Steve Martin was elected Mayor of the City of Devonport in 2011.

There are 12 aldermen that govern the Devonport City Council

The city of Devonport has a formal sister city agreement with Minamata City in Japan.

* City of Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia ( destination for " Spirit of Tasmania " ferries from Devonport )

The navy base at Devonport features strongly in the local character, with the North Shore City Council having signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Navy which recognises the developing partnership between them.

Devonport achieved Borough status in 1886 and was incorporated into North Shore City in 1989.

Devonport was originally one of the " Three Towns " ( along with Plymouth and East Stonehouse ); these merged in 1914 to form what would become in 1928 the City of Plymouth.

He was an Alderman of the Devonport City Council 1999-2002.

In the modern period, after 1650, the City of Plymouth has had a large growth becoming the largest city in Devon, mainly due to the naval base at Devonport on its west.

There are 12 rugby clubs from Mahurangi RFC, based in Warkworth, Rodney District, in the north through to the North Shore club based in Devonport, North Shore City, the southernmost area of the union.

For a while after 1948 the station was known as Devonport Albert Road to distinguish it from the ex-London and South Western Railway Kings Road station ( now the site of the City College Plymouth ).

They won their first state title winning the final play-off in 1977 against Devonport City, and repeated that success by winning the first State League title the following year.

The southern dominance in the Tasmanian football championship was challenged briefly by Devonport City FC ( 2003, 2004 ) and Somerset FC ( 2006, 2007 ) who both won two titles each in the 2000s.

* Devonport City Soccer Club ( formerly Devonport, Devonport Rovers, Strikers )

The Orchestra performs at a number of concert venues both in Tasmania and interstate, including Federation Concert Hall, Tolosa Park in Glenorchy, Princess Theatre and Albert Hall both in Launceston, Burnie Town Hall, Devonport Entertainment Centre, Wrest Point Entertainment Centre in Sandy Bay and the City Recital Hall in Sydney.

The Devonport Football Club is an Australian Rules team competing in the Tasmanian Statewide League.

In the past, his community involvement has included member of both the Devonport and Launceston Chamber of Commerce ; the Motor Neurone Disease Association of Tasmania ; he has also been a board member of the Tasmanian Football Club in 2002.

Devonport Services Rugby Football Club is an English rugby union team based in Plymouth.

Matthew " Richo " Richardson ( born 19 March 1975 in Devonport, Tasmania ), is a retired Australian rules footballer and current media personality who represented Richmond in the Australian Football League ( AFL ).

The lower reaches of the creek were filled in from the 1960s onwards and it is now a recreation ground and home to the Stonehouse Creek Social Club and home to Devonport High School Old Boys RFC.

Devonport High School Old Boys RFC and The Stonehouse Sharks Youth Rugby Club play out of The Stonehouse Creek Community centre, built in 2003, DHSOB have had mixed success on the pitch in recent years, but were Lockie and ELlis Cup winners in 2005.

The Devonport Rugby Club is a Rugby Union team competing in the Tasmanian Rugby Union Statewide League.

The Devonport Athletic Club hosts a leg of the Tasmanian Cycling Christmas Carnival Series each year in December attended by local and international cyclists, other sports at the carnivals include athletics and woodchopping.

The suburb also had one of the oldest New Zealand shipyards, now part of the Devonport Yacht Club area.

One bunker now serves as the venue for the Devonport Folk Club.

File: The Bunker, Mt Victoria, Auckland. jpg | The Bunker, home of the Devonport Folk Club.

Millbridge is a small neighbourhood of Plymouth, on the boundary of what used to be the towns of Plymouth and Devonport, in the English county of Devon.

There are two freshwater inlets: one, from the northwest, is from the River Tamar via the Hamoaze and Devonport Dockyard, the largest naval dockyard in western Europe.

The Torpoint Ferry is a car and pedestrian chain ferry, connecting the A374 road which crosses the Hamoaze, a stretch of water at the mouth of the River Tamar, between Devonport in Plymouth and Torpoint in Cornwall.

Because of its proximity to the tourist centres of Devonport and Port Sorell, Narawntapu is popular with visitors.

" Oggy " is a slang term for a Cornish pasty, derived from its Cornish name, " hoggan ", and was used by local Devon & Cornish sailors at the Devonport Dockyard in in reference to pasty sellers who once stood outside the famous gates.

Ford Park Cemetery is a cemetery in central Plymouth, England, established by the Plymouth, Stonehouse & Devonport Cemetery Company in 1846 and opened in 1848.

Its official name at the time of inception was The Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse ( Ford Park ) Cemetery, although it is now seldom referred to by that title.

Only Devonport High School for Boys is still there and is now a Type 2 Academy with Headteacher Kieran Earley.

* Devonport Dockyard, located in the city of Plymouth, England in the county of Devon is the largest naval base in Western Europe.

Devonport is a city in the northwestern part of Tasmania, Australia, situated at the mouth of the Mersey River.

Along with the slightly smaller city of Burnie, Devonport is the major regional centre of the northwestern part of the state.

The former Devonport Hospital is now being considered to be transformed into over fifty apartments.

Devonport Airport is located approximately 7 km to the east of the city of Devonport, about a 15 min drive by car.

Devonport is a harbourside suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.

The suburb hosts the Devonport Naval Base of the Royal New Zealand Navy, the main facility for the country's naval vessels, but is best known for its harbourside dining and drinking establishments and its heritage charm.

Devonport is also noted for the popular annual event, the Devonport Food & Wine Festival, as well as for the Devonport Museum located near Mt.