List of air stations of the Royal Navy
This is a list of Naval Air Stations of the Royal Navy
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Current Naval Air Stations
RNAS means Royal Naval Air Station and, in common with the Royal Air Force, is always followed by a geographical place in which the air station is located.
- RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk) - Culdrose, Helston, Cornwall, England
- RNAS Predannack (satellite airfield) - Mullion, Cornwall
- RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) - Yeovilton, Somerset, England
- RNAS Merryfield (satellite airfield) - Merryfield, Somerset
Former Naval Air Stations
- RNAS Aberdour
- RNAS Abbotsinch
- RNAS Aldergrove
- RNAS Almondbank
- RNAS Angle
- RNAS Anthorn
- RNAS Arbroath
- RNAS Ayr
- RNAS Balado Bridge
- RNAS Ballyhalbert
- RNAS Ballykelly
- RNAS Beccles
- RNAS Bedhampton Camp
- RNAS Belfast
- RNAS Benbecula
- RNAS Benson
- RNAS Bircham Newton
- RNAS Bootle
- RNAS Boscombe Down
- RNAS Bramcote
- RNAS Bratton
- RNAS Brawdy
- RNAS Brockworth
- RNAS Brough
- RNAS Bungay
- RNAS Burscough
- RNAS Bush Barn
- RNAS Calshot
- RNAS Campbeltown
- RNAS Charlton Horethorne
- RNAS Christchurch
- RNAS Cluntoe
- RNAS Cowdray Park
- RNAS Crail
- RNAS Culcheth
- RNAS Culham
- RNAS Culmhead
- RNAS Dalcross
- RNAS Dale
- RNAS Dallachy
- RNAS Dalton
- RNAS Dale
- RNAS Defford
- RNAS Detling
- RNAS Digby
- RNAS Docking
- RNAS Donibristle
- RNAS Dounreay
- RNAS Drem
- RNAS Dundee
- RNAS Dundonald
- RNAS Dunino
- RNAS East Haven
- RNAS Eastleigh
- RNAS Eglington
- RNAS Evanton
- RNAS Exeter
- RNAS Falmouth
- RNAS Farnborough
- RNAS Fearn
- RNAS Felixstowe
- RNAS Filton
- RNAS Flixton
- RNAS Ford
- RNAS Fraserburgh
- RNAS Gosport
- RNAS Greenock
- RNAS Grimsetter
- RNAS Guernsey
- RNAS Haldon
- RNAS Hamble
- RNAS Hatston
- RNAS Heathrow
- RNAS Henstridge
- RNAS Hinstock
- RNAS Holton
- RNAS Inskip
- RNAS Jersey
- RNAS Kemble
- RNAS Kirkistown
- RNAS Kirkwall
- RNAS Langham
- RNAS Lawrenny Ferry
- RNAS Lee-on-Solent
- RNAS Leysdown
- RNAS Leuchars
- RNAS Limavardy
- RNAS Long Kesh
- RNAS Lossiemouth
- RNAS Ludham
- RNAS Luton
- RNAS Lympne
- RNAS Machrihanish
- RNAS MacMerry
- RNAS Manston
- RNAS Marham
- RNAS Martlesham Heath
- RNAS Maydown
- RNAS Merryfield
- RNAS Methven
- RNAS Middle Wallop
- RNAS Milltown
- RNAS Moreton Vallance
- RNAS Mount Batten
- RNAS Needs Oar Point
- RNAS Netheravon
- RNAS North Coates
- RNAS Nutts Corner
- RNAS Odiham
- RNAS Old Sarum
- RNAS Pembroke Dock
- RNAS Penhill St
- RNAS Peplow
- RNAS Perranporth
- RNAS Peterhead
- RNAS Portreath
- RNAS Portsmouth
- RNAS Portland
- RNAS Predannack
- RNAS Prestwick
- RNAS Rattray Head
- RNAS Ringway
- RNAS Roborough
- RNAS Ronaldsway
- RNAS Sandbanks
- RNAS St Angelo
- RNAS St Davids
- RNAS St Mawgan
- RNAS St Merryn
- RNAS Sealand
- RNAS Sherburn-in-Elmet
- RNAS Skaebrae
- RNAS Skitton
- RNAS Speke
- RNAS Staverton
- RNAS Stornaway
- RNAS Stretton
- RNAS Sullom Voe
- RNAS Sumburgh
- RNAS Swinfield
- RNAS Sydenham
- RNAS Tain
- RNAS Tangmere
- RNAS Thorney Island
- RNAS Topcliffe
- RNAS Turnhouse
- RNAS Twatt
- RNAS Upavon
- RNAS Waltham
- RNAS West Freugh
- RNAS West Malling
- RNAS Weston Park
- RNAS Weston-Super-Mare
- RNAS White Waltham
- RNAS Woodley
- RNAS Woodvale
- RNAS Worthy Down
- RNAS Zeals
Former Naval Air Stations by ship name (HMS xxx)
HMS means Her Majesty's Ship (or His Majesty's Ship if before February 1952)
Some smaller and some very early Naval Air Stations in the list above were not commissioned as HM Ships. 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.
- HMS Blackcap (Stretton, Warrington, Lancashire, England)
- HMS Buzzard (Lympne, Kent, England)
- HMS Buzzard (Palisadoes, Kingston, Jamaica)
- HMS Condor (Arbroath, Scotland)
- HMS Corncrake (Ballyhalbert, County Down, Northern Ireland)
- HMS Curlew (St Merryn, Cornwall, England)
- HMS Daedalus (formerly HMS Ariel) (Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England)
- HMS Europa (Bungay, Flixton, Suffolk, England)
- HMS Falcon (Hal Far, Malta GC)
- HMS Fieldfare (Evanton, Ross-shire, Scotland)
- HMS Fulmar (Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland)
- HMS Gadwall (Sydenham, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
- HMS Gamecock (Bramcote, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England)
- HMS Gannet (Eglinton, Derry, Northern Ireland)
- HMS Gannet (Prestwick, Ayr, Scotland)
- HMS Godwit (Ollerton, Shropshire, England)
- HMS Goldcrest (Angle, Brawdy, Pembrokeshire, Wales)
- HMS Goldfinch (Ta Kali, Malta GC)
- HMS Hornbill (Culham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
- HMS Humming Bird (Zeals, Wiltshire, England)
- HMS Icarus (Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland)
- HMS Jackdaw (Crail, Fife, Scotland)
- HMS Landrail (Macrihanish, Argyllshire, Scotland)
- HMS Malabar (Boaz Island, Sandys, Bermuda)
- HMS Merganser (Rattray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland)
- HMS Merlin (Donibristle, Fife, Scotland)
- HMS Nighthawk (Drem, East Lothian, Scotland)
- HMS Nightjar (Preston, Lancashire, England)
- HMS Nuthatch (Anthorn, Cumberland, England)
- HMS Osprey (Portland, Dorset, England)
- HMS Owl (Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland)
- HMS Peewit (East Haven, Angus, Scotland)
- HMS Peregrine (Ford, Sussex, England)
- HMS Pintail (Nutts Corner, Crumlin, County Antrim, Northern Ireland)
- HMS Raven (Eastleigh, Southampston, Hampshire, England)
- HMS Ringtail (Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England)
- HMS Robin (Grimsetter, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland)
- HMS Sanderling (Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire, Scotland) now Glasgow International Airport
- HMS Shrike (Maydown, County Down, Northern Ireland)
- HMS Simbang (Sembawang, Singapore)
- HMS Sparrowhawk (Hatston, Orkney, Scotland)
- HMS Tern (Twatt, Orkney, Scotland)
- HMS Urley (Ronaldsway, Isle of Man)
- HMS Vulture (St Merryn, Cornwall, England)
- HMS Vulture II (Treligga), Cornwall, England)
- HMS Wagtail (Heathfield, Ayr, Scotland)
See also
- List of airports in the United Kingdom
- List of RAF stations
- List of Royal Navy shore establishments
- Royal Navy Dockyard
- Seaplane bases in the United Kingdom
- Aircraft Handler
Categories
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