RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk)

RNAS Hatston (HMS Sparrowhawk) - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Royal Naval Air Station Hatston (RNAS Hatston, also called HMS Sparrowhawk), was a Royal Naval Air Station, one mile to the north west of Kirkwall on the island of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It was located near the strategically vital naval base of Scapa Flow, which for most of the twentieth century formed the main base of the ships of the Home Fleet. The airbase was designed to provide accommodation for disembarked Front-Line squadrons and accommodation for disembarked Ship's Flight Aircraft and was home to the Home Fleet Fleet Requirements Unit, 771 Naval Air Squadron. Read more on Wikipedia

type: military installation
date from: 1934

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