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A very incomplete list of Hulks and Establishments of the Royal Navy C 1830 -->
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1830-1899
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As the navy regarded barracks as expensive and not conducive to maintaining good discipline most of the navy lived afloat and if not in a sea going ship, then in old wooden 2 and 3 deckers which were known as "receiving ships" ie floating barracks. |
These were situated at the main naval towns at the Nore (Sheerness
and Medway towns), Portsmouth,
Devonport
and Queenstown (Ireland) |
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| 1830 |
HMS EXCELLENT (Hulk) |
Gunnery training |
Portsmouth |
| - |
HMS BOYNE (built 1810) relieves HMS EXCELLENT and is renamed HMS EXCELLENT |
- |
- |
| - |
HMS QUEEN CHARLOTTE (also built 1810) relieves HMS EXCELLENT (BOYNE)
and is renamed HMS EXCELLENT |
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- |
| 1851 |
Whale Island |
Parade Ground created |
Soil from new basins in HM Dockyard transferred to Whale Island increasing
size of Island from 10 to 80 acres |
| 1856 |
HMS CAMBRIDGE (built 1815) replaced by HMS WINDSOR CASTLE (built 1858)
which was renamed HMS CAMBRIDGE |
Devonport Gunnery School established
Moved into RN Barracks, Devonport in 1902 and to Wembury Point, Devon
after WWII. To close in 2003 (?) |
Devonport |
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HMS WILDFIRE |
Nore Gunnery School (attached to CinC Nore) |
Sheerness |
| 1859 |
HMS ASIA |
Hulked and used as Guard and Receiving Ship, Portsmouth - later joined
by the HMS DUKE OF WELLINGTON (see also HMS VICTORY) |
Portsmouth |
| 1859
????
1863 |
HMS BRITANNIA commissioned (relieving the less suitable HMS ILLUSTRIOUS)
Subsequently joined by HMS HINDUSTAN (Hulk) by 1875 |
To train Cadets
do
do |
Haslar Creek, Portsmouth
thence to Portland in 1862 and finally to Dartmouth, River Dart 30
Sep 1963 |
| 1861 |
HMS BOSCAWEN (late TRAFALGAR) (hulk (built 1841 (PRO Ref ADM
135/57)) |
Boys training establishment |
Portland (previously at Southampton Water) |
| 1862 |
Whale Island |
Whale Island: petition by Portsmouth Corporation regarding ownership
(PRO Ref: TS 45/100) |
Portsmouth |
| 1862 |
HMS ST VINCENT (hulk (built 1815)) |
Boys training establishment |
Portsmouth |
| 1863 |
The Royal School of Naval Architecture |
Established for the development of science and naval architecture and
reorganization of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors in 1883 |
Kensington, London |
| 20 Mar 1866 |
HMS GANGES (Hulk - launched Bombay 9 Nov 1821) |
Boys Training Ship |
St Just Pool Falmouth, Cornwall
Moved to Harwich 1899 |
| Jan 1873 |
RN Barracks, Sheerness |
First mention in PRO Catalogue (ADM 117/819) |
Sheerness |
| 1873 |
RN College Greenwich |
Established for the training of Executive Officers (replacing its predecessor
at Portsmouth. |
Greenwich, London |
| 1873 |
Cookery School opened |
Doesn't appear to have done much good! |
Portsmouth |
| 1873 |
HMS PEMBROKE, Originally built in 1812 as a 74, she was rebuilt at Portsmouth as a 60 gun steam block ship in 1854-55 and later reduced to 25 guns. |
Based at Harwich as a Coastguard depot ship in 1860, she later removed to Sheerness, where she was Flag Ship for the Nore, and then to Chatham in 1873 where she took over duties as Receiving Ship for the Nore Command, and carried the flag of the Admiral Superintendent. At some time during this period it must be assumed that she was hulked. See below for 30 April 1903 for the details regarding the transfer to the RN Barracks |
Chatham |
| 1876 |
HMS VERNON (hulk HMS DONEGAL (built 1858)) |
Torpedo and Electrical Training and Experimental Work
She is described by Clowes as being a tender to HMS EXCELLENT at this
time but was commanded by Commander later Admiral John Fisher |
Portsmouth |
| 1877 |
HMS MARLBOROUGH (Hulk) |
Engineer Officer's Training started |
Portsmouth |
| 1880 |
Training School for Engineers opened |
Transferred from HMS MARLBOROUGH at Portsmouth. Closed 1910 and
re-opened 1914.
Emphasise changed to special entry cadets during WWI and then reopened
again for Engineering courses in 1919. Moved to Manadon circa 1939 |
Keyham, Devonport |
| 1881 |
RN Medical School established |
School established to raise the quality of surgeons in the Fleet |
Haslar |
| 1884 |
HMS DEFIANCE |
Torpedo Training (in addition to VERNON at Portsmouth) |
Devonport |
| 1887 |
Whale Island |
Portsmouth Extension - Whale Island. (ADM 116/734) |
Portsmouth |
| 1889 |
Naval School of Telegraphy |
Established: accommodated in the receiving ship (hulk) HMS DUKE
OF WELLINGTON, training was carried out in HMS VICTORY |
Portsmouth |
| 1890 |
First steps taken to move the Ship's Company of the depot ship HMS
ROYAL ADELAIDE ashore in Devonport |
See March 1902 |
Devonport |
| 1890 |
School of Telegraphy, Devonport |
Established, operating from HMS VIVID under the control of the Naval
School of Telegraphy at Portsmouth |
Devonport |
| 1891 |
School of Telegraphy, Chatham |
Established, operating from HMS PEMBROKE under the control of the Naval
School of Telegraphy at Portsmouth |
Chatham, Kent |
| 1891 |
HMS EXCELLENT |
Moved to Whale Island following the building of barracks and practice
batteries. Queen Charlotte condemned. HMS HANDY and other tenders
used for practice afloat. |
Portsmouth |
| 1895 |
Sea-going training squadrons introduced |
For seamen and stokers entering the destroyer service |
Portsmouth |
| 1895 |
Sea-going training squadrons introduced |
For seamen and stokers entering the destroyer service |
Devonport |
| 1895 |
Sea-going training squadrons introduced |
For seamen and stokers entering the destroyer service |
Medway |
| 1896 |
HMS EXCELLENT |
Whale Island Telegraph Office established |
Portsmouth |
| 1896 |
Pigeon loft established, Portsmouth |
Clowes mentions that they were in use in sea going ships prior to this
date |
Portsmouth |
| 1897 |
Pigeon loft established, Devonport |
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Devonport |
| 1899 |
HMS GANGES |
Moved (see 1906) |
Harwich |
| 1899 |
RN Barracks, Portsmouth |
Land acquired from War Office and work commenced (PRO Refs: ADM 116/538,
ADM 116/584, ADM 174/384) |
Portsmouth, Hants |
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1900-1945
| March 1902 |
RN Barracks, Devonport.
Named HMS VIVID after the hulks that was previously occupied as the
receiving ship for the port
(renamed HMS DRAKE 1934) |
First occupied |
Devonport, Plymouth, Devon |
| March 1902 |
Devonport Gunnery School, HMS CAMBRIDGE also moved into RN Barracks,
Devonport for accommodation purposes |
HMS CAMBRIDGE moved to Wembury Point after WW2 |
Devonport, Plymouth, Devon |
| 30 April 1903 |
RN Barracks Chatham, Named
HMS PEMBROKE after the hulk that was previously occupied as the receiving
ship. |
Occupied |
Chatham, Kent |
| Sep 1903 |
RN Barracks, Portsmouth.
Named HMS VICTORY and renamed HMS NELSON
c 1977(?)) Replaced DUKE OF WELLINGTON and ASIA the Portsmouth
guard and receiving ships (or accommodation hulks)! |
Completed |
Portsmouth, Hants |
| 1903 |
RN College, Osborne (HMS RACER) |
Opened for officer cadet training (see 1923 for closure) |
Isle of Wight |
| 9 Dec 1904 |
HMS SAPPHIRE II (formerly IMPEREUSE) |
Sapphire II, the old Impereuse, was brought. to Portland as a store
ship and torpedo depot. |
Source: Portland Year Book 1905 |
| 1 Apr 1905 |
HMS BOSCAWEN |
Removal of training from Portland to Harwich announced to take place
on 18th May next. |
Source: Portland Year Book for1905 |
| 1905 |
HMS GANGES joined by HMS CAROLINE and HMS BOSCAWEN II
In addition a new shore training establishment RN Training Establishment
Shotley was commissioned (see 1927) |
Harwich |
Essex |
| 1905 |
Fort Blockhouse and HMS DOLPHIN (Hulk) |
Set up Submarine Depot |
Gosport |
| 1905 |
Fisgard: a training establishment for engineering artificers at Portsmouth (later moved to Torpoint, Cornwall). It was housed in the old 'Audacious', built as a battleship in 1869, but reduced to a depot ship in 1902. In April 1904 she was renamed Fisgard, and on 1 January 1906 became the artificers training school. Later other old ships were added, including ex-Invincible/1869, ex- Hercules/1868, ex-Hindostan/1841, ex-Terrible/1895 which were used as workshops etc. These became Fisgard-II, Fisgard-III etc. The establishment finally broke up in 1932 when facilities were moved ashore. |
Training Ship for boy artificers until 1932 |
Portsmouth |
| 1906 |
HMS GANGES renamed HMS TENEDOS III |
Boy Artificer Training Establishment until 1920 |
Moved to Chatham |
| 1906 |
HMS BOSCAWEN II renamed HMS GANGES |
until 1927 |
Shotley |
| 1906 |
HMS BOSCAWEN III renamed HMS GANGES II |
- |
Shotley |
| 1906 |
HM Signal School transferred to RN Barracks, Portsmouth |
Later some of the training was transferred to the Tactical School adjacent
to Admiralty House in the Dockyard: see 1941 |
Portsmouth |
| 1906 |
HMS DRYAD |
Navigation School move ashore from HMS MERCURY and name after one of
its tenders |
Portsmouth |
| 1906 |
HMS DREADNOUGHT |
Building Completed |
Portsmouth Dockyard |
| 1908 |
RN Physical Training School |
Moved to Pitt Street, Portsmouth, between the Dockyard and the Naval
Barracks |
Portsmouth |
| 1911 |
1st Naval Air Station |
- |
Eastchurch |
| 1912 |
HMS DOLPHIN |
Commissioned at Fort Blockhouse |
Gosport |
| 1913 |
HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH |
Building completed |
Portsmouth Dockyard |
| 1914 -1915 |
Vivid II |
was an accounting base attached to Vivid during this period. |
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| 1917 |
Anti-Submarine training started |
- |
Portland |
| 1919 |
RN College Osborne closed |
See also 1923 |
Isle if Wight |
| 1920 |
HMS TENEDOS III renamed HMS IMPREGNABLE III |
Moved from Chatham to Devonport for boys training. (see 1929) |
Devonport |
| 1923 |
HMS VERNON |
Moved into shore accommodation from the hulks of HMShips MARLBOROUGH,
WARRIOR and DONEGAL.
Electrical Training of A/S and U/W ratings |
Portsmouth |
| 1919/1923 |
RN College, Osborne (HMS RACER) |
Paid off Training transferred to Dartmouth - (conflicting
evidence of when the establishment was finally closed). |
Isle of Wight |
| 1924 |
Forton Training Establishment, Forton Barracks |
RM Barracks, Forton converted to new entry boys training |
Gosport, Hants |
| 1924 |
HMS OSPREY |
Established for Anti-submarine training and experimental work
(About 1940/1 HMS OSPREY moved to Dunoon, Scotland for the rest of
WWII due to its vulnerability to attack from across the Channel and returned
in 1946) |
Portland, Dorset |
| 1926 |
HMS ST VINCENT |
Forton Training Establishment. Adoption of name HMS ST. VINCENT for
Boys Training Establishment at Forton Barracks. (PRO Ref ADM 1/8696/41) |
Gosport, Hants |
| 1927 |
RN Training Establishment Shotley recommissioned as HMS GANGES |
New entry boys training |
Shotley |
| 1929 |
HMS IMPREGNABLE III (formerly GANGES) |
Taken out of service and broken up in 1930 |
Devonport |
| 1932 |
HMS EXCELLENT |
Institution of a Diving School under the administration of the Captain,
H.M.S. Excellent. Proposed organization (PRO Ref ADM 1/8763/277) |
Whale Island |
| 1932 |
HMS FISGARD |
Artificer training moved from Portsmouth to Chatham until 1939 |
Chatham |
| 1938 |
HMS RALEIGH |
Subsequently commissioned to train new entry ordinary seamen |
Torpoint, Cornwall |
| 1939 |
HMS FISGARD |
Artificer training moved ashore to Torpoint, Cornwall until 1983 |
Torpoint, Cornwall |
| 1939/40 |
RN Engineering College Manadon |
Commissioned - transferred from RNEC Keyham - see HMS THUNDERER - 1946
(A tender to HMS DRAKE) |
Plymouth |
| 1940 |
HMS COLLINGWOOD |
Commissioned to train Hostilities Only Seamen - Jan 1940 |
Fareham, Hants |
| 1940 |
HMS COLLINGWOOD |
W/T Training transferred from HMS ST VINCENT |
Fareham, Hants |
| 1941 |
Tobermory, Scotland |
Work-up base for minor warships |
- |
| 16th August 1941 |
HMS MERCURY |
Commissioned as Signal School on transfer from HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
where it occupied the Tactical School adjacent to Admiralty House |
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| 1941 |
HMS QUEEN CHARLOTTE commissioned |
Anti-Aircraft Gunnery School |
Ainsdale Lido, Ainsdale-On-Sea
Closed 1946 |
| 1942 |
HMS COLLINGWOOD |
Radio Direction Finding School |
Fareham. Hants |
| 1942 |
Damage Control School formed |
- |
London |
| 1942-5 |
HMS ST VINCENT |
Revised training arrangements: new entry naval training of observers
and pilots transferred from Lee-on-Solent to HMS ST VINCENT: |
Gosport, Hants |
| 1944 |
HM Ships CERES and DESPATCH |
Accommodation ships for Portsmouth: supply of HM Ships CERES and DESPATCH
for this purpose |
Portsmouth, Hants |
| 1944 |
HMS DEMETRIUS |
Supply and Secretariat Training received from Highgate, London - see
HMS CERES 1946 |
York Road, Wetherby, Yorkshire - opposite the race course. |
| 1945 |
Admiralty Craft Experimental Establishment |
Attached to HMS HORNET |
- |
1946-2001
| 1946 |
RNEC Manadon commissioned as HMS THUNDERER |
See 1939/40 - RNEC Manadon |
Plymouth |
| 1946 |
HMS VERNON |
Transfer of diving school from HMS EXCELLENT to HMS VERNON (PRO Ref
ADM 1/19742) |
Portsmouth |
| Post WWII |
HMS CAMBRIDGE |
Commissioned - staff and trainees move from RN Barracks, Devonport |
Wembury Point, Devon |
| 1946 |
HMS COLLINGWOOD |
Electrical training transferred from HMS VERNON |
Fareham, Hants |
| 1946/7 |
HMS PHOENIX/HMS FERRET |
Joint anti-submarine school Londonderry: renaming of HMS FERRET to
HMS PHOENIX (PRO Ref: ADM 1/19991) |
Londonderry |
| 1946 |
HMS DEMETRIUS renamed HMS CERES |
Supply and Secretariat Training (see 1958) |
Wetherby, Yorkshire |
| 1946 |
RN Radar School |
Radex House (RN Radar School, Portsmouth): transfer of administration
from HMS COLLINGWOOD to HMS DRYAD (PRO Ref ADM 1/19740) |
Portsmouth, Hants |
| 1947/9 |
RN Air Station St Merryn |
Selection and training of air weapons officers: transfer of equipment
and personnel of Air Gunnery Section HMS EXCELLENT to the Air Armament
School RN Air Station St Merryn (PRO Ref ADM 1/21613) |
St Merryn, N Cornwall |
| 1948 |
RN Training Squadron |
Established |
Based on Portland and invariably known as the Portland Squadron |
| 1948 |
HMS RALEIGH |
New entry training for Stoker Branch introduced at HMS RALEIGH |
Torpoint, Cornwall |
| 1948? |
HMS IMPREGNABLE |
Paid off |
Plymouth, Devon |
| 1948? |
HMS ST GEORGE |
Paid off |
Isle of Man |
| 1948/9 |
HMS EXCELLENT |
Regulating Branch: assumption of Nominating and Administrative Authority
by Commanding Officer RN Regulating Branch (HMS KESTREL); transfer of RN
Regulating School to HMS EXCELLENT (PRO Ref ADM 1/21047) |
Whale Island, Portsmouth |
| 1949 |
HMS PHOENIX |
Commissioned as NBCD School |
Stamshaw, Portsmouth |
| 1951 |
RN Regulating School |
Established |
Whale Island, Portsmouth |
| 1952 |
HMS ARIEL |
Paid Off |
Warrington, Lancs |
| 1952 |
HMS ARIEL |
Commissioned for Air Electrical Training
formerly HMS KESTREL, RNAS Worthy Down. |
Worthy Down, Winchester, Hants: taken over by the Royal Army Pay Corps in 1958 for use as Pay and Records Computer Centre (RAPCCC). |
| 1956 |
HMS SULTAN |
Commissioned - to train Engineering Mechanics (formerly known as Stokers) |
Gosport, Hants |
| 1956 |
Naval bases at: Scapa Flow, Invergordon, Harwich, Bermuda |
Paid off |
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| 1956/7 |
Naval Drafting Authority - later known as the Commodore Naval Drafting
(HMS PRESIDENT) - see later for HMS CENTURION |
Commissioned |
Lythe Hill House,
Haslemere, Surrey |
| 1957 |
HMS PHOENIX (See NBCD School) |
Paid off |
Portsmouth, Hants |
| 1957 |
NBCD School |
Replaced HMS PHOENIX |
Portsmouth, Hants |
| 1957 |
HMS HORNET (Coastal forces) |
Paid off |
Hythe, Southampton, Hants |
| 1957/8 |
HMS EXCELLENT |
RM Gunnery School, Eastney: closure and transfer of training to HMS
Excellent (PRO Ref ADM 1/26839) |
Whale Island, Portsmouth |
| 1958 |
Flag Officer Sea Training |
Established |
Portland |
| 1958 |
HMS CERES |
Supply and Secretariat Training transferred to HMS PEMBROKE eg Writers,
Stores, Cooks and Stewards - HMS CERES paid off for use as a Borstal or
YCC |
Wetherby, Yorkshire to
Chatham, Kent |
| 1958 |
HMS HARRIER |
WRNS RP and Met Training. Teaching air navigation and direction
- transferred to HMS DRYAD, Southwick, Hampshire (The PRO Catalogue also
has this reference: DEFE 51/47 Kete, Pembs: RN establishment HMS Harrier;
clearance of buildings and sale of land 1958-1967) |
Kete, Dale, Pembs |
| 1960 |
C-in-C Home Fleet |
Hoists flag |
Northwood, Middlesex |
| 1961 |
Nore Command (C-in-C The Nore) |
closed |
Chatham |
| 1961/4 |
HMS HARRIER |
Admiralty: miscellaneous; closure of HMS Harrier (PRO Ref BD 28/748
& DEFE 51/47) |
Kete, Dale, Pembs |
| 1964 |
HMS ARIEL |
HMS DAEDALUS renamed |
Lee-on-Solent, Hants |
| 1970/71 |
HMS CENTURION (RN Drafting, Pay and Records) |
Commodore Naval Drafting at Haslemere transferred to HMS CENTURION.
Pay and Records transferred from HMS PRESIDENT to HMS CENTURION |
Gosport, Hants |
| - |
HMS Attack |
Coastal Forces Base |
Portland |
| 1973 |
HMS GANGES |
Paid off |
Shotley Gate, Norwich, Essex |
| 1974 |
HMS EXCELLENT |
Gunnery Training ceased: RN Regulating School continues to operate
from Whale Island |
Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hants |
| 1979 |
HMS COLLINGWOOD |
Converted to Weapons Engineering Training: 1993 Communications
training transferred from HMS MERCURY |
Fareham, Hants |
| 1981 |
HMS DAUNTLESS |
Paid off: transferred to HMS RALEIGH? |
Burghfield, Reading, Berks |
| 1982 |
HMS EXCELLENT |
Training ceased |
- |
| 1982 |
HMS VERNON |
Training ceased and transferred to HMS DRYAD - 1985 site later sold
for redevelopment? |
Portsmouth, Hants |
| 1983 |
HMS FISGARD |
Training ceased and artificer training transferred to HMS RALEIGH |
- |
| 1982 |
HMS PEMBROKE |
Training ceased and transferred to HMS RALEIGH |
- |
| 1982 |
HMS CALEDONIA |
Training ceased |
- |
| 1993 |
HMS MERCURY |
Paid off. Communications Training transferred to HMS COLLINGWOOD |
East Meon, Petersfield, Hants |
| - |
HMS NEPTUNE |
- |
Clyde, Scotland |
| - |
HMS PEMBROKE IV |
- |
Skegness |
| - |
HMS PRESIDENT |
The ship name for officers and ratings serving with the Admiralty or
MOD and former accounting base for MOD(RN) bases around the world which
are not big enough to account for themselves before this job was taken
over by HMS CENTURION c 197?
WRNS accommodation, London RNR, London |
Furse House,
37, Queen's Gate Terrace,
London |
| - |
HMS VICTORY IV |
Accounting Base for Portsmouth based ships which don't carry their
own ship's office eg Portsmouth Squadron including HM Ships BOXER, VIGO,
WAKEFUL, RAMPART (LCT), Diving Ship HMS RECLAIM, PLOVER, STARLING, REDPOLE |
Portsmouth, Hants |
| - |
HMS ROYAL ARTHUR |
Petty Officer's Leadership Course |
Corsham, Wilts |
| - |
HMS Cambridge |
Gunnery Training School |
Devonport (hulk) and later Wembury Point, Devon |
| - |
HMS NEPTUNE |
Reserve Fleet |
Chatham |
| - |
HMS BELLEROPHON |
Reserve Fleet
Flag Officer Commanding Reserve Fleet (FOCRF) |
Portsmouth |
| - |
HMS ORION |
Reserve Fleet |
Devonport |
| 1996 |
Portsmouth Commmand |
Disestablished |
Portsmouth |
Naval Air Stations
| - |
HMS Bambara |
Royal Naval Air Station Trinco. |
China Bay. Trincomalee. Commissioned 1 Jan 1944. Transferred to the RAF 1951. Many thanks to Andrew and his Dad. |
| - |
HMS Daedalus |
Air Station and Fleet Air Arm Training |
Lee-on-Solent, Hants |
| - |
HMS Goldcrest |
Royal Naval Air Station |
At one time included Angle, Dale, Keat, and Brawdy - eventually combined under RNAS Brawdy, which was transferred to RAF in 1971. Many thanks to Andrew and his Dad. |
| - |
HMS Gamecock |
Air Station |
Bramcote, Nuneaton |
| - |
HMS Nuthatch |
Air Station |
Anthorn, Carlisle, Cumberland |
| - |
HMS Gannet |
Air Station |
Prestwick |
| - |
HMS Heron |
Air Station |
Yeovilton, Nr Yeovil, Somerset |
| - |
HMS Sea Eagle |
Air Station |
Londonderry, N Ireland |
| 1947 |
HMS Seahawk |
Air Station |
Culdrose, Helston, Cornwall |
| 1951 |
HMS Hornbill |
RN Air Station |
Culham, Oxfordshire 1944-59 |
Overseas Bases
| 1858 |
HMS PRINCESS CHARLOTTE (launched 1825) |
Sent to Hong Kong 1858 to act as receiving ship |
- |
| 1874 |
HMS VICTOR EMMANUEL (launched 1855 as REPULSE) |
Hong Kong receiving ship |
Arrived Hong Kong 4 Nov 1874 |
| 1897 |
HMS TAMAR (launched Jun 1863) |
Relieved VICTOR EMMANUEL as Hong Kong receiving ship end of 1897
Moved alongside 1913 |
Victoria, Hong Kong: scuttled 12 Nov 1941 |
| 1933 |
HMS ST ANGELO |
HMS EGMONT renamed |
Malta |
| 1946 |
HMS TAMAR |
Recommissioned using former Wellington Army Barracks |
Hong Kong |
| 1959-1962 |
HMS TAMAR moved to new site |
- |
Hong Kong returned to Chinese 1997 - HMS TAMAR |
| 1946? |
HMS TERROR |
Accommodation Barracks for personnel in transit and ships under going
refit in the Naval Base.
Accounting Base for minesweepers and other small ships in the Far East
except those based at Hong Kong |
HM Naval Base, Singapore
Handed over to RAN 1971 |
| 1946 |
HMS PHOENIX (RNARY Fayid) |
Commonwealth of Nations (21): RN air stations: reduction of manning
in Mediterranean Command: establishment of aircraft storage section at
Royal Naval Aircraft Repair Yard Fayid approved: HMS PHOENIX (RNARY Fayid)
reduced to care and maintenance in January 1946 (PRO Ref: ADM 1/17500) |
Egypt |
| - |
RNAS Simbang |
- |
Singapore |
| - |
HMS HIGHFLYER |
Naval Base, Trincomalee. |
Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanca) 1943-1957. (Many thanks to Andrew and his Dad.) |
| - |
HMS JUFAIR |
Naval Base, Persian Gulf (1955-Dec 1971 following the termination of protectorate status). |
Bahrein |
| - |
HMS ??? |
- |
Trincomalee, Ceylon |
| - |
|
- |
Woomera, Australia |
| - |
H.M.S. FLORA |
Guard Ship, Simonstown |
|
| 1956 |
HMS AFRIKANDER |
Naval Base, Simonstown |
Simonstown, Cape Town, S Africa. Handed over to South African |
| - |
RNAS Hal Far |
- |
Hal Far, Malta |
| - |
HMS ROOKE |
- |
Gibraltar |
| - |
HMS MALABAR |
formerly HMS TERROR? |
Bermuda |
| 1968 |
HMS SHEBA |
Paid off |
Aden |
| 1997 |
HMS TAMAR |
Paid off |
Hong Kong |
Notes:
| HMS MARLBOROUGH - Built at Portsmouth
Dockyard and launched in July, 1855, the naming ceremony being performed
by Queen Victoria. Length between perpendiculars: 245� 6�.
Length, overall: 283�. Breadth: 61� 2 ½�. Depth of hold: 25� 10�.
Burthen: 4,000 tons. Load draught: 25�, forward and 26�, aft. Height
of taffrail above lwl: 39� 10�. Height of main truck above lwl: 213�
4�. Weight of mainmast: 23 tons. Weight of mainyard: 6 tons. Length
of mainyard: 111�. Weight of anchors: 23 tons. Weight of rigging: 93 tons.
Weight of sails: 15 tons. Area of sails: 38,974 square feet. Weight of
guns and carriages: 369 tons. Weight of shot: 170 tons. Weight of powder:
64 tons. Weight of machinery: 600 tons. Weight of water in boiler: 100
tons. Her lower deck guns were 68-pounders, her middle deck, long 32-pounders,
her main deck, long shorts and the forecastle and quarterdeck armament
was large-calibre carronades. |
| 1852 HMS ASIA (Built at 1824 Bombay. Sold 19O8) paid-off at Portsmouth and from 1859 she was used as Guard and Receiving Ship at Portsmouth under Capt. G
GORDON |
| If anyone wishes to know more about Shore Bases, there is an excellent
book by Lt Cdr Warlow, RN called "Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy"
printed by Maritime Books whose address is Lodge Hill, Liskeard, Cornwall
(tel: 01579 343663).ISBN0-907771-74-2. This book describes the History
of these bases, and tells us that there were in the region of 417 bases
around the world from 1960 onwards, and 97 were still existing in 1997.
An impressive book listing upwards of 1,000 naval bases around the world. |
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