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changed to training new officers of the RNVR. This required a longer course as many members of the RNVR had no experience of either maritime pursuits or the "officer-like qualities" required. Longer courses needed more space so the
Admiralty requisitioned two further premises:
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The first trainees arrived the same day and by May 1940 1,700 men had passed through the base. Most of these were members of the pre-war Royal Navy
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1275:HM Naval Base Singapore
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1225:HM Dockyard Haulbowline
1200:HM Naval Shipyards York
1190:Grand River Naval Depot
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1245:HM Dockyard Port Mahon
381:Lavery, Brian (2008).
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1220:HM Dockyard Gibraltar
134:under the command of
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935:HM Dockyard Portland
930:HM Dockyard Pembroke
915:HM Dockyard Deptford
697:Royal Naval Reserves
383:In Which They Served
368:Tony, Drury (2005).
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1330:HM Dockyard Antigua
1235:HM Dockyard Kinsale
1230:HM Dockyard Jamaica
1210:HM Dockyard Bermuda
1124:RNAD Broughton Moor
925:HM Dockyard Harwich
910:HM Dockyard Chatham
677:Predannack Airfield
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385:. Conway Maritime.
158:, also in Hove and
1260:HM Naval Base Aden
1240:HM Dockyard Madras
1215:HM Dockyard Bombay
940:HM Dockyard Rosyth
418:50.8251°N 0.1789°W
327:pp. 150–151.
136:Captain John Pelly
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971:Forest Moor
904:Daedalus II
779:King Alfred
624:RM Chivenor
546:Collingwood
490:naval bases
421: /
240:King Alfred
198:King Alfred
151:King Alfred
132:King Alfred
112:King Alfred
87:King Alfred
79:The second
73:August 1946
55:King Alfred
1354:Categories
1139:DM Gosport
1129:DM Crombie
1100:St Vincent
1061:Scapa Flow
1030:Imperieuse
993:Flycatcher
888:Aggressive
755:Flying Fox
498:HMNB Clyde
406:50°49′30″N
362:References
130:it as HMS
81:Royal Navy
1335:Navy Hall
1325:HMS Tamar
1106:HMS
1098:HMS
1090:HMS
1082:HMS
1074:HMS
1066:HMS
1044:HMS
1038:Lochinvar
1036:HMS
1028:HMS
1015:HMS
1007:HMS
999:HMS
991:HMS
969:HMS
961:HMS
953:HMS
947:Cambridge
945:HMS
902:HMS
894:HMS
886:HMS
878:HMS
817:HMS
809:HMS
801:HMS
793:HMS
787:President
785:HMS
777:HMS
769:HMS
761:HMS
753:HMS
745:HMS
737:HMS
729:HMS
721:HMS
713:HMS
705:HMS
654:RM Instow
629:RM Condor
594:Temeraire
592:HMS
584:HMS
576:HMS
568:HMS
562:Excellent
560:HMS
552:HMS
544:HMS
409:0°10′44″W
242:moved to
120:Admiralty
53:HMS
1315:Auckland
1183:overseas
1114:Port HHZ
1084:Standard
819:Wildfire
803:Sherwood
771:Hibernia
731:Dalriada
707:Calliope
649:RM Tamar
639:RM Poole
525:training
1046:Mercury
1017:Harrier
984:Forward
880:Abastor
763:Forward
715:Cambria
578:Raleigh
482:current
354:p. 178.
164:Lancing
35:History
1108:Vernon
1056:(1939)
1009:Gannet
1001:Ganges
986:(1939)
963:Ferret
896:Badger
864:former
795:Scotia
747:Ferret
739:Eaglet
586:Sultan
570:Nelson
515:Jufair
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352:Lavery
325:Lavery
315:p. 18.
313:Lavery
303:p. 34.
301:Lavery
279:p. 24.
277:Lavery
244:Exbury
96:Sussex
955:Dryad
829:other
811:Vivid
723:Ceres
612:bases
554:Drake
342:p. 3.
340:Drury
291:p. 1.
289:Drury
264:Notes
254:Hawke
162:near
1068:Newt
1052:HMS
982:HMS
871:home
513:HMS
387:ISBN
252:HMS
203:HMS
196:HMS
189:HMS
182:HMS
175:HMS
168:HMS
92:Hove
85:HMS
49:Name
187:or
173:or
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