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HMS Owl
HMS ''Owl'' has been used by the British Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ... as the name of one ship and one shore establishment: * , an launched in 1913 and scrapped in 1921. * was the name assigned to RAF Fearn when it was taken over as a torpedo training school by the Royal Navy on 1 August 1942. The base closed in July 1946. Footnotes {{DEFAULTSORT:Owl, Hms Royal Navy ship names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century, it was the world's most powerful navy until the Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases and coaling stations secured the Royal Navy's ability to assert naval superiority globally. Owing to this historical prominence, it is common, even among non-Britons, to ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RAF Fearn
Royal Naval Air Station Fearn or RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl) is a former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm base located southeast of Tain, Scottish Highlands and northeast of Inverness, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. The Tower has now been converted to residential use. See '' Restoration Man'' George Clarke. Units A number of units were here at some point: Current use The site is currently used as farmland. On the southeast edge, a new, separate, aerodrome has been created by the name of "Easter Airfield". The control tower is now a private residence owned. It was in a 2015 episode of Channel 4's ''The Restoration Man''. A lot of the original buildings on the other side of the camp are derelict and only have trash from fly-tipping, crows and bugs in them. See also * List of air stations of the Royal Navy This is a list of naval air stations of the Royal Navy. Naval air stations are land bases of the Fleet Air Arm, the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
