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    This is a list of naval air stations of the Royal Navy. Naval air stations are shore establishments of the Fleet Air Arm, the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft.

    Currently the abbreviation RNAS stands for "Royal Naval Air Station", and in common with the Royal Air Force station naming convention, is always followed by a geographical place in which the air station is located. Historically, RNAS referred to the Royal Naval Air Service, which was the aviation branch of the Royal Navy. This merged in 1918 with the Royal Flying Corps, of the British Army, to form an independent service, the Royal Air Force.

    Between 1918 and 1939, the Royal Air Force had provided the Fleet Air Arm to the Royal Navy, and Royal Naval Air Stations were consequently operated by Royal Air force personnel.

    In 1939, operation of the Fleet Air Arm was transferred to the Royal Navy, with Royal Air Force personnel replaced by Royal Naval personnel, or transferring to the Royal Navy. As the Coastal Command remained part of the Royal Air Force, Royal Naval Air Stations, since 1939, have generally operated ship-borne types of aircraft when it has been necessary for them to be operated from shore.

    Current naval air stations

    The current Fleet Air Arm front-line operations are centred on two main operating bases (MOBs), each with a nearby satellite airfield:

    Former naval air stations

    Supermarine Walrus at Royal Naval Air Station Bermuda at Boaz Island

    When control of the Fleet Air Arm was transferred to the from the Royal Air Force, four of its existing airfields, in the United Kingdom, were also transferred to the Fleet Air Arm, these were: Donibristle, Lee-on-Solent, Ford, and Worthy Down. At that time when operating overseas, the Fleet Air Arm still needed to rely on lodger facilities at Royal Air Force stations abroad. During the early period of the Second World War the Royal Navy worked to acquire its own airfields, both in the UK and near to strategic bases abroad. Some of these were purpose built and others were transferred over from the Royal Air Force.[1]

    This list covers Fleet Air Arm establishments, both at home and overseas. It includes Air Stations, Air Sections, Air Maintenance & Repair Yards, Lodger units at RAF bases, and training establishments. The bases are listed alphabetically, by geographical location.

    Key to the types of establishments:

    RNAS HMS RAF RN Years active Current county Country Notes
    Abbotsinch Sanderling Abbotsinch 1943–1963 Renfrewshire Scotland Lodger facilities 1939–43. Now Glasgow Airport
    Aboukir Nile II Aboukir 1935–1942 Egypt Lodger facilities for a RN Air Section
    n/a n/a Aldergrove 1939–40
    1977–1982    		 Co. Antrim Northern Ireland Naval units as lodgers on an RAF Base. Now Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove
    Andrakaka Ironclad Andrakaka 1942-43 Madagascar Captured Vichy French airfield, RN Air Section
    Angle Goldcrest Angle 1943 Pembrokeshire Wales Farmland
    Anglesey n/a Mona 1915–1918 Anglesey Wales Airship station
    Anthorn Nuthatch Anthorn 1944–58 Cumbria England Now Anthorn Radio Station
    Arbroath Condor n/a 1940–1971 Angus Scotland Now RM Condor
    Archerfield Nabsford
    Nabreekie    		 n/a 1945–46 Queensland Australia RNAMY Archerfield used for:
    TAMY I (Transportable Aircraft Maintenance Yard No. 1)
    MONAB VII
    Argentia Avalon III n/a 1943–44 Newfoundland Canada Lodger facilities for RN Air Section at US Naval Air Station Argentia, now Naval Station Argentia
    Ayr Wagtail Heathfield
    Ayr    		 1944–46 South Ayrshire Scotland
    Bacton n/a Bacton 1915–19 Norfolk England
    Ballyhalbert Corncrake Ballyhalbert 1945 Co. Down Northern Ireland
    Ballykelly Sealion Ballykelly 1962–1971 Co. Londonderry Northern Ireland RAF station hosting Joint Ant-Submarine School from 1947, RN having lodger status. Joint RAF-RN station from 1962. Now Shackleton Barracks
    Bankstown Nabberley n/a 1944–1946 New South Wales Australia MONAB II. Now Bankstown Airport
    Beccles Hornbill II Beccles −1945 Suffolk England Lodger facilities only.
    n/a n/a Benbecula Western Isles Scotland Lodger facilities only. Now Benbecula Airport and RRH Benbecula.
    n/a n/a Benson Oxfordshire England Lodger facilities only. Now RAF Benson
    n/a n/a Bircham Newton Norfolk England Lodger facilities only.
    Bermuda HMS Malabar n/a 1939-44 Sandys Parish Bermuda Operated from North Yard of Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda on Ireland Island until relocating to Boaz Island in 1940. Care-and-maintenance status by 1945. Disposed of with other Admiralty and War Office land in 1950s
    n/a n/a Boscombe Down Wiltshire England Now MoD Boscombe Down
    Bramcote Gamecock Bramcote 1946–58 Warwickshire England Now Gamecock Barracks
    n/a n/a Bratton 1943–44 Shropshire England Provided training facilities for RNAS Hinstock during 1943/44
    Brawdy Goldcrest
    Goldcrest II    		 Brawdy 1946–1971 Pembrokeshire Wales Now Cawdor Barracks
    Brunswick Saker n/a 1943-45 Maine United States U.S. Naval Air Station loaned to the Admiralty
    Bungay Europa II Bungay
    Flixton    		 1945–46 Suffolk England
    Burscough Ringtail n/a 1943–46 Lancashire England
    Bush Barn n/a Bush Barn
    No. 44 SLG    		 1944–45 Oxfordshire England RN Air Section, on the books of Kestrel.
    Calshot n/a Calshot 1913–22 Hampshire England
    Campbeltown Landrail
    Landrail II    		 n/a 1940–45 Argyll & Bute Scotland Located 1 mile SE of RAF Machrihanish, grass landing ground north of the B843.
    Capel n/a Folkestone 1915–19 Kent England
    Cattewater n/a Cattewater
    Mount Batten    		 1917–18 Devon England
    Charlton Horethorne Heron II Charlton Horethorne 1943–45 Somerset England
    Chingford n/a Chingford 1915–19 Greater London England Now William Girling Reservoir
    n/a Raven Christchurch ?-1945 Dorset England Lodger facilities with a Naval Air Section and the Naval Air Radio Installation Unit.
    n/a (Station in Reserve) n/a Cluntoe 1947-mid 1950s Co. Tyrone Northern Ireland Used occasionally.
    Coimbatore Garuda n/a 1942–46 Cochin India Aircraft Repair Yard. Parent station to: RN Air Section Cochin, RN Air Station Sulur. Now Coimbatore International Airport
    Colombo Racecourse Bherunda Colombo Racecourse 1943–45 Colombo British Ceylon Now Colombo Racecourse
    Covehithe n/a Covehithe 1915–19 Suffolk England
    Cowdray Park n/a n/a 1941–45 West Sussex England Private airfield requisitioned for the storage of obsolescent naval aircraft.
    Crail Bruce
    Jackdaw    		 Crail 1940–1961 Fife Scotland
    RNAS Training Establishment, Cranwell Daedalus
    Thunderbolt    		 Cranwell 1916–1918 Lincolnshire England Now Royal Air Force College
    Culham Hornbill n/a 1944–1953 Oxfordshire England Now Culham Science Centre
    Culmhead n/a Culmhead
    Churchstanton    		 Somerset England Lodger facilities only. Now Culmhead Business Centre
    Dale Goldcrest Dale 1943–48 Pembrokeshire Wales Farmland/caravan sites
    n/a n/a Defford Worcestershire England RN Air Section attached to Telecommunications Flying Unit RAF.
    Dekheila Grebe
    Nile II    		 LG-34/LG-235 1940–46 Egypt
    Diego Suarez n/a n/a 1940–46 Madagascar
    Dartmouth Seaborn n/a 1940–46 Nova Scotia Canada Lodger facilities for an RN air section at an RCAF base only. Now CFB Shearwater
    n/a n/a Detling 1940–41 Kent England Lodger facilities only.
    n/a n/a Docking 1942–44 Norfolk England Lodger facilities only.
    Donibristle Merlin Donibristle 1939–1959 Fife Scotland
    Dounreay Tern II 1944–54 Highland Scotland Never commissioned.
    Drem Nighthawk Drem 1945–46 East Lothian Scotland Lodger facilities until 1945.
    Dundee Condor II Dundee 1941–44 Dundee City Scotland Seaplane base / repair depot.
    n/a n/a Dundonald 1944 South Ayrshire Scotland Lodger facilities only.
    Dunino Jackdaw II Dunino 1942–46 Fife Scotland
    Durban Kongoni n/a 1940-46 Durban South Africa R.N. Air Section Durban at S.A.A.F. Station, Stamford Hill
    n/a n/a Duxford 1941–43 Cambridgeshire England Lodger facilities only.
    East Fortune n/a East Fortune 1915–18 East Lothian Scotland National Museum of Flight
    East Haven Peewit 1943–46 Angus Scotland
    Eastchurch n/a Eastchurch 1910–1918 Kent England Now HM Prison Standford Hill
    n/a Raven Eastleigh
    Southampton    		 1917–20, 1935–39, 1939–1947 Hampshire England Now Southampton Airport
    Eglinton Gannet Eglinton 1943–1959
    1960–63    		 Co. Londonderry Northern Ireland Now City of Derry Airport
    Evanton Fieldfare Evanton
    Novar    		 1944–48 Highland Scotland
    Fairlop n/a Fairlop 1916-18 Essex England Playing fields, to north of WW2 RAF Fairlop
    Fayid Pheonix Fayid 1941-46 Egypt R.N. Aircraft Repair Yard. RAF station transferred to Admiralty control
    Fearn Owl Fearn 1942–46 Highland Scotland
    Felixstowe n/a Felixstowe 1913–19 Suffolk England See Seaplane Experimental Station
    Fishguard n/a 1917–19 Pembrokeshire Wales
    Ford Peregrine Ford
    Ford Junction    		 1939–1958 West Sussex England Now HM Prison Ford
    n/a n/a Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire Scotland Lodger facilities only.
    Gan Haitian
    Maraga    		 Gan 1941–57 Addu Atoll Maldives Also known as RNAS Addu Atoll. Now Gan International Airport
    Goldhanger n/a Goldhanger 1915–16 Essex England Farmland
    Gosport Siskin Gosport 1940–56 Hampshire England
    Grimsetter Robin Grimsetter 1943–45 Orkney Scotland Now Kirkwall Airport
    Haldon Heron II Haldon 1941–43 Devon England
    Halesworth Sparrowhawk Halesworth 1945–46 Suffolk England Lodger facilities until 1945
    Hastings Spurwing Hastings 1943–44 Sierra Leone Lodger facilities until 1943
    Hatston Sparrowhawk
    Tern II    		 1939–1945 Orkney Scotland
    Heath Row n/a Heathrow 1944–45 Greater London England Lodger facilities for a flight of 781 Naval Air Squadron only. Now Heathrow airport
    Henstridge Dipper n/a 1943–46
    1946–1954    		 Somerset England Henstridge Airfield, One of only 2 RNAS stations with 5 runways (Arbroath being the other), one of which had a dummy deck landing area with arrestor system for carrier training
    Hinstock Godwit Ollerton 1943–47 Shropshire England
    Hiswa Rapax Hiswa Aden Protectorate Lodger facility for an RN Air Section on RAF station. Transferred to Admiralty for development as RNAS
    Hornsea Mere n/a Atwick ?-1918 East Yorkshire England
    Inskip Nightjar n/a 1943–46 Lancashire England
    Jersey n/a Helier 1940 Jersey Channel Islands Requisitioned by the Admiralty. RN Air Section, on the books of Kestrel. Jersey Airport
    Jervis Bay Nabswick n/a 1945–46 New South Wales Australia MONAB V
    Kai Tak Nabcatcher
    Flycatcher    		 Kai Tak 1947–? Kowloon Bay Hong Kong MONAB VIII
    Kaldadarnes Baldur II Kaldadarnes 1943 Iceland Lodger facilities for an RN Air Section
    Katukurunda Ukussa Katukurunda 1942-46 Katukurunda British Ceylon.[2] Transferred from the Royal Air Force in 1942 and returned in 1946. Now Katukurunda Airport
    Kete Harrier n/a 1945–1961 Pembrokeshire Wales
    Kilindini Kipanga n/a 1942–44 Mombasa Kenya
    Kingsnorth n/a Kingsnorth 1914–25 Kent England WW1 airship station on Isle of Grain on south bank of R Thames
    Kirkistown Corncrake II Kirkistown 1945–46 Co. Down Northern Ireland Lodger facilities only during WWII. Satellite airfield from July 1945.
    Komenda Wara Takoradi Oct–Dec 1943 Ghana Now Takoradi Airport
    n/a n/a Langham 1942–44 Norfolk England Lodger facilities only.
    Lawrenny Ferry Daedalus II n/a 1942–43 Pembrokeshire Wales Riverbank slipway
    Lee-on-Solent Ariel
    Daedalus    		 Lee-on-Solent 1939–1995 Hampshire England
    n/a n/a Leuchars ?-1938
    1972–78    		 Fife Scotland Lodger facilities only. Now Leuchars Station
    Lewiston Saker n/a 1943–45 Maine United States Now Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport
    Limavady n/a Limavady 1944
    1945–?    		 Co. Londonderry Northern Ireland Lodger facilities during 1944. Naval charge from 1945.
    Long Kesh n/a Long Kesh 1944–45 Co. Antrim Northern Ireland Lodger facilities only.
    Lossiemouth Fulmar Lossiemouth 1946–1972 Moray Scotland Now RAF Lossiemouth. RN lodger status 1972–79.
    Luce Bay n/a West Freugh 1940–43 Dumfries and Galloway Scotland Lodger facilities only. Now MoD West Freugh
    Ludham Flycatcher Ludham 1944–? Norfolk England Farmland/private airstrip
    Lympne Buzzard
    Daedalus II    		 Lympne 1939–1940 Kent England Buzzard - Support of disembarked squadrons, Daedalus II - Technical training of Air Apprentices and Air Fitters
    Machrihanish Landrail Machrihanish 1941–46
    1951–52    		 Argyll & Bute Scotland Now MoD Machrihanish & Campbeltown Airport
    Mackinnon Road Tana
    Kipanga II    		 n/a 1942–44 Taita-Taveta Kenya Now Mackinnon Road Airport
    Macmerry Nighthawk II Macmerry 1945–46 East Lothian Scotland
    Maharagama Monara n/a 1943–46 Maharagama British Ceylon Royal Naval Air Ceylonese Training Establishment in Maharagama which was later taken over by the National Teachers' Training College.[3]
    Manston Manston 1933–35
    WW2
    1974    		 Kent England Used by FAA squadron between 1933 and 1935. Lodger facilities during WW2 and used by 845 Naval Air Squadron briefly during early 1974. Now Manston Airport
    Maryborough Nabstock n/a 1945–46 Queensland Australia MONAB VI
    Maydown Shrike
    Gannet II    		 Maydown 1943–45 Co. Londonderry Northern Ireland
    Middle Wallop Flycatcher Middle Wallop 1945–46 Hampshire England Now AAC Middle Wallop
    Milltown Fulmar II Milltown 1946–1972 Moray Scotland
    Milton
    Pembroke    		 n/a Carew Cheriton
    Pembroke    		 1914–18 Pembrokeshire Wales
    Minnerya n/a Minnerya 1942–46 British Ceylon Lodger facilities only. Now Hingurakgoda Airport
    Nairobi Korongo n/a 1942-44 Nairobi Kenya R.N. Aircraft Repair Yard. Reserve aircraft storage
    Narborough n/a Narborough Aug 1916-1916 Norfolk England Farmland to NE of RAF Marham
    n/a n/a North Coates 1940–41 Lincolnshire England
    Nowra Nabbington
    Nabswick    		 n/a Jan–Nov 1945
    1945–1946    		 New South Wales Australia MONAB I
    MONAB V. Now HMAS Albatross (air station)
    Nutts Corner Pintail Nutts Corner 1945–46 Co. Antrim Northern Ireland
    Palisadoes Malabar III
    Buzzard    		 n/a 1941–43 Kingston Jamaica Now Norman Manley International Airport
    n/a n/a Pembroke Dock 1940–41 Pembrokeshire Wales Lodger facilities only.
    Peplow Godwit II Peplow 1945–49 Shropshire England
    n/a n/a Perranporth 1944 Cornwall England Lodger facilities only.
    n/a n/a Peterhead 1942–44 Aberdeenshire Scotland Lodger facilities only.
    Piarco Malabar II
    Goshawk    		 n/a 1940–46 Trinidad Now Piarco International Airport
    n/a Kipanga Port Reitz ? Mombasa Kenya Lodger facilities only.
    Ponam Nabaron n/a Apr–Nov 1945 Admiralty Islands Papua New Guinea MONAB IV
    Portland Osprey Portland 1959–1999 Dorset England Also previously HMS Sarepta
    Prestwick Gannet Prestwick 1971–2016 South Ayrshire Scotland Now Glasgow Prestwick Airport
    Pulham n/a Pulham 1915-1918 Norfolk England Airship station
    Puttalam Rajaliya n/a 1942–45 Puttalam District British Ceylon Now SLAF Palavi (Sri Lanka Air Force Palavi).[4]
    Quonset Point Asbury n/a 1942–1943 Rhode Island United States Now Quonset Point Air National Guard Station
    Ras el-Tin Point Nile Apr 1939–
    Jun 1946    		 Alexandria Egypt
    Rattray Head
    Rattray
    Crimond    		 Merganser Oct 1944–
    Sept 1946    		 Aberdeenshire Scotland
    Redcar Redcar 1915–1919 North Yorkshire England
    Roborough Drake II Roborough 1939–1942
    Postwar    		 Devon England Now Plymouth City Airport
    Ronaldsway Urley Ronaldsway 1944–46 Isle of Man
    Sandbanks Daedalus n/a 1940–43 Dorset England
    Schofields Nabthorpe
    Nabstock    		 n/a Feb–Nov 1945
    Nov 1945–June 1946    		 New South Wales Australia MONAB III
    MONAB VI. Now HMAS Nirimba, up for sale.
    n/a n/a St Davids 1947–1961 Pembrokeshire Wales Used by Airworks Air Direction Training Unit
    n/a n/a St Mawgan
    Trebelzue    		 1954–56 Cornwall England Used by 744 Naval Air Squadron
    St Merryn Curlew
    Vulure    		 1940–1956 Cornwall England
    Sembawang Simbang
    Nabrock    		 Sembawang Singapore MONAB IX
    Sigiriya n/a Sigiriya British Ceylon Lodger facilities only. Now Sigiriya Airport
    Skaebrae Tern II Skaebrae 1940–? Orkney Scotland Lodger facilities only initially.
    n/a n/a Skitten 1940–41 Highland Scotland Lodger facilities only.
    Speke n/a Speke 1942–45 Merseyside England Lodger facilities only initially, housed a RN Air Section. Now Liverpool John Lennon Airport
    Stornoway Mentor II Stornoway 1940–41
    1943–44    		 Western Isles Scotland Seaplanes operated from Stornoway harbour 1940–41. Subsequently, lodger facilities available at RAF Stornoway airfield.
    Stretton Blackcap n/a 1942–1958 Cheshire England
    Sullom Voe n/a Sullom Voe 1940–41 Shetland Scotland Lodger unit on an RAF seaplane base.
    Sulur Vairi n/a 1944-46 India Now Sulur Air Force Station
    n/a n/a Sumburgh 1941–42 Shetland Scotland Lodger facilities only. Now Sumburgh Airport
    Sydenham Gadwall
    Gannet III    		 Sydenham 1943–1973 Co. Antrim Northern Ireland Also known as RNAS Belfast. Now George Best Belfast City Airport
    n/a n/a Tain 1942–44 Highland Scotland Lodger facilities only.
    Tambaram Valluru Tambaram 1944–45 Madras India Now Tambaram Air Force Station
    Tanga Kilele n/a 1942–44 Tanzania Now Tanga Airport
    n/a Falcon Hal Far 1929–50
    1952–67    		 Malta
    Takali Goldfinch
    St Angelo    		 Ta Kali 1945–53 Malta 1943 RN Lodger unit, 1944 Transferred to RN on temporary loan in February, 1945 Full control transferred to Admiralty in April
    Tangmere n/a Tangmere 1942–50 West Sussex England Lodger facilities only initially, the Naval Air Fighting Development Unit was present at some point.
    Thorney Island n/a Thorney Island 1940–48 West Sussex England Lodger facilities only initially, used by the Naval Air Sea Warfare Development Unit at some point. Now Baker Barracks
    Treligga Vulture II n/a 1940-55 Cornwall England Fleet Air Arm live firing range & emergency landing ground
    Tresco n/a Tresco 1917–19 Isles of Scilly, Cornwall England
    Trincomalee Bambara China Bay 1940-50 Trincomalee British Ceylon Lodger facility for RN Air Section from August 1940. Station transferred to the Admiralty on 15 November 1944 and renamed RNAS Trincomalee. Now China Bay Airport
    n/a n/a Turnhouse 1942–44 City of Edinburgh Scotland Lodger facilities only. Now Edinburgh Airport
    Twatt Tern n/a 1941–1957 Orkney Scotland Purpose built by the Admiralty, on books of Sparrowhawk, then independent Command Tern
    Vizagapatam n/a Vizagapatam 1944-45 India Lodger facilities for an RN Fleet Requirements Unit
    Voi Tana
    Kipanga II    		 n/a 1944 Kenya Never commissioned
    Walmer n/a Walmer 1917–1918 Kent England Hawkshill Freedown (open land)
    Wingfield Malagas n/a 1942–46 Western Cape South Africa Now SAS Wingfield
    Woodvale Ringtail II Woodvale 1942–45
    1945–46    		 Merseyside England Lodger facilities only initially, satellite airfield postwar.
    Worthy Down Kestrel
    Ariel    		 Worthy Down 1938–39
    1939–1950
    1952–1960    		 Hampshire England Lodger facilities only pre WWII. Now Worthy Down Camp
    Yarmouth Canada
    Seaborn    		 n/a 1943-45 Nova Scotia Canada Lodger facilities for an RN air section at an RCAF base only. RCAF Station Yarmouth
    Zeals Hummingbird Zeals 1945–46 Wiltshire England

    Former naval air stations by ship name (HMS xxx)

    HMS means His Majesty's Ship (or Her Majesty's Ship).

    Some smaller and some very early Naval Air Stations in the list above were not commissioned as HM Ship(s). Those below were commissioned and, therefore, have a ship's name. Royal Navy shore bases and naval air stations have traditionally been named in the same manner as seagoing ships.

    Officers were appointed to HMS xxx rather than to RNAS xxx and, similarly, ratings' Service Certificates will show only the name of the ship when drafted to a Naval Air Station. Thus, this list may help when researching family history records.[citation needed]

    HMS Nearest Town County Country Current use
    HMS Ariel South Wonston Hampshire England
    HMS Ariel Lee-on-the-Solent Hampshire England Solent Airport Daedalus
    HMS Ariel Winchester Hampshire England
    HMS Asbury Quonset Point Rhode Island United States Quonset Point Air National Guard Station
    HMS Bambara Trincomalee Ceylon
    HMS Berhunda Colombo Ceylon
    HMS Blackcap Stretton Cheshire England
    HMS Buzzard Lympne Kent England Industrial estate
    HMS Buzzard Palisadoes Kingston Jamaica
    HMS Condor Arbroath Angus Scotland RM Condor
    HMS Corncrake Ballyhalbert Co. Down Northern Ireland Housing
    HMS Curlew St Merryn Cornwall England Farmland
    HMS Dipper Templecombe Dorset England
    HMS Daedalus Lee-on-the-Solent Hampshire England Solent Airport Daedalus
    HMS Daedalus II Lympne Kent England Industrial Estate
    HMS Daedalus II Sandbanks Dorset England in Poole Harbour
    HMS Daedalus II Lawrenny Pembrokeshire Wales Riverbank slipway
    HMS Europa II Bungay Suffolk England Farmland
    HMS Falcon Ħal Far Malta Industrial Estate
    HMS Fieldfare Evanton Ross and Cromarty Scotland Industrial Estate
    HMS Flycatcher RAF Ludham Norfolk England Farmland/private airstrip
    HMS Flycatcher Middle Wallop Hampshire England AAC Middle Wallop
    HMS Flycatcher Kai Tak Kowloon Bay Hong Kong Kai Tak Development
    HMS Fulmar Lossiemouth Morayshire Scotland RAF Lossiemouth
    HMS Gadwall Sydenham Belfast Northern Ireland Sydenham Airport 1938–1941, RAF Belfast 1941-1943 and 1973–1978, Belfast City Airport (George Best Belfast City Airport) 1978-present
    HMS Gamecock Bramcote Warwickshire England Gamecock Barracks
    HMS Gannet Eglinton Co. Londonderry Northern Ireland City of Derry Airport
    HMS Gannet Prestwick South Ayrshire Scotland Glasgow Prestwick Airport
    HMS Gannet II Maydown Co. Londonderry Northern Ireland Industry
    HMS Gannet III Sydenham Belfast Northern Ireland George Best Belfast City Airport
    HMS Garuda Coimbatore India
    HMS Godwit Ollerton Shropshire England
    HMS Goldcrest Angle Pembrokeshire Wales Farmland
    HMS Goldcrest Brawdy Pembrokeshire Wales Cawdor Barracks
    HMS Goldcrest Dale Pembrokeshire Wales
    HMS Goldcrest II Brawdy Pembrokeshire Wales Cawdor Barracks
    HMS Goldfinch Ta' Qali Malta Park
    HMS Goshawk Piarco Trinidad Piarco International Airport
    HMS Grebe Alexandria Egypt
    HMS Heron II Charlton Horethorne Somerset England Farmland
    HMS Heron II Haldon Hills Devon England
    HMS Hornbill Culham, Abingdon Oxfordshire England Fusion research facility
    HMS Hornbill II Beccles Suffolk England Various
    HMS Hummingbird Zeals Wiltshire England Farmland
    HMS Icarus Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland ?
    HMS Jackdaw Crail Fife Scotland
    HMS Jackdaw II Kingsbarns Fife Scotland
    HMS Kalugu Cochin India
    HMS Kestrel South Wonston Hampshire England Worthy Down Camp
    HMS Kilele Tanga Tanzania
    HMS Kipanga Kilindini Mombasa County Kenya
    HMS Kipanga II Mackinnon Road Taita-Taveta County Kenya
    HMS Kipanga II Moi International Airport Mombasa County Kenya Moi International Airport
    HMS Kongoni Durban South Africa
    HMS Korongo Nairobi Kenya
    HMS Landrail Machrihanish Argyllshire Scotland Campbeltown Airport
    HMS Malabar Boaz Island Sandys Parish Bermuda All shore personnel at Bermuda, including RNAS, belonged to the stone frigate HMS Malabar. Operated from North Yard of Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda on Ireland Island until relocating to Boaz Island in 1940. Care-and-maintenance status by 1945. Disposed of with other Admiralty and War Office land in 1950s. Housing.
    HMS Merganser Rattray Aberdeenshire Scotland Long range radio station
    HMS Mentor II Stornoway Outer Hebrides Scotland Stornoway Airport
    HMS Merlin Donibristle Fife Scotland Dalgety Bay
    HMS Nabaron Ponam Island Papua New Guinea
    HMS Nabberley Bankstown Australia Bankstown Airport
    HMS Nabbington Nowra Australia HMAS Albatross
    HMS Nabcatcher Kowloon Bay Kowloon Peninsula Hong Kong
    HMS Nabhurst Middle Wallop Hampshire England
    HMS Nabreekie Pinkenba Brisbane Australia
    HMS Nabrock Sembawang Singapore
    HMS Nabstock Maryborough Queensland Australia
    HMS Nabswick Jervis Bay New South Wales Australia
    HMS Nabthorpe Schofields New South Wales Australia RAAF Station Schofields
    HMS Nighthawk Drem East Lothian Scotland Farmland/industry/RAF Drem Museum
    HMS Nighthawk II Haddington East Lothian Scotland Farmland/industry
    HMS Nightjar Inskip Lancashire England Farmland/industry
    HMS Nuthatch Anthorn Cumbria England Anthorn Radio Station
    HMS Osprey Portland Dorset England Coastguard base
    HMS Owl Fearn Ross and Cromarty Scotland
    HMS Peewit East Haven Angus Scotland
    HMS Peregrine Ford West Sussex England
    HMS Pintail Crumlin Co. Antrim Northern Ireland
    HMS Raven Eastleigh Hampshire England Southampton International Airport
    HMS Ringtail Burscough/Ormskirk Lancashire England
    HMS Robin Kirkwall Orkney Scotland Kirkwall Airport
    HMS Sanderling Abbotsinch Renfrewshire Scotland Glasgow Airport
    HMS Sarepta Portland Dorset England
    HMS Seaborn Halifax Nova Scotia Canada CFB Shearwater
    HMS Sealion Ballykelly Co. Londonderry Northern Ireland Shackleton Barracks
    HMS Shrike Maydown Co. Londonderry Northern Ireland Industry
    HMS Simbang Sembawang Singapore Sembawang Air Base
    HMS Siskin Gosport Hampshire England HMS Sultan
    HMS Sparrowhawk Kirkwall Orkney Scotland Industrial Estate
    HMS Spurwing Hastings Western Area Sierra Leone
    HMS Tern Twatt Orkney Scotland
    HMS Ukussa Kalutara Western Province Sri Lanka Katukurunda Airport
    HMS Urley Ronaldsway Isle of Man Isle of Man Airport
    HMS Valluru Madras Madras State India Tambaram Air Force Station
    HMS Vulture St Merryn Cornwall England Farmland
    HMS Vulture II Treligga Cornwall England Farmland
    HMS Wagtail Heathfield South Ayrshire Scotland Housing estate
    HMS Wara Sekondi-Takoradi Ghana Takoradi Airport

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "Air Stations - Air Sections - Air Yards - Air Establishments - Lodger Units". Royal Navy Research Archive - Fleet Air Arm Bases 1939 - present day. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
    2. ^ Fleet Air Arm Officers' Association, FAAOA
    3. ^ "H.M.S. MONARA". royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
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