712 Naval Air Squadron (712 NAS) was a Naval Air Squadron of the Royal Navy's

Fleet Air Arm The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy and is responsible for the delivery of naval air power both from land and at sea. The Fleet Air Arm operates the F-35 Lightning II for maritime strike, the AW159 Wi ...

. It was initially established as a flight in 1936 before being upgraded to squadron status in 1938. It was charged with operating Walrus seaplanes for the cruisers HMS Glasgow, HMS Newcastle, HMS Sheffield and , which all commissioned during 1937. In 1944-45 it operated as a communications squadron from

RNAS Hatston RNAS Hatston, also called HMS ''Sparrowhawk'', was a Royal Naval Air Station, one mile to the north west of Kirkwall on the island of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It was located near the strategically vital naval base of Scapa Flow, which for ...

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* 700 series Fleet Air Arm squadrons Military units and formations established in 1938 Air squadrons of the Royal Navy in World War II {{UK-navy-stub