• HMS Wildfire is a Royal Naval Reserve unit in Northwood, North West London. Training over 100 reservists, HMS Wildfire is located within a purpose built...
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  • Five ships and a number of shore establishments of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wildfire: HMS Wildfire (1804) was a fireship, previously...
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    This is a list of shore establishments (or stone frigates) of the Royal Navy and Corps of Royal Marines. Portsmouth establishments HMNB Clyde RNAS Culdrose...
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    HMS Raleigh is a stone frigate (shore establishment), serving as the basic training facility of the Royal Navy at Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom....
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    HMS Mercury was a shore establishment of the Royal Navy, and the site of the Royal Navy Signals School and Combined Signals School. There was also a subsidiary...
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  • HMS Standard was a British Royal Navy shore establishment between 1942 and 1945. Situated well away from the sea near Kielder in Northumberland, the base...
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    Warlow, Ben (2000). Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy. Maritime Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-907771-74-6. Fray Bentos (3 March 1973). "HMS Flying Fox"...
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    Online History HMS Duncan. Warlow, "Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy", p.140. Lambert, "Battleships in Transition", p124. History HMS Gibraltar. Lambert...
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    Royal Navy Submarine Service (category 1901 establishments in the United Kingdom)
    years located at HMS Dolphin in Hampshire. It moved from Dolphin to the Northwood Headquarters in 1978. The Submarine School is now at HMS Raleigh at Torpoint...
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    joining HMS Wildfire for his first seagoing commission. After just a year at sea, Harvey was back on shore attending gunnery courses at HMS Excellent...
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    (formerly Universities' Royal Naval Units) are Royal Navy training establishments under the command of Britannia Royal Naval College, who recruit Officer...
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    Naval Intelligence Division (United Kingdom) (category 1882 establishments in the United Kingdom)
    1912. It was the intelligence arm of the British Admiralty before the establishment of a unified Defence Intelligence Staff in 1964. It dealt with matters...
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    training wing – the Royal Marines School of Music at HMS Nelson – and its headquarters is at HMS Excellent, Whale Island, Portsmouth. The development...
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    serve in the Royal Navy and is responsible for personnel and naval shore establishments. Originally titled Second Naval Lord in 1830, the post was restyled...
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    Royal Naval College, Greenwich (category Former training establishments of the Royal Navy)
    The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, was a Royal Navy training establishment between 1873 and 1998, providing courses for naval officers. It was the home...
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    – Flew flag from RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) in the 1930s, post extant until 1963. Responsible for shore-based air command working up squadrons...
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    Handsley joined the Royal Navy on 24 December 1901 aged 15. Whilst serving on HMS Ringarooma at Port Chalmers, New Zealand, he joined the British National...
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    HM (1 January 2018). "Navy Directory 2017 Containing Lists of Ships, Establishments and Officers of the Fleet" (PDF). www.royalnavy.mod.uk. Ministry of...
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    catastrophic event such as a wildfire. For example, in California, chaparral vegetation is the final vegetation. The wildfire removes the mature vegetation...
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    Hawaiian Kingdom (category 1795 establishments in Hawaii)
    church. On February 13, 1843. Lord George Paulet of the Royal Navy warship HMS Carysfort, entered Honolulu Harbor and demanded that King Kamehameha III...
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    Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service (category 1884 establishments in the United Kingdom)
    Service was introduced, staffed by trained nurses. These nurses served on shore, initially at Haslar and Plymouth. In 1902, Queen Alexandra became President...
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    First Lord of the Admiralty (category 1628 establishments in England)
    altogether. This situation described was further exacerbated by the disaster of HMS Captain in 1870, a poorly-designed new vessel for the navy. The responsibility...
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    California in a Bell 206B JetRanger helicopter to provide aerial coverage of a wildfire in Santa Barbara County, and Powers underestimated the amount of fuel on...
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    Henley 1994–1997: Michael Bucks 1997–1999: Simon Golding 1999–2000: Charles Stewart 2000–2002: Simon Golding 2002–2006: Barry Hammett 2006–2010: John Green...
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  • Striking Force (CASWF), with Commodore Amphibious Warfare (COMAW) embarked in HMS Fearless. Included: Vice-Admiral A. Peter Woodhead: 1990 – September 1991...
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    Sir Toby Frere 1994–1997 Vice Admiral Sir John Dunt 1997–2000 Rear Admiral Brian Perowne 2000–2001 Rear Admiral Jonathon Reeve 2001–2004 Rear Admiral Paul...
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    of a folding kayak brigade would be effective. He decided to infiltrate HMS Glengyle, an infantry landing ship anchored in the River Clyde. Courtney...
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  • with him. Keōua and Kaōleiokū arrived in separate canoes. Keōua came to shore first where a fight broke out and he and all aboard were killed. Before...
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    tale of restored tribal lands turns bittersweet in the wake of an Oregon wildfire | Cascade PBS News". crosscut.com. Retrieved May 2, 2024. Brynelson, Troy...
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  • Naval Home Command (category 1969 establishments in the United Kingdom)
    (1969–1997) Flag Officer, Training and Recruitment (FOTR) Other Royal Navy shore establishments also reported to CINCNAVHOME. In 1994 the post of Commander-in-Chief...
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