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| | From:  Lettie011 (Original Message) | Sent: 6/23/2005 12:12 PM |
Main Bases, Training Schools and RN Air Stations Shore Bases | Shore Base | History | | HMS Afrikander | Simonstown, South AfricanNaval Base. In WWI it was the base for southern and eastern Africa. In WWII it include a RNAS at Wingfield(later Malagas) and Wynberg. SimonstownDockyard was handed over in 1957 | | HMS Cochrane | Rosyth Naval Base. Originally called Lochinvar | | HMS Centurion | Central Draftingat Haslemere. This was the place that drafted sailors worldwide.. The work was transferred to Gosport in 1970. | | HMS Drake | RN Barracks at Devonport, originally called HMS Vivid (although this name lives on at Mount Wise, Plymouth), renamed HMS Drake. | | HMS Jufair | Bahrein (Persian Gulf)Naval Base. | | HMS Malabar | Bermuda Naval Base. | | HMS Nelson | Portsmouth Naval Barracks.. The Barracks opened in 1903, when the Flag CinC Portsmouth moved from HMS Excellent to HMS Victory(ship) then to shore. The Barracks were then called HMS Victory but was renamed HMS Nelson(1.8.1974).. Nelson carried the Flag of CinC Home Command | | HMS Neptune | Faslane Naval Base. Nuclear submarine base in Gareloch, Scotland. | | HMS Osprey | Portland Naval Base. Originally an Anti Submarine Training Establishment.Known to sailors throughout the RN as the place where their ships ‘worked-up�?to a state of readiness. | | HMS Pembroke | Chatham Naval Barracks, and home of the Coast Guard Service. | | HMS President | Originally HMS Saxifrage, renamed HMS President . Sold for preservation 1987 and still on the Thames today. HMS President is the accounting vessel for Admiralty based personnel. Personnel based at Admiralty were accommodated in Furse House, Queens Gate Terrace, South Kensington. From 21.4.1958 to 1976. | | HMS Sheba | Aden Naval Base.. Fleet Air Arm used RAF Khormaksar, but accounted for by HMS Sheba. | | HMS Tamar | Hong Kong Naval Base. | | HMS Terror | Singapore Naval Base. Transferred to the Australian Army 1971 | | HMS Warrior | Northwood. Fleet Headquarters. Name assumed 30.4.1963. Became Joint Service Unit 1999. | |
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Training Schools | Shore Base | History | | HMS Collingwood | Opened as a Training Establishment for RN Special Reservists, became TEfor Radar and Electrical Ratings when Electrical Branch formed 1.4.1946. BecameRN Weapon Engineering School when Branch changed its name in 1960’s | | HMS Dartmouth | Officers training school. Used to be known as HMS Britannia , but renamed in 1953 to release name for Royal Yacht. Renamed Britannia Royal Naval College. Training was originally carried out on various ships until 1905 when it moved ashore and building of the current college began. | | HMS Dolphin | Originally occupied by Royal Engineers, became submarine base and school. School transferred to Raleigh in 1997.` | | HMS Dryad | Navigation and Direction School. Originally based in Portsmouth Dockyard using a gunboat called Dryad as a tender, it moved to its present location at Southwick Park . | | HMS Excellent | Royal Naval Gunnery School. Now a part of HMS Nelson | | HMS Fisgard | Oct 1940 Artificer training moved from Chatham to RN Training Establishment, Torpoint. | | | Boys Training Establishment. Commissioning was on shore base at Shotley although Ganges had a chequered history before this through a variety of ships.. Boys training was transferred 1940 to HMS St George, and hostilities only New Entries taken. at HMS Ganges. Re-opened July 1945. | | HMS Mercury | RN Signal School. Originally carried out in Portsmouth Barracks. Soberton Towers, the Wrens Communication Training Establishment was opened in November 1943. | | HMS Raleigh | Training Establishment for RN Special Reservists , became Stokers training establishment , New Entry training establishment 1958, Supply School(exHMS Pembroke) 1983, and Submarine School(ex Dolphin) 17.9.1997 | | HMS Royal Arthur | RN Leadership School. | | HMS Sea Eagle | Joint Antisubmarine School. Transferred to Army. | | HMSSt Angelo | RN Base Malta. | | HMS St. Vincent | Boys Training Establishment. | | HMS Sultan | School of Marine Engineering, and School for Aircraft Handling | | HMS Temeraire | School of Physical Training in Portsmouth | | HMS Thunderer | RN Engineering College in Keyham | | HMS Vernon | Torpedo and Mining School. Became part of HMS Nelson in 1986 | | HMS Vulcan | Naval Nuclear Propulsion Test Establishment at Dounreay. | |
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Royal Naval Air Stations | Shore Base | History | | HMS Daedalus Lee-on-Solent | Opened as Seaplane School. Renamed HMS Arielthen back to Daedalus in 1965 | | HMS Fulmar Lossiemouth | Used by RN detachments through to 1979. Transferred to RAF. | | HMS Goldcrest Brawdy | Transferred to RAF. | | HMS Heron Yeovilton | | | HMS Seahawk Culdrose | | | HMS Simbang Sembawang | Transferred to Commando Units from 1960. And Fleet Amphibious Unit from 1966. Transferred to ANZAC Force 1971. | |
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