List of seaplane bases in the United Kingdom
This article lists both active and historic seaplane bases in the United Kingdom, many of which were either used for, or planned to be used for, the defence of the UK.
A seaplane base may be anything from a stretch of water where seaplanes were based to a full installation, either floating (powered or unpowered) or shore based, where seaplanes were serviced. In the UK these are presumed to be coastal.
Active seaplane bases
Former bases
- RAF Alness,[1] Alness, Ross and Cromarty
- Bembridge Harbour, Isle of Wight (1915-1919)
- Brough Aerodrome, East Riding of Yorkshire
- RNAS Calshot/RAF Calshot, Hampshire
- RAF Castle Archdale, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland[2]
- Catfirth, Shetland Islands (1917-1919)
- Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty (1913-1915)
- RNAS Donibristle, Dalgety Bay, Fife
- RNAS Dundee (HMS Condor II),[3] Dundee, Angus
- RNAS Felixstowe, Suffolk
- RAF Greenock,[4][5] Greenock, Inverclyde
- RNAS Hickling Broad, Norfolk
- RNAS Kingsnorth, Kent
- RNAS Lawrenny Ferry, Pembrokeshire
- RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire
- RAF Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon (was RNAS Cattewater)
- Newhaven Seaplane Base, Tide Mills, east of Newhaven Harbour, Sussex
- RAF Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire[2]
- RNAS Portland (HMS Osprey), Portland, Dorset
- Sullom Voe, Shetland[2]
- Westgate-on-Sea, Kent
- RAF Woodhaven,[6] Woodhaven, Fife
References
- ^ Secret Scotland Wiki - RAF Alness
- ^ a b c London 2003, pp. 288–290.
- ^ Secret Scotland Wiki - HMS Condor II
- ^ Royal Navy Air Stations in the UK - Fleet Air Arm Archive
- ^ Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation
- ^ Google Maps - Woodhaven Seaplane Station
- London, Peter. British Flying Boats. Stroud, UK:Sutton Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-7509-2695-3.
See also
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