FAA

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Ships Names of Fleet Air Arm Stations
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	Aircraft
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A	HMS Afrikander			.
	HMS Ariel	RNAS Worthy Down, Winchester		.
	HMS Ariel II			.
	HMS Ashbury	NAS Quonset Point, USA		.
				.
B	HMS Baldur			.
	HMS Bambara			.
	HMS Berunda			.
	HMS Blackcap			.
	HMS Buzzard			.
				.
C	HMS Canada	Halifax, Dartmouth & Yarmouth in Canada		.
	HMS Caroline			.
	HMS Cough			.
	HMS Condor	RNAS Arbroath, Angus, England	1940 - 1971	.
	HMS Condor II			.
	HMS Cormorant II			.
	HMS Corncrake	RNAS Ballyhalbert, Co. Down, NI.	1945 - 1945	.
	HMS Corncrake II			.
	HMS Curlew			.
				.
D	HMS Daedalus	Lee-on-Solent, Hants		.
	HMS Daedalus II			.
	HMS Daedalus III			.
	HMS Dipper			.
	HMS Dotterel			.
	HMS Drake II			.
	HMS Dryard			.
				.
E	HMS Edinburgh Castle			.
	HMS Europa II			.
				.
F	HMS Falcon			.
	HMS Fieldfare			.
	HMS Fledgling			.
	HMS Flycatcher			.
	HMS Fulmar			.
	HMS Fulmar II			.
				.
G	HMS Gadwell			.
	HMS Gamecock			.
	HMS Gannet			.
	HMS Gannet I			.
	HMS Gannet II			.
	HMS Garuda			.
	HMS Godwit			.
	HMS Godwit I			.
	HMS Goldcrest	RNAS Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales	1943 - 1943	.
	HMS Goldcrest II			.
	HMS Goldfinch			.
	HMS Goshawk			.
	HMS Gosling			.
	HMS Grebe			.
				.
H	HMS Haitan			.
	HMS Harrier			.
	HMS Herron			.
	HMS Herron II			.
	HMS Highflyer			.
	HMS Hornbill			.
	HMS Hornbill II			.
	HMS Hummingbird			.
				.
J	HMS Jackdaw			.
	HMS Jackdaw II			.
				.
K	HMS Kaluga			.
	HMS Kestrel			.
	HMS Kilele			.
	HMS Kipanga			.
	HMS Kipanga II			.
	HMS Kongoni			.
	HMS Korongo			.
				.
L	HMS Landrail			.
	HMS Landrail II			.
	HMS Lanka			.
				.
M	HMS Macaw			.
	HMS Malabar			.
	HMS Malabar II			.
	HMS Malabar III			.
	HMS Malagas			.
	HMS Medina			.
	HMS Mentor II			.
	HMS Marganser			.
	HMS Merlin			.
	HMS Monara			.
	HMS Moragai			.
				.
N	HMS Nabaron	MONAB 4		.
	HMS Nabberley	MONAB 2		.
	HMS Nabbington	MONAB 1		.
	HMS Nabacatcher	MONAB 8		.
	HMS Nabhurst	MONAB 10		.
	HMS Nabreekle	MONAB 7		.
	HMS Nabrock	MONAB 9		.
	HMS Nabsford	TAMY 1		.
	HMS Nabstock	MONAB 6		.
	HMS Nabswick	MONAB 5		.
	HMS Nabthorpe	MONAB 3		.
	HMS Nighthawk			.
	HMS Nightjar			.
	HMS Nile			.
	HMS Nile II			.
	HMS Nuthatch	RNAS Anthorn, Cumbria	1944 - 1964	.
				.
O	HMS Osprey			.
	HMS Owl			.
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P	HMS Pewit			.
	HMS Pembroke II			.
	HMS Perregine			.
	HMS Phoenix			.
	HMS Pintail			.
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R	HMS Rajaliya			.
	HMS Rajawali			.
	HMS Raven			.
	HMS Ringtail			.
	HMS Ringtail II			.
	HMS Robin			.
	HMS Rooke			.
				.
S	HMS St. Vincent			.
	HMS Saker			.
	HMS Saker II			.
	HMS Sanderling	RNAS Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire	1943 - 1963	.
	HMS Seaborn			.
	HMS Sea Eagle			.
	HMS Seahawk	RNAS Ballykelly, Co. Londonderry, NI.	1945 - 1971	.
	HMS Sealion			.
	HMS Seruwa			.
	HMS Sheba			.
	HMS Shrike			.
	HMS Simbang			.
	HMS Siskin			.
	HMS Sparrowhawk			.
	HMS Surwing			.
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T	HMS Tamar			.
	HMS Tern			.
	HMS Tern II			.
	HMS Turnstone			.
				.
U	HMS Ukussa	RNAS Katukurunda, Sri Lanka		.
	HMS Urley	RNAS Ronaldsway, Isle of Man	1940 - 1943	.
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V	HMS Vairi			.
	HMS Valkyrie			.
	HMS Valluru			.
	HMS Vulture			.
	HMS Vulture II			.
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W	HMS Wagtail	RNAS Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland	1944 - 1946	.
	HMS Wara			.
	HMS Waxwing			.
	HMS Woodpecker			.
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Ship	Location	Function	Approx Period
ABOUKIR	Alexandria, Egypt	Naval Base	WW2
AFRIKANDER	Simonstown, South Africa (Also Wingfield & Wynberg)	Naval Base	Pre WW2 & WW2
ALBATROSS	Nowra, NSW, Australia	Naval Air Station	WW2
APHRODITE	Cyprus	Naval Base	Post WW2
APPLEDORE	Appledore, Devon	Landing Craft Base	WW2
ASCENSION	Ascension Island	Naval Base	1816 – 1923
ASSEGAI	Durban, South Africa	Naval Base	WW2

BAIDUR	Huitanes, Iceland	Naval Air Section	WW2
BAMBARA	China Bay & Trincomalee, Sri Lanka	Naval Air Station	WW2
BHERUNDA	Colombo Racecourse, Sri Lanka	Naval Air Station	WW2
BLACKCAP	Warrington, Lancashire	Naval Air Station	WW2
BRAGANZA	Bombay, India	Naval Base	WW2
BRITTANIA	Dartmouth	RN College
BUZZARD	Palisadoes, Jamaica	Naval Air Station	WW2
BYRSA	Naples, Italy	Naval Base	WW2

CALEDONIA	Rosyth	Naval Base
CAMBRIDGE	Wembury, nr Plymouth	Gunnery Range	Post WW2
CENTURION	Gosport	DPRORM	Post WW2
CERES	Wetherby, Yorks	RN Supply & Secretariat School	Post WW2
CHEMBUR	Bombay, India	RM Camp	WW2
COCHRANE	Rosyth	Naval Base
COMMONWEALTH	Kure, Japan	Naval Base	Post WW2
COPRA	Largs, Scotland	Combined Ops Pay & Drafting	WW2
CORMORANT	Gibraltar	Naval Base
CRICKET	Bursledon, Hants	Landing Craft Base	WW2
CURLEW	St Merryn	Naval Air Station	Post WW2

DARTMOUTH	Dartmouth, Devon	Landing Craft Training	WW2
DIPPER	Henstridge	Naval Air Station	WW2
DOLPHIN	Gosport	Submarine Depot
DRAGONFLY	Hayling Island	Combined Operations Base	WW2
DRAKE	Devonport	RN Barracks
DUNDONALD	Auchengate	Combined Operations Signals School	WW2

EFFINGHAM	Dartmouth	Combined Operations Base	WW2
EXCELLENT	Whale Island, Portsmouth	RN Gunnery School

FALCON	Hal Far, Malta	Naval Air Station	Pre & post WW2
FIELDFARE	Evanton, Scotland	Naval Air Yard	WW2
FLEDGLING	Milmeece	WRNS Air Training Camp	WW2
FLYCATCHER	Ludham, Norfolk & Middle Wallop, Hants	Naval Air Station	WW2
FLYING FOX	Bristol	RNR
FOLIOT	Plymouth	Landing Craft Base	WW2
FULMAR	Lossiemouth	Naval Air Station	Post WW2
FULMAR II	Milltown	Naval Air Station	Post WW2

GADWALL	Belfast (Sydenham)	Naval Air Station & Air Yard	WW2 & post WW2
GAMECOCK	Bramcote	Naval Air Station	Post WW2
GANGES	Harwich	Boys Training Establishment
GANNET	Eglinton, Londonderry	Naval Air Station	WW2 & post WW2
GANNET	Prestwick, Ayrshire	Naval Air Base – Search & Rescue	Post 1971
GARUDA	Coimbatore, India	Naval Air Yard	WW2
GLORY	Murmansk	RM Field Force and 6^th Bn (?)	1918-1919
GODWIT	Hinstock	Naval Air Station	WW2
GODWIT II	Peplow	Naval Air Station	WW2
GOLDCREST	Dale, then Brawdy	Naval Air Station	WW2 & post WW2
GOLDEN HIND	Sydney NSW	Naval Base	WW2
GOLDFINCH	Ta Kali, Malta	Naval Air Station	WW2
GOSHAWK	Piarco, Trinidad	Naval Air Station	WW2
GOSLING	Risley	Training Establishment	WW2
GREBE	Dekheila, Egypt	Naval Air Station	WW2

HAITAN	Gan (Addu Attol)	Naval Air Strip	WW2
HAMILCAR	Algeria/Messina	Landing Craft Base	WW2
HANNIBAL	Algiers/Taranto	Naval Base	WW2
HARRIER	Kete	Aircraft Direction Centre	Post WW2
HELDER	Brightlingsea	Landing Craft Base	WW2
HERON	Yeovilton	Naval Air Station
HIGHFLYER	Trincomalee	Naval Base	WW2 & post WW2
HORNBILL	Culham	Naval Air Station	Post WW2
HORNET	Gosport	Coastal Forces Base	Pre WW2 & WW2
HUMMINGBIRD	Zeals, Wiltshire	Naval Air Station	Post WW2

JACKDAW	Crail, Fife	Naval Air Station	WW2
JACKDAW II	Dunino, Fife	Naval Air Station	WW2
JUFAIR	Bahrain	Naval Base

KING ALFRED	Hove	RNVR training establishment	WW2
KESTREL	Worthy Down	Naval Air Station	WW2 & post WW2
KILELE	Tanga, Tanzania	Naval Air Station	WW2
KIPANGA II	Mackinnon Road	Naval Air Station	WW2
KONGONI	Durban, South Africa	Naval Air Station	WW2
KORONGO	Nairobi, Kenya	Naval Air Yard	WW2

LANDLOCK	Cochin/Singapore	MOLCAB2*	WW2
LANDRAIL	Machrihanish	Naval Air Station	WW2
LANDSWELL	Cochin/Singapore	MOLCAB1 *	WW2
LANKA	Colombo	Naval Base	WW2

MACAW	Bootle, Cumberland	Naval Aircrew Reception Centre	WW2
MALABAR	Bermuda and Jamaica	Naval Base
MALAGAS	Wingfield, South Africa	Naval Air Station & Repair Yard	WW2
MARTIAL	Alexandria	MNBDO ** Depot Ship	WW2
MARVE	Bombay	RM Camp – Landing Craft	WW2
MASHOBRA	Narvik, Norway	MNBDO Base ship	1939-1940
MEDINA	Puckpool Camp, IoW	Aircrew New Entry Camp	WW2
MENACE	Portsmouth	MNBDO2 Base Ship	WW2
MERCURY	East Meon, nr Petersfield	RN Signal School
MERGANSER	Rattray, Scotland	Naval Air Station	WW2
MERLIN	Donibristle, Scotland	Naval Air Station & Repair Yard	WW2 & post WW2
MESSINA		LST 3043
MONAB ***		Mobile Naval Air Base	WW2
MONCK	Port Glasgow	Landing Craft Base	WW2
MORAGAI	Gan (Addu Attol)	Naval Air Strip	WW2

NABARON	Ponam & Pittyilu, Admiralty Islands	MONAB 4 ***	WW2
NABBERLEY	Bankstown, Australia	MONAB 2 ***	WW2
NABBINGTON	Nowra, Australia	MONAB 1 ***	WW2
NABCATCHER	Kai Tak, Hong Kong	MONAB 8 ***	WW2
NABHURST		MONAB 10 ***	WW2
NABREEKIE	Archerfield, Australia	MONAB 7 ***	WW2
NABROCK	Sembawang, Singapore	MONAB 9 ***	WW2
NABSFORD	Archerfield, Australia	Temporary Air Maintenance Yard	WW2
NABSTOCK	Maryborough & Schofields, South Africa	MONAB 6 ***	WW2
NABSWICK	Jervis Bay & Nowra, Aus	MONAB 5 ***	WW2
NABTHORPE	Schofields, South Africa	MONAB 3 ***	WW2
NARVIK	Monte Bello	LST 3044	1952
NELSON	Portsmouth	RN Barracks
NEPTUNE	Faslane	Submarine Base
NIGHTHAWK	Drem	Naval Air Station	WW2
NIGHTJAR	Inskip	Naval Air Station	WW2
NILE	Alexandria	Naval Base	WW2
NORTHENEY	Hayling Island	Landing Craft Base	WW2
NUTHATCH	Anthorn, Cumberland	Naval Air Station	WW2

ODYSSEY	Ilfracombe/London	RN Accounting base	WW2
OSPREY	Portland	Naval Base
OWL	Fearn	Naval Air Station	WW2

PEEWIT	East Haven	Naval Air Station	WW2
PEMBROKE	Chatham	RN Barracks
PEMBROKE II	Eastchurch	Naval Air Station	WW1
PEREGRINE	Ford, Sussex	Naval Air Station	WW2 & post WW2
PHOENICIA	Manoel Island, Malta	RN Accounting Base	WW2 & post WW2
PHOENIX	Fayid, Egypt	Naval Air Yard	WW2
PINTAIL	Nutts Corner, NI	Naval Air Station	WW2
PRESIDENT	London	RN Accounting Base
PROSPERINE	Lyness, Scapa Flow	Naval Base	WW2

QUEBEC	Inverary, Scotland	Combined Training Centre	WW2

RAJALIYA	Puttalam, Sri Lanka	Naval Air Station	WW2
RALEIGH	Torpoint, Cornwall	RN Training Establishment
RAVEN	Eastleigh, Hants	Naval Air Station	WW2
RINGTAIL	Burscough	Naval Air Station	WW2
ROBERTSON	Nr Sandwich, Kent	Landing Craft Base	WW2
ROBIN	Grimsetter	Naval Air Station	WW2
ROOKE	Gibraltar	Naval Base
ROSENEATH	Roseneath, Dunbartonshire	Landing Craft Base	WW2
ROYAL ALBERT	London & Germany	RN Accounting Base (NP 1749)	WW2
ROYAL ARTHUR	Butlins, Skegness	RN Training Establishment	WW2
ROYAL ARTHUR	Corsham, Wilts	Petty Officers’ School	Post WW2
ROYAL PRINCE	Krefeld, Germany	Landing Craft Base (Rhine Squadron (NP 1817)

ST ANGELO	Malta	Naval Base
ST GEORGE	Isle of Man	Naval Training Establishment	WW2
ST GEORGE	Portsmouth	Gunnery Range (Eastney)
ST HELIER	Dartmouth	Landing Craft Base	WW2
ST MATHEW	Burnham-on-Crouch,	Landing Craft Training	WW2
ST VINCENT	Gosport	RN Training Establishment
SAKER	New York, USA	RN Accounting Base
SANDERLING	Abbotsinch	Naval Air Station	WW2 & post WW2
SAUNDERS	Kabrit, Egypt	Combined Training Centre	WW2
SEABORN	Dartmouth, Canada	Naval Air Station	WW2
SEA EAGLE	Londonderry	Naval Base (see EGLINGTON)
SEAHAWK	Culdrose, Cornwall	Naval Air Station	Post WW2
SERUWA	Ratmalana, Sri Lanka	Personnel Transit Camp	WW2
SHEBA	Aden	Naval Base
SHRIKE	Maydown, NI	Naval Air Station	WW2
SIMBANG	Sembawang, Singapore	Naval Air Station & RM Camp
SISKIN	Gosport	Naval Air Station	Post WW2
SPARROWHAWK	Orkneys	Naval Air Station	WW2
SPHINX	Alexandria, Egypt	Naval Accommodation Camp	WW2
SPURWING	Hastings, Sierra Leone	Naval Air Station	WW2
SQUID	Southampton	Landing Craft Base	WW2
STRIKER	Malta	LST 3516
SULTAN	Gosport	RN Training Establishment
SUVLA		LST 3518

TAMAR	Hong Kong	Naval Base
TEMERAIRE	Portsmouth	RN PT School
TERROR	Singapore	Naval Base
TERN	Twatt	Naval Air Station	WW2
THUNDERER	Keyham, Plymouth	RN Engineering School
TRACKER		LST 3522
TURNSTONE	Watford	Air Fitter Training Camp	WW2
TURTLE	Poole	Landing Craft Base	WW2

UKUSSA		Naval Air Station	WW2
URLEY	RNAS Ronaldsway	Naval Air Station	WW2

VAIRI	Sulur, India	Naval Aircraft Storage Depot	WW2
VALKYRIE	Douglas, Isle of Man	RN Training Establishment	WW2
VALLURU	Tambaram, India	Naval Air Station & Air Yard	WW2
VANGUARD	Portsmouth	Training Squadron	Post WW2
VERNON	Portsmouth	RN Training Establishment
VICTORY	Portsmouth	RN Accounting Base
VULTURE	St Merryn, Cornwall	Naval Air Station	WW2 & post WW2
VULTURE II	Treligga, Cornwall	Bombing & Gunnery Range	WW2 & post WW2

WAGTAIL	Ayr, Scotland	Naval Air Station	WW2
WARA	Komenda, Takoradi, Ghana	Naval Air Station	WW2
WAXWING	Townhill Camp	Naval Air Depot	WW2
WESSEX	Southampton	RNR
WESTCLIFFE	Southend	Landing Craft Base	WW2
WOLVERSTONE	Ipswich	Landing Craft Base	WW2

Notes:

* MOLCAB - Mobile Landing Craft Advanced Base

** MNBDO - Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation

*** MONAB - Mobile Naval Air Base – final establishments commenced with ‘NAB’

Full details are not included where the name of the establishment had a Roman Numeral suffix (e.g., VICTORY I, II, III, etc.)

Ship

Location

Function

Approx Period