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History. HMS Caledonia was first opened in 1937 and responsible for artificer apprentice training from 1937 to 1985, with many thousands of young men going through training. Following the consolidation of naval training in 1985, the site lost its training status with the former apprentice training moving to HMS Sultan in Gosport.
HMS Caledonia (1943 shore establishment) was the navy base at Oban, commissioned in 1943 and paid off in 1945. HMS Caledonia (1946 shore establishment) was an artificers' training establishment commissioned in 1946 and paid off in 1985. HMS Caledonia (1996 shore establishment) is a support base commissioned in 1996 at Rosyth, Fife, Scotland
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 ...
The capture of HMS Caledonia and HMS Detroit was an action which took place in the Anglo-US portion of the War of 1812 . On October 9, 1812, 100 American sailors and soldiers crossed the Niagara River to capture two British vessels anchored near Fort Erie. The Americans stormed the decks and successfully captured the ships and their cargo.
Caledonia. -class ship of the line. The Caledonia-class ships of the line were a class of nine 120-gun first rates, designed for the Royal Navy by Sir William Rule. A tenth ship (Royal Frederick) was ordered on 29 October 1827 to the same design, but was launched in 1833 as Queen to a fresh design by Sir William Symonds.
Rosyth Dockyard. Coordinates: 56°1′14″N 3°27′12″W. Rosyth Dockyard in 1975. Rosyth Dockyard / rəˈsaɪθ / ⓘ is a large naval dockyard on the Firth of Forth at Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, owned by Babcock Marine, which formerly undertook refitting of Royal Navy surface vessels and submarines. Before its privatisation in the 1990s it ...
Port Edgar is a marina on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, immediately west of the Forth Road Bridge and the town of South Queensferry, in Edinburgh, Scotland. Originally a naval base, HMS Lochinvar, [1] Port Edgar is now a busy marina with a sailing school and 300 berths. The Edgar commemorated in the name is Edgar Aetheling, the ...
Caledonia. (1808) HMS Caledonia was a 120-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 June 1808 at Plymouth. [1] She was Admiral Pellew 's flagship in the Mediterranean.