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Fleet Air Arm Bases in the UK and Overseas
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Shore Base UK

  
A RNAS Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire, Scotland 1943 - 1963 .
RNAS Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales 1943 - 1943 .
RNAS Anthorn, Cumbria, England 1944 - 1964 .
RNAS Arbroath, Angus, England 1940 - 1971 .
RNAS Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland 1944 - 1964 .
RNAS Andover, 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Andreas 19?? - 19?? .
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RNAS Ballyhalbert, Co. Down, Northern Ireland 1945 - 1945 .
  RNAS Ballykelly, Co. Londonderry , Northern Ireland 1945 - 1971  
RNAS Belfast, Co. Antrim 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Bramcote, Warwickshire 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Brawdy, Pembrokeshire 19?? - 19?? .
Boulmer 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Burscough, Lancastershire 19?? - 19?? .
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RAF Church Fenton, North Yorkshire 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Culham, Oxfordshire 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Charlton Horethorne, Somerset 19?? - 19?? .
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RNAS Dale, Pembrokeshire, Wales 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Donibristle, Fife 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Dundonald, Ayrshire, Scotland 19?? - 19?? .
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RNAS Eglington, Co. Londonderry 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Evanton, Highland 19?? - 19?? .
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RNAS Fearn, Highland 19?? - 19?? .
RNAY Fleetland, Hampshire 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Ford, West Sussex 19?? - 19?? .
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RNAS Gosport, Hampshire 19?? - 19?? .
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RNAS Hatson, Mainland Orkney HMS Sparrowhawk 19?? - 19?? .

One mile to the north west of Kirkwall on the island of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It was located near the strategically vital naval base of Scapa Flow, which for most of the twentieth century formed the main base of the ships of the Home Fleet.
Hatston's main period of activity came during the World War II, when it was host to a number of different types of aircraft of the FAA. Two squadrons of Blackburn Skuas flew from Hatston on 10 April 1940, on a mission to sink the German cruiser Königsberg, in which they were successful.

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RNAS Henstridge, Dorset 19?? - 19?? .
Hawarden 19?? - 19?? .
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RNAS Kirkwall, Mainland Orkney ( HMS Robin) 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Kirkistown, Co. Down 19?? - 19?? .
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RNAS Lee-On-Solent, Hampshire 19?? - 19?? .
RAF Leuchars, Fife 19?? - 19?? .
RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Lossimouth, Moray 19?? - 19?? .
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RNAS Maydown, Co. Londonderry (HMS Shrike)  19?? - 19?? .
Is located 4.3 miles (6.9 km) northeast of Derry, County Londonderry and 11.4 miles (18.3 km) west of Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. .
RAF Machrihanish, Argyll & Bute 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Milltown, Moray 19?? - 19?? .
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RAF Nutts Corner, Co. Antrim 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS North Front, Gibraltar 19?? - 19?? .
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RNAS Prestwick, South Ayrshire, Scotland 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Portland, Dorset 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Peterhead, Aberdeen 19?? - 19?? .
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RAF Skeabrae, Mainland Orkney 19?? - 19?? .
RAF St. Davids, Pembrokeshire 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS St. Merryn, Cornwall 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Stretton, Cheshire 19?? - 19?? .
RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire 19?? - 19?? .
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NAD Townhill Camp 19?? - 19?? .
RAF Thorney Island, West Sussex  19?? - 19?? .
Is located 6.6 miles west of Chichester, West Sussex, England and 7.1 miles east of Portsmouth, Hampshire. .
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RNAS Turnhouse, Midlothian 1942 - 1997 .
RAF Wroughton, Wiltshire 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Wingfiled, 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Worthy Down, Hampshire 19?? - 19?? .
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RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset 19?? - 19?? .
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Admirality Islands

  
RNAS Ponam 19?? - 19?? .
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Australia

  
  Archerfield, Queensland, Australia HMS Nabsford & HMS Nabreekie 1945 - 1946 -
  RAAF Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia HMS Nabberley 1945 - 1946  
  RAAF Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia HMS Nabswick 1945 - 1946  
  RAAF Maryborough, Queensland, Australia HMS Nabstock 1945 - 1946  
  RANAS Nowra, New South Wales, Australia HMAS Albatross 1948 - today  
  RANRY Schofields, New South Wales, Australia HMS Nabthorpe & HMAS Nirimba 1945 - 1956  
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Canada

  
RCAF Station Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (from 1948 RCNAS Shearwater) 1920 - 1948 .
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Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

  
RAF China Bay 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Colombo Racecourse, Ceylon 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Puttalam, Ceylon 19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Trincomalee, Ceylon   19?? - 19?? .
RNAS Katukurunda, Ceylon HMS Ukussa 19?? - 19?? .
Tambaram 19?? - 19?? .
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India

  
RNAS Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India 19?? - 19?? .
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Malta

  
RNAS Hal Far, Malta 19?? - 19?? .
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Singapore

  
RNAS Sembawang, Singapore 19?? - 19?? .
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South Africa

  
RNAS 19?? - 19?? .
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USA

  
NAS Brunswick Maine USA 19?? - 19?? .
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last update 10. September 2016

written 1. November 2011

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