |
| / /1930 | Cornwall Railway Defiance Platform closed. |
