HMS Flying Fox (shore establishment)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Flying Fox.

Flying Fox in 2007
History
UK
Name	HMS Flying Fox
Commissioned	18 November 1972
Status	Active
General characteristics
Class and type	Stone frigate

HMS Flying Fox is a Royal Naval Reserve unit located in Bristol, England. Training over 100 reservists on Thursday evenings in Bristol, HMS Flying Fox serves Avon, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire.

History

Bristol Division was one of the five divisions of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve formed in 1903. After the First World War the division was reformed and a new drill ship, the 24-class sloop HMS Flying Fox, was berthed at Bristol in 1924. Renamed Severn Division after the Second World War, HMS Flying Fox moved ashore to its present HQ in 1972. The ship itself was towed down the River Avon and across the Bristol Channel to a ship breaker's yard in Cardiff in 1973.

Co-located on the site in Winterstoke Road are the Naval Regional Officer for Wales and West of England, the SW Area Sea Cadet HQ and Officers' Careers Liaison Officer.

Positions

Commanding Officer: Cdr D Bucknell RNR

Executive Officer: Lt Cdr L Clarke RNR

Royal Navy Staff Officer: Lt Cdr M 'Oz' Rhodes RNR

Unit Training Officer: Lt J Taylor RNR

First Lieutenant: Lt K Williams RNR

External links

Media related to HMS Flying Fox at Wikimedia Commons

• HMS Flying Fox home page