HMS Sultan (shore establishment)

HMS Sultan
Gosport, Hampshire in England
Caledonia Gate to HMS Sultan
HMS Sultan is located in Hampshire
HMS Sultan
HMS Sultan
Shown within Hampshire
Coordinates50°48′10″N 001°09′39″W / 50.80278°N 1.16083°W / 50.80278; -1.16083
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
Operator Royal Navy
Site history
Built1914 (1914)
In use1914–1945 (as RAF Gosport)
1945–1956 (as HMS Siskin)
1956–present (as HMS Sultan)
Airfield information
Elevation7 metres (23 ft) AMSL

HMS Sultan is a shore base of the Royal Navy in Gosport, Hampshire, England. It is the primary engineering training establishment for the Royal Navy and home to the Network Rail Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme and the EDF Energy engineering maintenance apprenticeship.

The site was originally RAF Gosport it was then transferred to the Royal Navy during 1945 as HMS Siskin (Hence a nearby school being named Siskin School) it was then renamed HMS Sultan on 1 June 1956 when the airfield side was closed down and a Mechanical Repair Establishment was moved here from the Flathouse area by Portsmouth Dockyard.[1]

  1. ^ "History". Royal Navy (RN). Retrieved 9 December 2014.

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