HMS Flying Fox (shore establishment)

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Coordinates: 51°26′04″N 2°36′59″W / 51.4344°N 2.6165°W / 51.4344; -2.6165
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Flying Fox.

Flying Fox in 2007
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Flying Fox
Commissioned18 November 1972[1]
StatusActive
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeStone frigate

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

History

Bristol Division was one of the five divisions of the

River Avon and across the Bristol Channel to a ship breaker's yard in Cardiff in 1973.[2]

Co-located on the site in Winterstoke Road are the Naval Regional Officer for Wales and West of England,[3]the South West Area Sea Cadet HQ,[4] and Winterstoke Detachment of Bristol Army Cadet Force.[5]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-907771-74-6
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  2. ^ Fray Bentos (3 March 1973). "HMS Flying Fox" (photograph). 1970s photographs of lost Bristol.
  3. ^ "Media enquiries". Royal Navy. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Get in Touch". Sea Cadets. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Army Cadets UK". Army Cadets UK. Retrieved 20 April 2024.

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