List of Royal Navy shore establishments

This is a list of shore establishments (or stone frigates) of the Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserve.

Naval bases

 * HMS Drake (shore establishment) (HMNB Devonport, Devonport, Devon)
 * HMS Nelson (shore establishment) (HMNB Portsmouth, Portsmouth)
 * HMS Neptune (shore establishment) (HMNB Clyde, Faslane, Dunbartonshire)

Air stations

 * HMS Seahawk (RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall)
 * RNAS Predannack
 * HMS Heron (shore establishment) (RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset)
 * RNAS Merryfield
 * HMS Gannet (stone frigate) (formerly known as RNAS Prestwick, South Ayrshire)

Training establishments

 * HMS Collingwood (establishment) (Fareham, Hampshire)
 * HMS Dartmouth (shore establishment) (Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon)
 * Includes Hindostan as static training ship
 * HMS Excellent (shore establishment) (Whale Island, Portsmouth)
 * HMS Raleigh (shore establishment) (Torpoint, Cornwall)
 * Includes Brecon as static training ship
 * HMS Sultan (shore establishment) (Gosport, Hampshire)
 * HMS Temeraire (Directorate of Naval Physical Training and Sport (DNPTS), Portsmouth)

Other

 * HMS Caledonia (1996 shore establishment), Rosyth Dockyard, Fife
 * HMS Saker, Administrative aggregation of Royal Navy personnel based in the United States
 * Institute of Naval Medicine (Alverstoke, Hampshire)
 * Northwood Headquarters (Northwood, Hertfordshire, England), formerly HMS Warrior. Operational HQ for Commander Operations

Defence Munitions Centres
Formerly Royal Naval Armaments Depot and formally elements of Defence Equipment and Support.
 * DM Beith
 * RNAD Coulport
 * DM Crombie
 * DM Gosport

Testing establishments

 * Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment (HMS Vulcan) (Dounreay, Thurso, Caithness)
 * Currently being decommissioned, to be demolished by 2033

Overseas naval facilities

 * HMS Jufair (Mina Salman Port, Bahrain)
 * East Cove Military Port (Mare Harbour, Falkland Islands)
 * Port of Gibraltar (Gibraltar)
 * UK Joint Logistics Support Base (Duqm, Oman)
 * British Defence Singapore Support Unit (Sembawang, Singapore)


 * Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory)

Current Royal Marines establishments

 * Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, Lympstone, Devon
 * RM Stonehouse, Plymouth, Devon – Headquarters, 3 Commando Brigade and 30 Commando (IX) Group
 * RM Poole, Poole, Dorset – Special Boat Service and 148 (Meiktila) Commando Forward Observation Battery
 * RM Condor, Arbroath, Angus – 45 Commando and 7 (Sphinx) Commando Battery
 * RM Tamar, HMNB Devonport – 47 Commando (Raiding Group)
 * RM Norton Manor, Taunton, Somerset – 40 Commando
 * RM Bickleigh, Plymouth, Devon – 42 Commando
 * RM Chivenor, Braunton, Devon – Commando Logistic Regiment and 24 Commando Royal Engineers
 * RM Instow, Instow, Devon – 11 Amphibious Trials and Training Unit
 * Camp Viking, Øverbygd, Norway – Arctic operations base for Littoral Response Group (North)

Significant RM presences are also located in

 * HMNB Portsmouth
 * HMNB Clyde – 43 Commando Fleet Protection Group
 * MOD St Athan – A company sized contingent as part of SFSG
 * RNAS Yeovilton – Commando Helicopter Force
 * Bovington Camp – Royal Marines Armoured Support Group
 * Bardufoss Air Station – Commando Helicopter Force

Royal Marines Band Service

 * HMS Nelson, HMNB Portsmouth – Band of HM Royal Marines School of Music
 * HMS Raleigh – Band of HM Royal Marines Plymouth
 * HMS Collingwood – Band of HM Royal Marines Collingwood
 * MoD Caledonia – Band of HM Royal Marines Scotland
 * Commando Training Centre Royal Marines – Band of HM Royal Marines Commando Training Centre

Royal Marines Reserve

 * Royal Marines Reserve City of London, Wandsworth, London
 * Cambridge Detachment
 * Marlow Detachment
 * Portsmouth Detachment
 * Royal Marines Reserve Bristol, Dorset House, Bristol
 * Lympstone Detachment
 * Plymouth Detachment
 * Poole Detachment
 * Cardiff Detachment
 * Royal Marines Reserve Merseyside, Brunswick Dock, Liverpool
 * Birmingham Detachment
 * Leeds Detachment
 * Manchester Detachment
 * Nottingham Detachment
 * Royal Marines Reserve Scotland, at HMS Caledonia, Rosyth Dockyard
 * Aberdeen Detachment
 * Dundee Detachment
 * Edinburgh Detachment
 * Glasgow Detachment
 * Belfast Detachment
 * Newcastle Detachment

Current Royal Naval Reserve units and establishments
The modern Royal Naval Reserve has fifteen Units (with 3 satellite units). These are:


 * HMS Calliope (shore establishment), Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, England
 * HMS Cambria (shore establishment), Cardiff, Wales
 * Tawe Division (Swansea)
 * HMS Ceres (2015 shore establishment), Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
 * HMS Dalriada (shore establishment), Glasgow, Scotland
 * HMS Eaglet (shore establishment), Liverpool, England
 * HMS Forward (1984 shore establishment), Birmingham, England
 * HMS Flying Fox (shore establishment), Bristol, England
 * HMS Ferret (1982 shore establishment), Chicksands, Bedfordshire, England
 * HMS Hibernia (shore establishment), Lisburn, Northern Ireland
 * HMS King Alfred (1994 shore establishment), Whale Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
 * HMS President (shore establishment), by Tower Bridge, London, England
 * Medway Division (Rochester, Kent)
 * HMS Scotia (shore establishment), Rosyth, Fife, Scotland (Within the grounds of HMS Caledonia)
 * Tay Division (Dundee)
 * HMS Sherwood (shore establishment), Nottingham, England
 * HMS Vivid (shore establishment 1957), HMNB Devonport, Plymouth, Devon, England
 * HMS Wildfire (2000 shore establishment), Northwood, Middlesex, England

Former Imperial fortresses

 * Admiralty House, Bermuda, Royal Naval Dockyard Bermuda (and HM Naval Base Bermuda (HMS Malabar), Royal Naval Air Station Bermuda, HMCS Somers Isles
 * Royal Navy Dockyard, Gibraltar, HMS Rooke
 * Admiralty House, Halifax, Royal Naval Dockyard, Halifax
 * Admiralty House, Valletta, HM Dockyard Malta

Former naval bases

 * HMNB Rosyth, (Fife, UK)
 * HMNB Chatham (Kent, UK)
 * Woolwich Dockyard
 * Deptford Dockyard
 * Queenstown
 * Portland Dockyard
 * Scapa Flow
 * Pembroke Dockyard
 * Sheerness Dockyard
 * Simon's Town Dockyard
 * Sihanoukville Dockyard
 * Trincomalee Dockyard
 * Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard
 * Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard
 * Esquimalt Royal Navy Dockyard
 * Penetanguishene Naval Yard
 * Naval Shipyards, York (Upper Canada)

Former air stations

 * HMS Blackcap RNAS Stretton, Cheshire, 1942-1958
 * HMS Daedalus (previously HMS Ariel 1959 - 1965) RNAS Lee-on-Solent, Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire, England
 * HMS Dipper RNAS Henstridge, Somerset, 1943-1958
 * HMS Fulmar RNAS Lossiemouth Lossiemouth, Moray 1946 -1972
 * HMS Godwit RNAS Hinstock, Shropshire, 1942–1947
 * HMS Goldcrest, three naval air stations were commissioned as Goldcrest, RNAS Angle, RNAS Dale and RNAS Brawdy, in Pembrokeshire, Wales
 * HMS Heron II 1942-1948, RNAS Charlton Horethorne, Somerset
 * HMS Hornbill Royal Naval Air Station Culham, Oxfordshire
 * HMS Jackdaw II, Dunino Kingsbarns Fife Satellite airfield of Crail
 * HMS Kestrel (shore establishment), World War II Royal Naval Air Station at Worthy Down, Hampshire
 * HMS Merlin, Fife 1917–1959 RNAS Donibristle (also known as RAF Donibristle)
 * HMS Nightjar, RNAS Inskip (also known as HMS Inskip)
 * HMS Nuthatch, RNAS Anthorn
 * HMS Osprey, naval air station, (Portland, Dorset, England)  ASDIC training; Flag Officer Sea Training; RNAS Portland (Lynx helicopter)
 * HMS Peewit, Angus, Scotland, 1943 - 1949, RNAS East Haven
 * HMS Peregrine RNAS Ford, Sussex
 * HMS Raven, Hampshire, England, RNAS Eastleigh in
 * HMS Ringtail, Royal Naval Air Station Burscough, Lancashire, England
 * HMS Robin, Grimsetter, Kirkwall, Orkney, RNAS Grimsetter
 * HMS Sanderling RNAS Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire, Scotland
 * HMS Siskin, Gosport Hampshire, RNAS Gosport. Now HMS Sultan (shore establishment)
 * HMS Shrike County Down, Northern Ireland, Royal Naval Air Station Maydown, 1943-1947
 * HMS Sparrowhawk, Royal Naval Air Station Hatston, Kirkwall, Orkney, 1939 - 1948
 * HMS Tern, Twatt Orkney RNAS Twatt
 * HMS Urley, Second World War flying station on the Isle of Man, RNAS Ronaldsway.
 * HMS Vulture Royal Naval Air Station St Merryn (later HMS Curlew 1952-56), Cornwall, 1937-1952

Former Royal Naval Hospitals

 * RNH Bermuda.
 * RNH Bighi, Malta
 * RNH Gibraltar, Gibraltar
 * RNH Gillingham, in Medway, Kent
 * RNH Greenwich, in London
 * RNH Haslar, Gosport, England
 * RNH Mauritius
 * RNH Mtarfa, Malta
 * RNH Plymouth, known as Stonehouse, Devonport, England
 * RNH Portland, Dorset.
 * RNH Simon's Town, South Africa
 * Royal Naval Hospital (Hong Kong) – now Ruttonjee Hospital in Hong Kong, China
 * RNH Trincomalee, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

A to D

 * HMS Abastor, Tilbury
 * HMS Abatos, the bombed-out Supermarine factory, Woolston, Southampton
 * HMS Afrikander, Base depot ship, Simon's Town, South Africa
 * HMS Aggressive (shore establishment), Coastal Forces Motor Launch (ML) and Steam Gun Boat base, Newhaven, East Sussex
 * HMS Allenby, Combined Operations base, Folkestone
 * HMS Ambrose, Headquarters of 9th Submarine Flotilla (1940–1946), Dundee
 * HMS Anderson, listening station of the Far East Combined Bureau, Colombo, Ceylon
 * HMS Ararat (later HMS Brontosaurus), Combined Training Centre, Castle Toward, Toward, Argyll
 * HMS Arbella, Combined Operations Landing Craft Training Establishment, Boston, Lincolnshire
 * HMS Appledore, Combined Operations base and training establishment, Fremington Camp, Fremington, Devon
 * HMS Appledore II, Combined Operations base, Ilfracombe
 * HMS Ariel (formerly HMS Kestrel), RNAS Worthy Down, Winchester, Hampshire
 * HMS Ariel, Royal Naval Aircraft Training Establishment, Culcheth, Warrington, Cheshire
 * HMS Armanillo, Combined Operations RN Beach Commando training centre, Glenfinnart
 * HMS Asbury, shore based transit accommodation, Asbury Park, New Jersey
 * HMS Atlantic Isle, U-boat monitoring station, Tristan da Cunha during WWII
 * HMS Attack (shore establishment), Coastal Forces MLs and storage, RN Dockyard, Portland
 * HMS Avalon, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
 * HMS Badger (shore establishment), HQ of Flag Officer Harwich and Coastal Forces base (1939–1946), Harwich
 * HMS Baldur (also HMS Baldur II), Accommodation and accounting, Iceland
 * HMS Beaver, HQ, Flag Officer-in-Charge, Humber, (1 October 1940 – July 1945) – (base A.O. at Grimsby)
 * HMS Beaver II, Coastal Forces MLs, Immingham
 * HMS Bee, Coastal Forces MLs working up base, Weymouth (1942–1943), then Holyhead, Wales (1943–1945)
 * HMS Beehive, Coastal Forces MTBs and MGBs, Boomer Hall, Felixstowe, Suffolk
 * HMS Bellerophon, Portsmouth, Hampshire
 * HMS Benbow, Trinidad
 * HMS Birnbeck, Secret weapons research and testing (1941–1946), Birnbeck Pier, Weston-super-Mare
 * HMS Bluebird III, (formerly HMS Allenby, possibly), Folkestone
 * HMS Boscawen (shore establishment), Naval Police Patrol HQ, Portland, Dorset
 * HMS Britannia III, Coastal Forces Motor Torpedo Boat & Motor Gun Boats, Dartmouth
 * HMS Brontosaurus (formerly HMS Ararat), Combined Operations landing craft crew training, Castle Toward, Toward, Argyll
 * HMS Cabbala, Training establishment for WRNS W/T operators, at Lowton near Warrington
 * HMS Caledonia, Rosyth, Fife
 * HMS Cambridge (shore establishment), Wembury, Devon
 * HMS Caroline (1914), Coastal Forces MLs, Belfast
 * HMS Centurion (shore establishment), Gosport, Hampshire
 * HMS Centurion (shore establishment), Haslemere, Surrey
 * HMS Ceres (1946 shore establishment) (formerly HMS Demetrius), Wetherby, Yorkshire
 * HMS Ceres (1984 shore establishment), Yeadon, West Yorkshire
 * HMS Cicala, Coastal Forces MTBs & MGBs, Dartmouth
 * HMS Claverhouse (shore establishment), Coastal Forces MLs, Leith
 * HMS Cochrane (formerly RNAS Donibristle/HMS Merlin), Rosyth, Fife
 * HMS Copra, Combined Operations Pay, Ratings and Accounts, The Moorings, Largs
 * HMS Cricket (shore establishment), Landing Craft training base, River Hamble, Hampshire
 * HMS Dalriada (shore establishment), Royal Naval Reserve base, Greenock, Inverclyde,
 * HMS Dalriada (shore establishment), Royal Naval Reserve base, Inverkip, Inverclyde,
 * HMS Dartmouth II, Coastal Forces MTBs, MGBs & MLs, Dartmouth
 * HMS Defiance (shore establishment 1884), Torpedo school, Devonport, Devon
 * HMS Defiance (shore establishment 1970), Fleet Maintenance Base, Devonport
 * HMS Dinosaur I, HQ for tank landing craft training, Troon, Ayrshire
 * HMS Dinosaur II, Landing craft and work-up base, Irvine, Ayrshire
 * HMS Dorlin, Combined Operations RN Beach Signals and Royal Signals sections battle training, Dorlin House, Acharacle, Argyll
 * HMS Dolphin, Gosport, Hampshire
 * HMS Dryad (shore establishment), former location of the Maritime Warfare School, Southwick, Hampshire
 * HMS Duke (shore establishment), Basic Training Establishment, Malvern, 1944–1945. The Telecommunications Research Establishment moved into Duke in 1946 (renamed in turn the Radar Research Establishment, the Royal Radar Establishment and the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment) and is now a QinetiQ research site.
 * HMS Dundonald I, Holding and training base for RN Beach Commandos, Gailes Camp, Auchengate, Troon, Ayrshire
 * HMS Dundonald II, Combined Signal School (CSS), Auchingate, Troon, Ayrshire

E to K

 * HMS Egmont, Naval HQ, Fort St Angelo, Birgu, Malta
 * HMS Ferret (1940 shore establishment) (later HMS Sea Eagle), Convoy escort base and anti-submarine training, Londonderry, Northern Ireland
 * HMS Fervent (shore establishment), Coastal Forces MTBs, MGBs & MLs, Ramsgate
 * HMS Fisgard (1946), artificer and engineer training (1848–1983), Torpoint, Cornwall
 * HMS Flora III, Coastal Forces MLs, Invergordon, Scotland
 * HMS Flycatcher, HQ of Mobile Naval Air Bases during World War II, Ludham then Middle Wallop. RNAS Kai Tak from 1947.
 * HMS Flowerdown, Y-station at RAF Flowerdown
 * HMS Foliot I, Landing craft accounting base, Plymouth
 * HMS Foliot III, Combined Operations holding base, Buckleigh, Plymouth
 * HMS Forest Moor, HF receiver station, Nidderdale, Harrogate
 * HMS Forte IV, Coastal Forces MLs, Falmouth
 * HMS Forward (1939 shore establishment), Command and radar plotting centre, Newhaven
 * HMS Forward II (later HMS Aggressive), Coastal Forces MTBs, Newhaven
 * HMS Fox (shore establishment), Coastal Forces MTBs & MLs, Lerwick, Scotland
 * HMS Ganges (shore establishment), Boys' Training Establishment, Shotley, Ipswich, Suffolk
 * HMS Glendower WWII training establishment, Butlin's Pwllheli holiday camp, Caernarfonshire
 * HMS Golden Hind, WW2 RN Barracks, Sydney, Australia
 * HMS Gosling, Royal Naval Air Establishment, Risley, Warrington, Cheshire, was a collection of 5 camps responsible for various aspects of training FAA personnel
 * HMS Gunner, Auxiliary Patrol base, Lerwick, Shetland
 * HMS Haig, Rye
 * HMS Hannibal, Algiers
 * HMS Harrier, Radar training establishment, near Dale, Pembrokeshire
 * HMS Hawke (shore establishment), Landing craft, Exbury House, Hampshire
 * HMS "Hawke", a temporary naval training school based within part of the Borstal Institution, 1940-46
 * HMS Helder, Landing craft training, Brightlingsea
 * HMS Helicon, Scapa Flow diversionary anchorage, 1939–40, Arctic convoys concentration point, 1942–44, Loch Ewe
 * HMS Highflyer, Trincomalee, Ceylon
 * HMS Hornet, Coastal Forces Depot MTB, Gosport, Hampshire
 * HMS Idaho, WWI base at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire
 * HMS Inskip, Inskip, Preston, Lancashire
 * HMS Jackdaw, RNAS Crail, Fife
 * HMS James Cook, Combined Operations Beach Training Establishment, Glen Caladh, Nr Tighnabruaich, Argyll
 * HMS Jufair, Bahrain
 * HMS Kestrel (later HMS Ariel), Royal Naval Air Station and General Service Establishment, Worthy Down, near Winchester, England
 * HMS King Alfred (1939 shore establishment), WWII RNVR officer training centre, Hove, Sussex

L to R

 * HMS Lanka, Colombo, Ceylon
 * HMS Lizard (shore establishment), Combined Operations landing craft base, Shoreham
 * HMS Lochailort, Combined Operations officer training, Inverailort House, Lochailort, Inverness-shire
 * HMS Lochinvar (shore establishment), Fleet Minesweeper base, Port Edgar, South Queensferry
 * HMS Louisburg (also HMS Roseneath), Combined Operations, Roseneath, Dunbartonshire
 * HMS Lynx, HQ, Naval Officer-in-Charge, Dover & CO HMS Lynx, (10 July 1945 – April 1946)
 * HMS Macaw, Bootle, Cumbria, England. FAA aircrew reception centre.
 * HMS Malabar (shore establishment), Bermuda
 * HMS Manatee, Landing craft, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
 * HMS Marlborough, Electrical training school, Eastbourne
 * HMS Mastodon, Landing craft, Exbury House, Hampshire
 * HMS Mauritius (shore establishment), Mauritius
 * HMS Martelo, HQ Naval Officer-in-Charge, Lowestoft, (1 October 1945 – April 1946)
 * HMS Medina (shore establishment), Landing craft and Fleet Air Arm, Puckpool, Ryde, Isle of Wight
 * HMS Mentor, Lews Castle, Stornoway, Western Isles
 * HMS Mercia, Communications Training Centre, Coventry
 * HMS Mercury (shore establishment), Communications school, Petersfield, Hampshire
 * HMS Midge, Great Yarmouth
 * HMS Minos, HQ Naval Officer-in-Charge, Lowestoft, (5 May 1942 – 1 October 1945)
 * HMS Monck, Combined Training HQ, Largs, Ayrshire
 * HMS Monck, Combined Operations Carrier Training, Port Glasgow
 * HMS Monck, Roseneath, Dunbartonshire
 * HMS Monck, HQ Flag Officer Greenock, Greenock
 * HMS Nemo, HQ Naval Officer-in-Charge, Brightlingsea, (June 1940 – May 1945)
 * HMS Newt (shore establishment), Landing craft base, Newhaven
 * HMS Nile, Alexandria, Egypt (1939–1946)
 * HMS Nimrod (1940), Anti-submarine warfare training from early 1940, Campbeltown, Argyll
 * HMS Northney (HMS Northney I, HMS Northney II, HMS Northney III and HMS Northnney IV), Landing craft training base, Hayling Island
 * HMS Osprey, (from January 1941), Asdic training, advanced courses for officers, Dunoon, Argyll
 * HMS Owl, RNAS Fearn, Fearn, Ross-shire
 * HMS Pasco, Combined Operations landing craft signals training, Glenbranter Camp, Glenbranter, Strachur, Argyll
 * HMS Pembroke (establishment), HQ, Commander-in-Chief, the Nore, (RN base, Chatham) Chatham, Kent
 * HMS Pembroke (establishment), HQ, Admiral-Superintendent, Chatham Dockyard, Chatham, Kent
 * HMS Pembroke (establishment), HQ, Commodore-in-Command, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham, Chatham, Kent
 * HMS Phœnicia, Manoel Island, Malta
 * HMS Phoenix (shore establishment, Portsmouth), Tipner, Portsmouth, Hampshire
 * HMS President (shore establishment) (parts later spun out as HMS St Vincent), Admiralty accounting base, Furse House, 37 Queen's Gate Terrace, London SW7
 * HMS President II, HQ, Liaison Officer for Naval Reserve and Merchant Navy Duties, London, (8 February 1938 – August 1939)
 * HMS Proserpine, Lyness, Orkney
 * HMS Pyramus, Kirkwall, Orkney
 * HMS Queen Charlotte WWII land-based gunnery school, Shore Rd., Ainsdale Southport, Lancashire
 * HMS Quebec (shore establishment), Combined Operations training, Inverary, Argyll
 * HMS Return, Tokyo, Japan – now British Embassy in Tokyo
 * HMS Robertson, Holding base for RM landing craft personnel, Kitchener Camp, Richborough, Kent
 * HMS Rooke (1946 shore establishment), Gibraltar
 * HMS Roseneath (also HMS Louisburg), Combined Operations, Roseneath, Dunbartonshire
 * HMS Royal Albert, Wireless Station (SIGINT), Cuxhaven, Germany. Post-WWII
 * HMS Royal Arthur (shore establishment), Petty Officers' training school, Butlins Skegness, later Corsham, Wiltshire
 * HMS Royal Charlotte, Wireless Station (SIGINT), Cuxhaven, Germany. Post-WWII
 * Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London

S to Z

 * HMS St Angelo, Naval HQ, Fort St Angelo, Birgu, Malta
 * HMS St Barbara, Bognor Regis, Sussex, anti-aircraft firing range and gunnery training school
 * HMS St Christopher (shore establishment), Coastal Forces training base, Fort William, Inverness-shire
 * HMS St George, Gosport, Hampshire
 * HMS St Matthew, Commando training base 1943–1945, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex
 * HMS St Vincent (Gosport shore establishment) (1927–1969), Boys and Juniors Training Establishment, Gosport, Hampshire
 * HMS St Vincent (London shore establishment) (1992–1998), Communications centre, Whitehall, London
 * HMS Salford, RNR Communications Training Centre, Salford
 * HMS Sanderling, RNAS Abbotsinch, Abbotsinch, Glasgow
 * HMS Scotia, Basic training, 1942, from 1959 RNR Rosyth, Butlin's Ayr, South Ayrshire
 * HMS Sea Eagle (formerly HMS Ferret (1940 shore establishment)), Eglinton, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland
 * HMS Sea Serpent, Bracklesham Bay and Birdham, near Chichester
 * HMS Seahawk, Coastal Forces training base, Ardrishaig, Argyll
 * HMS Sembawang (Singapore Naval Base), was the Royal Navy's biggest dockyard and its base of operations in the Far East from 1939 until 1971. HMS Terror (1945–1971) was the barracks next to the naval base, while the nearby HMS Simbang was a RN Air Station.
 * HMS Sheba, Aden
 * HMS Sparrowhawk, RNAS Hatston, Orkney, Scotland
 * HMS Spartiate, Western Approaches Command, St Enoch's Hotel, Glasgow
 * HMS Squid, Tank landing craft repair base, Southampton
 * HMS Squid II, Landing craft squadron staff, Westcliff Hall Hotel, Hythe
 * HMS Standard (1942), WWII training establishment for men who would otherwise be discharged, Kielder, Northumberland
 * HMS Stopford, Landing craft working-up base, Bo'ness
 * HMS Talbot, Manoel Island, Malta
 * HMS Tamar (shore station), Base operated from 1897 to 1997 at two locations in Hong Kong
 * HMS Tarlair, Hydrophone training school during World War I, Hawkcraig near Aberdour
 * HMS Tern, RNAS Twatt, Orkney, Scotland
 * HMS Thunderer, Royal Naval Engineering College, Keyham and Manadon, Plymouth, Devon
 * HMS Tormentor, Landing craft operational base, Hamble, Southampton
 * HMS Tormentor II Training camp, Cowes, Isle of Wight
 * HMS Tullichewan (previously HMS Spartiate II), Holding base for Combined Operations, Tullichewan Castle Camp, Balloch, Loch Lomond, Scotland
 * HMS Turtle, Combined Operations training, Poole, Dorset
 * HMS Uva, Diyatalawa, Ceylon
 * HMS Valkyrie, Training establishment for HO ratings, Isle of Man
 * HMS Varbel, X class submarine training, Port Bannatyne Hydropathic Hotel, Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute, Scotland
 * HMS Varbell II, X class submarine advanced training, Ardtaraig House, Loch Striven, Argyll, Scotland
 * HMS Vectis (shore establishment), Cowes Castle, Cowes, Isle of Wight
 * HMS Vernon (shore establishment), Portsmouth, Hampshire
 * HMS Wagtail, RNAS Ayr
 * HMS Warren, Combined Operations senior officer training, Largs, Ayrshire
 * HMS Wasp, Coastal Forces HQ, Lord Warden Hotel, Dover
 * HMS Watchful, HQ, Flag Officer-in-Charge, Yarmouth, (14 April 1942 – July 1945)
 * HMS Westcliffe, Flotilla training, Southend
 * HMS Westcliffe II, Combined Operations holding base for RM landing craft personnel, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex
 * HMS Wildfire (1964 shore establishment), Chatham, Kent
 * HMS Wildfire II (1939–1940), Combined Operations base, Sheerness
 * HMS Wildfire III (1940–1946), Combined Operations base, Sheerness
 * HMS Woolvestone, Landing craft base, Ipswich
 * HMS Yeoman, HQ, Flag Officer-in-Charge, London, (3 February 1942 – July 1945)
 * HMS Yeoman, HQ, Naval Officer-in-Charge, London, (1-30, April, 1946)

Other
Royal Naval Armaments Depots
 * Bedhampton Camp, former non airfield satellite of RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus).
 * Seafield Park, a non airfield site near to RNAS Lee-on-Solent.

Royal Naval Stores Depots
 * RNAD Broughton Moor, Cumbria, England
 * RNAD Crombie, Fife
 * RNAD Dean Hill, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
 * RNAD Gosport including Priddy's Hard, Hampshire, England
 * Include:

Royal Navy Aircraft Yards
 * RNSD Almondbank/RNAW Almondbank/RNAW Perth, Almondbank, Perth & Kinross – now a Eurocopter installation.
 * RNSD Coventry, Warwickshire, England
 * RNSD Copenacre, England. (1940–1995),
 * RNSD Eaglescliffe, Teesside, England
 * RNSD Llangennech, Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, Wales, (1945–1995)
 * RNSD Lathalmond, Dunfermline, Scotland
 * RNSD Trecwn, Trecwn, Pembrokeshire, West Wales
 * RNSD Woolston, Woolston, Southampton, Hampshire, England
 * RNAY Wroughton, Aircraft storage and maintenance unit, Wroughton, Swindon, England