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Coordinates: 50°48′10″N 001°09′39″W / 50.80278°N 1.16083°W / 50.80278; -1.16083
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HMS Sultan
HMS Siskin
RAF Gosport
Gosport, Hampshire in England
Caledonia Gate to HMS Sultan
HMS Sultan is located in Hampshire
HMS Sultan
HMS Sultan
Shown within Hampshire
Coordinates50°48′10″N 001°09′39″W / 50.80278°N 1.16083°W / 50.80278; -1.16083
TypeStone frigate
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorRoyal Navy
WebsiteOfficial website
Site history
Built1914 (1914)
In use1914–1945 (as RAF Gosport)
1945–1956 (as HMS Siskin)
1956–present (as HMS Sultan)
Garrison information
Current
commander		Captain Mark Hamilton[1]
Airfield information
Elevation7 metres (23 ft) AMSL

HMS Sultan is a stone frigate of the Royal Navy in Gosport, Hampshire, England. It is the primary engineering training establishment for the Royal Navy and home to the Network Rail Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme and the EDF Energy engineering maintenance apprenticeship.

The site was originally RAF Gosport it was then transferred to the Royal Navy during 1945 as Royal Naval Air Station Sultan (HMS Siskin) (Hence a nearby school being named Siskin School) it was then renamed HMS Sultan on 1 June 1956 when the airfield side was closed down and a Mechanical Repair Establishment was moved here from the Flathouse area by Portsmouth Dockyard.

The site was also home to HMS Centurion between 1970 and 1994, as a drafting depot and a pay and accounting centre.

History

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First World War

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Fort Grange

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Units
  • No. 1 Reserve Squadron arrived on 7 April 1916 at part of 7th Wing RFC. The Squadron was disbanded into the School of Special Flying, Gosport[12]
  • Southwestern Area Flying Instructors School was formed here on 1 July 1918 within No. 8 Group from part of No. 1 SoSF. The school was transferred to HQ RAF Gosport on 23 October 1918 and disbanded here on 26 February 1919[13]

Fort Rowner

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Gosport

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Units
  • No. 1 School of Special Flying from 18 May 1918 until 1 July 1918 when the unit became the Southwestern Area Flying Instructors School RAF[13]
  • 7th Wing RFC between 8 November 1915 and 1 May 1916; controlling Fort Grange (Gosport), Fort Rowner (Gosport), Shoreham and Brooklands.[20]
  • Anti-Aircraft Special Defence Flight formed here during October 1918 but was disbanded during December 1918 operating the Camel[21]
  • No. 10 Training Squadron within HQ RAF Gosport between 25 June 1918 and 23 February 1919[12]
  • 17th Wing RFC between 9 August 1916 and 2 August 1917 within Southern Group Command[20]
  • No. 27 Reserve Squadron was formed here within 6th Wing, became No. 27 Training Squadron while in 17th Wing, operational between 22 May 1916 and 2 August 1917 when it was absorbed by the School of Special Flying[22]
  • No. 55 Training Squadron between 23 July and 2 August 1917 within 28th Wing RFC. Disbanded into School of Special Flying[23]
  • No. 59 Reserve Squadron within 17th Wing between 1 February and 30 April 1917 with the DH.1, F.E.2 and F.E.2d[23]
  • No. 62 Reserve Squadron between 1 and 10 May 1917[23]
  • No. 70 Training Squadron between 20 December 1917 and 1 January 1918 within 17th Wing.[24]
  • No. 87 (Canadian) Reserve Squadron between 9 and 28 February 1917 with the JN4[24]
  • No. 91 (Canadian) Reserve Squadron between 15 March and 16 April 1917 with the JN3[24]

Inter war years

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Units
  • No. 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Flight formed here on 14 December 1936 using the Hawker Hart, Hawker Osprey III and Fairey Seal until 1 June 1937 when the unit was disbanded and became No. 1 Coast Artillery Co-operation Unit. It was redesignated back to its old name on 18 May 1941 but reverted to the newer name on 12 January 1942[29]
  • No. 17 Group Communications Flight was formed here during August 1938[30]
  • The Coastal Defence Development Unit was formed here on 1 April 1935 and was disbanded on 14 December 1936[31]
  • The Coast Defence Training Flight was disbanded here on 1 August 1933 to become No. 1 Coastal Defence Training Unit
  • The Coastal Battery Co-operation Flight was formed here on 23 December 1919 and was disbanded here during September 1921[32]
  • The Coastal Battery Co-operation School Flight was formed here during September 1919 and disbanded here on 23 December 1919 to become the Coastal Battery Co-operation Flight[32]
  • The Development Squadron, Gosport was formed here on 17 August 1918 and disbanded on 31 December 1918. It was merged with elements from No. 185 Squadron RAF to become No. 186 (Development) Squadron[33]
  • The Eagle Trials Flight was formed here on 1 April 1920 and was disbanded during October 1920[34]
  • The School of Aerial Co-operation with Coastal Defence Batteries was formed here on 31 January 1918 and was disbanded during September 1919 to become the Coastal Battery Co-operation School[35]
  • The Torpedo Development Flight was formed here during 1925 and disbanded during November 1938 to become the Torpedo Development Section[36]
  • The Torpedo Development Section (1938-39) became the Torpedo Development Unit[37]
  • The Torpedo Development Unit RAF was formed here on 22 June 1939 and disbanded on 15 September 1943 to become the Aircraft Torpedo Development Unit[36]
  • The Torpedo Training Squadron[37]
  • The Torpedo Training Unit RAF was formed here during February 1936[36]
  • Royal Air Force Base Gosport was formed here on 1 October 1921 and had five different flights:[38]
    • 'A' (Army and Navy Co-operation) Flight
    • 'B' (Telegraphist and Air Gunner) Flight
    • 'C' (Deck Landing) Flight
    • 'D' (Torpedo Training) Flight
    • 'E' (Experimental) Flight
  • No. 409 (Fleet Fighter) Flight formed here on 7 October 1932[39]
  • No. 420 (Fleet Spotter) Flight formed here on 1 April 1923[39]
  • No. 421 (Fleet Spotter) Flight formed here on 1 April 1923[39]
  • No. 422 (Fleet Spotter) Flight formed here on 1 April 1923[39]
  • No. 423 (Fleet Spotter) Flight formed here on 21 November 1923[39]
  • No. 445 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight disbanded here on 3 April 1933[39]
  • No. 446 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight disbanded here on 3 April 1933[39]
  • No. 450 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight disbanded here on 3 April 1933[39]
  • No. 460 (Fleet Torpedo) Flight was formed here on 1 April 1923[39]
  • No. 461 (Fleet Torpedo) Flight formed here on 1 April 1923[39]
  • No. 462 (Fleet Torpedo) Flight formed here on 31 May 1924[39]
  • No. 463 (Fleet Torpedo) Flight formed here on 1 September 1927[39]
  • No. 464 (Fleet Torpedo) Flight formed here on 1 September 1927[39]
  • No. 465 (Fleet Torpedo) Flight formed here on 20 March 1931[39]
  • No. 466 (Fleet Torpedo) Flight formed here on 31 March 1931[39]
  • No. 401 (Fleet Fighter) Flight[37]
  • No. 402 (Fleet Fighter) Flight[37]
  • No. 403 (Fleet Fighter) Flight[37]
  • No. 404 (Fleet Fighter) Flight[37]
  • No. 405 (Fleet Fighter) Flight[37]
  • No. 406 (Fleet Fighter) Flight[37]
  • No. 407 (Fleet Fighter) Flight[37]
  • No. 408 (Fleet Fighter) Flight[37]
  • No. 421A (Fleet Spotter) Flight[37]
  • No. 421B (Fleet Spotter) Flight[37]
  • No. 440 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight[37]
  • No. 441 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight[37]
  • No. 441 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight[37]
  • No. 442 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight[37]
  • No. 442 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight[37]
  • No. 443 (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight[37]
  • No. 443 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight[37]
  • No. 443A (Fleet Reconnaissance) Flight[37]
  • No. 446 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight[37]
  • No. 447 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight[37]
  • No. 448 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight[37]
  • No. 449 (Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance) Flight[37]

Second World War

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Units

RNAS Gosport during the Cold War

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Additional units posted here

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Current use

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It is the primary engineering training establishment for the Royal Navy. It is also home to the Network Rail Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme[83][84] and the EDF Energy engineering apprenticeship within the Babcock Engineering Academy.[85]

It is home to:

Cadets

HMS Sultan is home to a number of units of the Volunteer Cadet Corps:

Cancelled closure

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A Better Defence Estate, published in November 2016, indicated that the Ministry of Defence intended on disposing of HMS Sultan by 2026. It was proposed that Submarine Engineer Training would move to HM Naval Base Clyde in 2024, Mechanical Engineering Training to HMS Collingwood in 2025 and the Admiralty Interview Board to HM Naval Base Portsmouth in 2026.[92] In March 2019, the Ministry of Defence announced that closure would be delayed to 2029 at the earliest.[98]

However, in December 2022, the Ministry of Defence announced that the closure had been reversed and HMS Sultan was to remain open. An MOD spokesperson said: "We can confirm that we are retaining HMS Sultan for which we have an enduring requirement."[99]

See also

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References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to HMS Sultan (shore establishment).

Citations

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  1. ^ a b c "HMS Sultan". Royal Navy. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  2. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 67.
  3. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 25.
  4. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 26.
  5. ^ a b Jefford 1988, p. 28.
  6. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 29.
  7. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 31.
  8. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 32.
  9. ^ a b Jefford 1988, p. 34.
  10. ^ a b c Jefford 1988, p. 38.
  11. ^ a b Jefford 1988, p. 39.
  12. ^ a b Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 276.
  13. ^ a b Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 254.
  14. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 43.
  15. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 35.
  16. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 44.
  17. ^ a b Jefford 1988, p. 48.
  18. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 49.
  19. ^ a b Jefford 1988, p. 51.
  20. ^ a b Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 287.
  21. ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 64.
  22. ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 277.
  23. ^ a b c Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 278.
  24. ^ a b c Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 280.
  25. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 24.
  26. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 66.
  27. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 70.
  28. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 73.
  29. ^ Lake 1999, p. 48.
  30. ^ Lake 1999, p. 121.
  31. ^ Lake 1999, p. 50.
  32. ^ a b Lake 1999, p. 49.
  33. ^ Lake 1999, p. 57.
  34. ^ Lake 1999, p. 58.
  35. ^ Lake 1999, p. 179.
  36. ^ a b c Lake 1999, p. 282.
  37. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj "Gosport (Fort Grange)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
  38. ^ Lake 1999, p. 174.
  39. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Lake 1999, p. 81.
  40. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 41.
  41. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 77.
  42. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 99.
  43. ^ Jefford 1988, p. 104.
  44. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 30.
  45. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 31.
  46. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 81.
  47. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 91.
  48. ^ Sturtivant & Hamlin 2007, p. 150.
  49. ^ a b Lake 1999, p. 30.
  50. ^ Lake 1999, p. 27.
  51. ^ Lake 1999, p. 115.
  52. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 26.
  53. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 28.
  54. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 41.
  55. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 49.
  56. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 99.
  57. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 122.
  58. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 125.
  59. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 131.
  60. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 135.
  61. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 138.
  62. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 152.
  63. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 158.
  64. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 162.
  65. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 166.
  66. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 168.
  67. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 171.
  68. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 199.
  69. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 204.
  70. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 207.
  71. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 209.
  72. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 213.
  73. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 219.
  74. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 242.
  75. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 261.
  76. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 275.
  77. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 306.
  78. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 312.
  79. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 322.
  80. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 327.
  81. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 357.
  82. ^ Sturtivant & Ballance 1994, p. 359.
  83. ^ "Apprentice Scheme". Network Rail. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  84. ^ "Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme" (PDF). Network Rail. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  85. ^ "Diving into a new challenge" (PDF). EDF Energy. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  86. ^ "Officers complete Air Engineering Systems course". The Gosport & Fareham Globe. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  87. ^ "Air engineer proud to keep FAA legacy going". Fleet Air Arm Officers Association. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  88. ^ "HMS Sultan (Gosport)". British Fluid Power Association. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  89. ^ "About the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom". Defence Academy. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  90. ^ "Home". Nuclear Technology Education Consortium. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  91. ^ a b "Submarine training facility takes shape at HMNB Clyde". HM Government. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  92. ^ a b "A Better Defence Estate" (PDF). GOV.UK. Ministry of Defence. 7 November 2016. p. 15.
  93. ^ "HMS Sultan – Marine Engineering Museum Tour". Heritage Open Days. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  94. ^ "HMS Sultan - Airfield Museum Tour". Heritage Open Days. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  95. ^ "HMS Sultan RNVCC". Volunteer Cadet Corps. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  96. ^ "Gosport Division RMVCC". Volunteer Cadet Corps. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  97. ^ "Royal Marines Cadet Bands". Volunteer Cadet Corps. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
  98. ^ "Joy as HMS Sultan closure is put on hold". Portsmouth News. 1 March 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  99. ^ "HMS Sultan survives closure as campaign to retain Royal Navy base sees success". Forces Network. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2023.

Bibliography

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  • Lake, A (1999). Flying units of the RAF. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-84037-086-6.
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  • Sturtivant, R; Hamlin, J (2007). Royal Air Force flying training and support units since 1912. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain (Historians). ISBN 978-0851-3036-59.
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