Former Imperial fortresses •
Admiralty House, Bermuda,
Royal Naval Dockyard Bermuda (and HM Naval Base Bermuda (HMS Malabar),
Royal Naval Air Station Bermuda,
HMCS Somers Isles •
Royal Navy Dockyard, Gibraltar,
HMS Rooke •
Admiralty House, Halifax,
Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax •
Admiralty House, Valletta,
HM Dockyard Malta Former naval bases •
HMNB Rosyth, (
Fife, UK) •
HMNB Chatham (
Kent, UK) •
Woolwich Dockyard •
Deptford Dockyard •
Queenstown •
Portland Dockyard •
Scapa Flow •
Pembroke Dockyard •
Sheerness Dockyard •
Simon's Town Dockyard •
Sihanoukville Dockyard •
Trincomalee Dockyard •
Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard •
Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard •
Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard •
Penetanguishene Naval Yard •
Naval Shipyards, York (Upper Canada) Former air stations •
HMS Ariel, RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England, 1959 - 1965 (also HMS
Daedalus 1939-1960 and 1965-1996) •
HMS Asbury, RNAS Quonset Point, Rhode Island, USA, 1942-1944 •
HMS Bambara, RNAS Trincomalee, Trincomalee, Ceylon, 1944-1947 •
HMS Berhunda, RNAS Colombo Racecourse, Colombo, Ceylon, 1943-1945 • , RNAS Stretton, Cheshire, England, 1942-1958 •
HMS Buzzard (1), RNAS Lympne, Kent, England, 1939 •
HMS Buzzard (2), RNAS Palisadoes, Kingston, Jamaica 1941-1943 •
HMS Condor, RNAS Arbroath, Angus, Scotland, 1940-1970 •
HMS Condor II, RNAS Dundee, Angus, Scotland, 1940-1944 •
HMS Corncrake, RNAS Ballyhalbert, County Down, Northern Ireland, 1945-1946 •
HMS Corncrake II, RNAS Kirkistown, County Down, Northern Ireland, 1945-1946 •
HMS Curlew, RNAS St Merryn, Cornwall, 1953-1956 (previously HMS
Vulture 1937-1953) •
HMS Daedalus, RNAS Lee-on-Solent,
Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England 1939-1960 and 1965-1996 (previously HMS
Ariel 1959 - 1965) •
HMS Daedalus II, RNAS Lympne, Kent, England, 1940 (previously HMS
Buzzard 1939) • , RNAS Sandbanks, Hampshire, England, 1940-1943 •
HMS Daedalus II, RNAS Lawrenny Ferry, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 1941-1946 • , RNAS Henstridge, Somerset, 1943-1958 •
HMS Europa II, RNAS Bungay, Suffolk, England 1945-1946 • , RNAS Hal Far, Malta, 1946-1965 • , RNAS Evanton, Ross and Cromarty, 1944-1948 •
HMS Flycatcher (1), RNAS Ludham, Norfolk, England, 1944-1945 •
HMS Flycatcher (2), RNAS Middle Wallop, Hampshire, 1945-1946 •
HMS Flycatcher (3), RNAS Kai Tak, Hong Kong, 1947 •
HMS Fulmar, RNAS Lossiemouth,
Lossiemouth, Moray, 1946 -1972 •
HMS Fulmar II, RNAS Milltown, Moray, Scotland, 1946–1977 •
HMS Gadwall, RNAS Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1943-1946 (later HMS
Gannet III 1946-1959) •
HMS Gamecock, RNAS Bramcote, Warwickshire, England, 1946-1958 •
HMS Gannet, RNAS Eglinton, County Down, Northern Ireland, 1943-1959 •
HMS Gannet II, RNAS Maydown, County Down, Northern Ireland, 1945-1947 (previously HMS
Gannet III 1943-1945) •
HMS Gannet III, RNAS Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1946-1959 (previously HMS
Gadwall 1943-1946) •
HMS Garuda, RNAS/RNARY Coimbatore, India, 1942-1946 • (1), RNAS Hinstock, Shropshire, 1942–1947 •
HMS Godwit (2), RNAS Peplow, Shropshire, 1947-1949 (was HMS
Godwit II 1945-1947) • HMS
Godwit II, RNAS Weston Park,
Weston Park, Shropshire, England, 1944-1945 • (1), RNAS Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 1943 • (2), RNAS Dale, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 1943-1948 • (3), RNAS Brawdy, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 1952-1971 • HMS
Goldcrest II, RNAS Brawdy, Pembrokeshire, Wales, 1946-1948 •
HMS Goldfinch, RNAS Takali, Malta, 1945-1953 •
HMS Goshawk, RNAS Piarco, Trinidad, 1940-1946 • , RNAS Dekheila, Alexandria, Egypt, 1940-1946 •
HMS Heron II (1), RNAS Haldon, Devon, England, 1941-1942 • (2), RNAS Charlton Horethorne, Somerset, 1942-1948 • , RNAS Culham, Oxfordshire, 1944-1954 •
HMS Hornbill II, RNAS Beccles, Suffolk, 1945-1953 •
HMS Hummingbird, RNAS Zeals, Wiltshire, England, 1945-? •
HMS Jackdaw, RNAS Crail, Fife, 1940-1947 • , RNAS Dunino,
Fife, Scotland, 1942-1946 (satellite airfield of Crail) • , RNAS Worthy Down, Hampshire, England, 1939-1952 •
HMS Kilele, RNAS Tanga, Tanganyika, East Africa, 1942-1944 • , RNAS Killindini, Mombasa, Kenya, 1942-1944 •
HMS Landrail, RNAS Machrihanish, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, 1941-1952 • , RNAS Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, 1941-1945 (was HMS
Landrail 1941) • , RNAS Wingfield, South Africa, 1942-1946 •
HMS Merlin, RNAS Donibristle, Fife, Scotland, 1939–1959 • , MONAB I (RNAS Nowra),
RAAF Base Nowra,
Nowra,
New South Wales,
Australia, 1944-1945 • , MONAB II (RNAS Bankstown),
Bankstown Airport,
Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia, 1944-1946 • , MONAB III (RNAS Schofields),
RAAF Station Schofields,
Schofields, New South Wales, Australia, 1944-1945 • , MONAB IV (RNAS Ponum),
NAS Ponam Airfield,
Ponam,
Admiralty Islands, 1945 • , MONAB V (RNAS Jervis Bay),
RAAF Jervis Bay,
Jervis Bay,
Jervis Bay Territory, Australia (later RAAF Base Nowra), 1945-1946 • , TAMY I (RNAMY Archerfield),
RAAF Station Archerfield,
Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia, 1945-1946 • , MONAB VI (RNAS Maryborough),
RAAF Maryborough,
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia (later RAAF Station Schofields), 1945-1946 • , MONAB VIII,
RNAS Kai Tak,
Hong Kong, 1945-1947 • , MONAB IX,
RNAS Sembawang,
Sembawang,
Singapore, 1945 • , MONAB X,
RNAS Middle Wallop,
Hampshire, England, 1945 • , RNAS Drem, East Lothian, Scotland, 1945-1946 •
HMS Nighthawk II, RNAS Macmerry, East Lothian, Scotland, 1945 •
HMS Nightjar, RNAS Inskip, Lancashire, England, 1943-1946 (also known as HMS Inskip) •
HMS Nile II, RN Air Section Aboukir at RAF Aboukir, Abu Qir, Egypt, 1935-1942 • , RNAS Anthorn, Cumbria, England, 1943-1958 •
HMS Osprey, RNAS Portland,
Dorset, England, 1939-1999 • , RNAS Fearn,
Ross-shire, 1942-1946 • , RNAS East Haven, Angus, Scotland, 1943-1949 •
HMS Peregrine RNAS Ford, West Sussex, England, 1939-1940, 1945-1948 and 1950-1958 • , RNARY Fayid, Egypt, 1941-1946 (RN Aircraft Repair Yard) •
HMS Pintail, RNAS Nutts Corner, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, 1945-1946 •
HMS Raven, RNAS Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, 1939-1946 • , RNAS Burscough, Lancashire, England, 1943-1946 • , RNAS Grimsetter, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, 1943-1945 • , RNAS Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire, Scotland, 1943-1963 • , RNAS Maydown, County Down, Northern Ireland, 1943-1945 (later HMS
Gannet III 1945-1947) • , RNAS Sembawang, Singapore, 1945-1947, 1950-1957 and 1963-1971 • , RNAS Gosport, Hampshire, England, 1945-1956 (Now ) •
HMS Sparrowhawk (1), RNAS Hatston, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, 1939-1945 •
HMS Sparrowhawk (2), RNAS Halesworth, Suffolk, England, 1945-1946 •
HMS Spurwing, RNAS Hastings, Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1943-1944 •
HMS Tern, RNAS Twatt,
Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, 1942-1945 •
HMS Tern II, RNAS Skeabrae, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, 1945-1946 •
HMS Tern II, RNAS Hatston, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland, 1945 (was previously HMS
Sparrowhawk) •
HMS Tern III, RNAS Dounreay, Caithness, Scotland, 1945-1946 • , RNAS Katukurunda, Ceylon, 1942-1946 •
HMS Urley, RNAS Ronaldsway,
Isle of Man • , RNAS Sullur, Coimbatore, India, 1944-1946 •
HMS Valluru, RNAS Tambaram, Madras, India, 1944-1945 •
HMS Vulture, RNAS St Merryn, Cornwall, England, 1937-1953 (later HMS
Curlew 1953-1956) • , RNAS Trelliga, Cornwall, 1940-1955 (live firing range & emergency landing ground) • , RNAS Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1944-1936 •
HMS Wara, RNAS Komenda, Takoradi, Ghana, 1943
Former Royal Naval Hospitals • RNH Bermuda. •
RNH Bighi, Malta •
RNH Gibraltar, Gibraltar • RNH Gillingham, in Medway, Kent • RNH, Convalescent Hospital, Great Malvern 1915-1919 • , in London •
RNH Haslar, Gosport, England • RNH Mauritius •
RNH Mtarfa, Malta • RNH Plymouth, known as Stonehouse, Devonport, England • RNH Portland, Dorset. •
RNH Simon's Town, South Africa •
Royal Naval Hospital (Hong Kong) – now
Ruttonjee Hospital in Hong Kong, China • RNH Trincomalee, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Former shore bases A to D • , Tilbury • , the bombed-out
Supermarine factory,
Woolston, Southampton • , Base depot ship,
Simon's Town,
South Africa • ,
Coastal Forces Motor Launch (ML) and
Steam Gun Boat base,
Newhaven, East Sussex • , Combined Operations base,
Folkestone • , Headquarters of 9th Submarine Flotilla (1940–1946),
Dundee • , listening station of the
Far East Combined Bureau,
Colombo,
Ceylon • (later ), Combined Training Centre,
Castle Toward,
Toward,
Argyll • , Combined Operations Landing Craft Training Establishment,
Boston,
Lincolnshire • , Combined Operations base and training establishment, Fremington Camp,
Fremington, Devon • HMS
Appledore II, Combined Operations base,
Ilfracombe • (formerly ),
RNAS Worthy Down,
Winchester,
Hampshire • , Royal Naval Aircraft Training Establishment, Culcheth,
Warrington,
Cheshire • HMS
Armanillo, Combined Operations
RN Beach Commando training centre,
Glenfinnart • HMS
Asbury, shore based transit accommodation,
Asbury Park, New Jersey • HMS
Atlantic Isle, U-boat monitoring station,
Tristan da Cunha during WWII • , Coastal Forces MLs and storage, RN Dockyard,
Portland • HMS
Avalon, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada • , HQ of Flag Officer Harwich and Coastal Forces base (1939–1946),
Harwich • HMS
Baldur (also HMS
Baldur II), Accommodation and accounting, Iceland • HMS
Beaver, HQ, Flag Officer-in-Charge, Humber, (1 October 1940 – July 1945) – (base A.O. at
Grimsby) • HMS
Beaver II, Coastal Forces MLs,
Immingham • , Coastal Forces MLs working up base,
Weymouth (1942–1943), then
Holyhead, Wales (1943–1945) • , Coastal Forces MTBs and MGBs, Boomer Hall,
Felixstowe,
Suffolk • ,
Portsmouth,
Hampshire • ,
Trinidad • HMS
Birnbeck, Secret weapons research and testing (1941–1946),
Birnbeck Pier,
Weston-super-Mare • HMS
Bluebird III, (formerly HMS
Allenby, possibly),
Folkestone • , Naval Police Patrol HQ,
Portland,
Dorset • HMS
Britannia III, Coastal Forces
Motor Torpedo Boat &
Motor Gun Boats,
Dartmouth • (formerly ), Combined Operations landing craft crew training,
Castle Toward,
Toward,
Argyll • HMS
Cabbala, Training establishment for
WRNS W/T operators, at
Lowton near
Warrington • ,
Rosyth,
Fife • ,
Wembury,
Devon • , Coastal Forces MLs,
Belfast • ,
Gosport,
Hampshire • ,
Haslemere,
Surrey • (formerly ),
Wetherby,
Yorkshire • ,
Yeadon, West Yorkshire • , Coastal Forces MTBs & MGBs,
Dartmouth • , Coastal Forces MLs,
Leith • (formerly
RNAS Donibristle/),
Rosyth,
Fife • HMS
Copra, Combined Operations Pay, Ratings and Accounts, The Moorings,
Largs • , Landing Craft training base,
River Hamble,
Hampshire • , RNAE Bedhampton Camp,
Havant, Hampshire • , Royal Naval Reserve base,
Greenock,
Inverclyde, • HMS
Flowerdown,
Y-station at
RAF Flowerdown • HMS
Foliot I, Landing craft accounting base,
Plymouth • HMS
Foliot III, Combined Operations holding base,
Buckleigh,
Plymouth • , HF receiver station,
Nidderdale,
Harrogate • HMS
Forte IV, Coastal Forces MLs,
Falmouth • , Command and radar plotting centre,
Newhaven • HMS
Forward II (later
HMS Aggressive), Coastal Forces MTBs,
Newhaven • , Coastal Forces MTBs & MLs,
Lerwick, Scotland • , Boys' Training Establishment,
Shotley,
Ipswich,
Suffolk • WWII training establishment,
Butlin's Pwllheli holiday camp,
Caernarfonshire • HMS
Golden Hind, WW2 RN Barracks, Sydney, Australia • HMS
Gosling, Royal Naval Air Establishment,
Risley, Warrington,
Cheshire, was a collection of 5 camps responsible for various aspects of training
FAA personnel • , Auxiliary Patrol base,
Lerwick,
Shetland • ,
Rye • ,
Algiers • , Radar training establishment, near
Dale, Pembrokeshire • , Landing craft, Exbury House, Hampshire • HMS
"Hawke", a temporary naval training school based within part of the
Borstal Institution, 1940-46 • , Landing craft training,
Brightlingsea • ,
Scapa Flow diversionary anchorage, 1939–40,
Arctic convoys concentration point, 1942–44,
Loch Ewe • ,
Trincomalee,
Ceylon • , Coastal Forces Depot MTB,
Gosport,
Hampshire • , WWI base at
Milford Haven,
Pembrokeshire • ,
Inskip,
Preston, Lancashire • , RNAS Crail,
Fife • , Combined Operations Beach Training Establishment,
Glen Caladh,
Nr Tighnabruaich,
Argyll • ,
Bahrain • (later HMS
Ariel), Royal Naval Air Station and General Service Establishment,
Worthy Down, near Winchester, England • , WWII
RNVR officer training centre,
Hove,
Sussex L to R • ,
Colombo,
Ceylon • , Combined Operations landing craft base,
Shoreham • , Combined Operations officer training,
Inverailort House,
Lochailort,
Inverness-shire • , Fleet Minesweeper base,
Port Edgar,
South Queensferry • (also HMS
Roseneath), Combined Operations,
Roseneath,
Dunbartonshire • HMS
Lynx, HQ, Naval Officer-in-Charge,
Dover & CO HMS
Lynx, (10 July 1945 – April 1946) • ,
Bootle,
Cumbria, England. FAA aircrew reception centre. • ,
Bermuda • , Landing craft,
Yarmouth,
Isle of Wight • , Electrical training school,
Eastbourne • , Landing craft, Exbury House, Hampshire • ,
Mauritius • HMS
Martelo, HQ Naval Officer-in-Charge,
Lowestoft, (1 October 1945 – April 1946) • , Landing craft and Fleet Air Arm,
Puckpool,
Ryde,
Isle of Wight • ,
Lews Castle,
Stornoway,
Western Isles • , Communications Training Centre,
Coventry • , Communications school,
Petersfield, Hampshire • ,
Great Yarmouth • HMS
Minos, HQ Naval Officer-in-Charge,
Lowestoft, (5 May 1942 – 1 October 1945) • , Combined Training HQ,
Largs,
Ayrshire • HMS
Monck, Combined Operations Carrier Training,
Port Glasgow • HMS
Monck,
Roseneath,
Dunbartonshire • HMS
Monck, HQ Flag Officer Greenock,
Greenock • HMS
Nemo, HQ Naval Officer-in-Charge,
Brightlingsea, (June 1940 – May 1945) • , Landing craft base,
Newhaven • ,
Alexandria,
Egypt (1939–1946) • , Anti-submarine warfare training from early 1940,
Campbeltown, Argyll • (HMS
Northney I, HMS
Northney II, HMS
Northney III and HMS
Northnney IV), Landing craft training base,
Hayling Island • HMS
Osprey, (from January 1941), Asdic training, advanced courses for officers,
Dunoon, Argyll • , Combined Operations landing craft signals training, Glenbranter Camp,
Glenbranter,
Strachur,
Argyll • , HQ,
Commander-in-Chief, the Nore, (RN base, Chatham)
Chatham,
Kent • , HQ,
Admiral-Superintendent, Chatham Dockyard,
Chatham,
Kent • , HQ,
Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham,
Chatham,
Kent •
HMS Phœnicia,
Manoel Island,
Malta • ,
Tipner,
Portsmouth,
Hampshire • (parts later spun out as HMS
St Vincent),
Admiralty accounting base, Furse House, 37
Queen's Gate Terrace, London SW7 • HMS
President II, HQ, Liaison Officer for Naval Reserve and Merchant Navy Duties, London, (8 February 1938 – August 1939) • ,
Lyness,
Orkney • ,
Kirkwall,
Orkney • HMS
Queen Charlotte WWII land-based gunnery school, Shore Rd., Ainsdale Southport, Lancashire • , Combined Operations training,
Inverary,
Argyll • HMS
Return,
Tokyo,
Japan – now
British Embassy in Tokyo • , Holding base for RM landing craft personnel, Kitchener Camp,
Richborough,
Kent • ,
Gibraltar • (also HMS
Louisburg), Combined Operations,
Roseneath,
Dunbartonshire • , Wireless Station (
SIGINT),
Cuxhaven, Germany. Post-WWII • , Petty Officers' training school,
Butlins Skegness, later
Corsham,
Wiltshire • , Wireless Station (
SIGINT),
Cuxhaven, Germany. Post-WWII •
Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London
S to Z • , Naval HQ,
Fort St Angelo,
Birgu,
Malta • ,
Bognor Regis,
Sussex, anti-aircraft firing range and gunnery training school • , Coastal Forces training base,
Fort William,
Inverness-shire •
HMS St George,
Gosport,
Hampshire • , Commando training base 1943–1945,
Burnham-on-Crouch,
Essex • (1927–1969), Boys and Juniors Training Establishment,
Gosport,
Hampshire • (1992–1998), Communications centre, Whitehall, London • , RNR Communications Training Centre,
Salford • , Basic training, 1942, from 1959 RNR Rosyth,
Butlin's Ayr,
South Ayrshire • (formerly ),
Eglinton,
County Londonderry,
Northern Ireland • ,
Bracklesham Bay and
Birdham,
near Chichester • HMS
Seahawk, Coastal Forces training base,
Ardrishaig,
Argyll • (Singapore Naval Base), was the Royal Navy's biggest dockyard and its base of operations in the
Far East from 1939 until 1971. (1945–1971) was the barracks next to the naval base, while the nearby was a RN Air Station. • ,
Aden • ,
Western Approaches Command,
St Enoch's Hotel,
Glasgow • ,
Tank landing craft repair base,
Southampton • HMS
Squid II, Landing craft squadron staff, Westcliff Hall Hotel,
Hythe • , WWII training establishment for men who would otherwise be discharged,
Kielder,
Northumberland • , Landing craft working-up base,
Bo'ness •
HMS Talbot,
Manoel Island,
Malta • , Base operated from 1897 to 1997 at two locations in
Hong Kong • ,
Hydrophone training school during World War I, Hawkcraig near
Aberdour • ,
Royal Naval Engineering College,
Keyham and
Manadon,
Plymouth, Devon •
HMS Tormentor, Landing craft operational base,
Hamble,
Southampton • HMS
Tormentor II Training camp,
Cowes,
Isle of Wight • HMS
Tullichewan (previously HMS
Spartiate II), Holding base for Combined Operations,
Tullichewan Castle Camp,
Balloch, Loch Lomond, Scotland • HMS
Turnstone, RN Aircraft Training Establishment (RNATE) Watford & RNATE Fulham, (combined independent command) • , Combined Operations training,
Poole,
Dorset • ,
Diyatalawa,
Ceylon •
HMS Valkyrie, Training establishment for HO ratings,
Isle of Man • HMS
Watchful, HQ, Flag Officer-in-Charge, Yarmouth, (14 April 1942 – July 1945) • , RNAE Townhill, Royal Naval Air Establishment, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, 1942-1946 • , Flotilla training,
Southend • HMS
Westcliffe II, Combined Operations holding base for RM landing craft personnel,
Burnham-on-Crouch,
Essex • ,
Chatham,
Kent • HMS
Wildfire II (1939–1940), Combined Operations base,
Sheerness • HMS
Wildfire III (1940–1946), Combined Operations base, Sheerness • , Landing craft base,
Ipswich • HMS
Yeoman, HQ, Flag Officer-in-Charge,
London, (3 February 1942 – July 1945) • HMS
Yeoman, HQ, Naval Officer-in-Charge,
London, (1-30, April, 1946)
Other •
Bedhampton Camp, former non airfield satellite of
RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus). •
Seafield Park, a non airfield site near to RNAS Lee-on-Solent.
Royal Naval Armaments Depots •
RNAD Broughton Moor,
Cumbria, England •
RNAD Crombie,
Fife •
RNAD Dean Hill,
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England •
RNAD Gosport including
Priddy's Hard,
Hampshire, England
Royal Naval Stores Depots : Include: •
RNSD Almondbank/RNAW Almondbank/RNAW Perth,
Almondbank, Perth & Kinross – now a Eurocopter installation. •
RNSD Coventry, Warwickshire, England •
RNSD Copenacre, England. (1940–1995), •
RNSD Eaglescliffe,
Teesside, England •
RNSD Llangennech,
Llangennech,
Carmarthenshire, Wales, (1945–1995) •
RNSD Lathalmond,
Dunfermline, Scotland •
RNSD Trecwn,
Trecwn,
Pembrokeshire,
West Wales •
RNSD Woolston,
Woolston, Southampton,
Hampshire, England
Royal Navy Aircraft Yards •
RNAY Wroughton, Aircraft storage and maintenance unit,
Wroughton,
Swindon, England ==See also==