HMS Nabberley

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H.M.S. Nabberley, was a Royal Navy, Mobile Naval Operating Air Base (MONAB), at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base RAAF Bankstown at Bansktown, New South Wales, Australia. H.M.S. Nabberley was also known as MONAB II and Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Bankstown.^[1]

History

Assembled at RNAS Ludham and Royal Navy Air Establishment Risley, Warrington, in October 1944. The duties of HMS Nabberley were changed from that of a MONAB to that of a Receipt and Dispatch Unit shortly after formation causing some administration problems. Due to accommodation issues 600 ratings were based at HMS Gosling, in Warrington, Lancashire. HMS Nabberley commissioned as an independent command on 18 November 1944.

The stores, equipment and vehicles sailed from Gladstone Dock, Liverpool on the 20 November upon SS Perthshire (LS 1974) and personnel of MONAB II, in company with elements from HMS Nabthorpe and other units sailed from Liverpool upon RMS Athlone Castle on 22 December 1944 for passage to Australia.

HMS Unicorn carrying an advance party of MONAB II arrived in Sydney on 1 December 1944. The advance party arrived at RAAF Bankstown in Sydney, together with 16 crated aircraft (8 Corsair IIs & 8 Martinet TT.Is) requestioned from the Royal Navy Aircraft Depot at Cochin, India. The aircraft were assembled with RAAF assistance and the first aircraft assembled (Corsair II JT537) was test flown on 18 January 1945.

After the main party arrived in Sydney on 25 January 1945, some proceeded directly to Bankstown, however most were temporarily accommodated Warwick Farm Racecourse (Camp Warwick), a part of HMS Golden Hind, the Royal Navy barracks in Sydney, until accommodation was sorted out.

RAAF Bankstown was officially transferred on a loan basis to Royal Navy on 27 January 1945 and stores & equipment began to arrive at the station. The base was commissioned as HMS Nabberley, RNAS Bankstown on 29 January 1945.

The personnel began assembling crated aircraft and carrying out pre-issue test flights as a Receipt and Dispatch Unit. A total of 2,500 test flights were undertaken during the operation of HMS Nabberley.

Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, the Governor-General of Australia, toured the facility on 1 June 1945.

On 23 August 1945 the aircraft from disbanded squadrons 1834 NAS and 1836 NAS were delivered from HMS Victorious for disposal.

HMS Nabberley, MONAB II, was paid off on 31 March 1946. The airfield returned to RAAF control.

Commanding Officer/s

CDR E. P. F. Atkinson 18 Nov 1944

Units based at HMS Nabberley

723 Fleet Requirements Unit (28 February - 1 May 1945)
724 Naval Air Communications Squadron
Aircraft Erection Unit
Aircraft Equipping & Modification Unit
Aircraft Storage Unit
Maintenance, Storage & Repair 3, 4, 7 & 8

Squadrons based at HMS Nabberley

723 squadron (28 February - 1 May 1945) (Martinet TT.I and Corsair II) Redesignated as 723 Fleet Requirements Unit
724 squadron (10 April 1945) (Expediter Is & Anson Is)
1830 squadron (4 - 24 May 1945) (Corsair IIs)
1833 squadron (4 May 1945 only) (Corsair IIs)
'A' Flt 1701 A.S.R. squadron's (24 July - 7 August 1945) & (15 - 21 October 1945) (Sea Otters)^[2]

Aircraft carriers squadrons disembarked from/embarked to

HMS Illustrious

Satellite Airfields

Nil

References

v t e City of Bankstown, South-western Sydney

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Other utilities	Bankstown Airport Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital

Sports teams	Bankstown Berries FC Bankstown City Lions Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Chester Hill Rhinos Bankstown City Bulls Yagoona Lions

Notable residents past and present	Akmal Saleh Anh Do Brett Emerton Brett Holman Bryan Brown Casey Donovan Christian Heim Danny Adcock Geoff Robinson Hard-Ons Ian Thorpe John Burgess Mamdouh Habib Mark Waugh Paul Keating Paulini Curuenavuli Steve Waugh Tahir Bilgiç Terry Lamb Vince Sorrenti

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