Name HMS Flying Fox Status Active | Commissioned 18 November 1972 Class and type Stone frigate | |
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Similar HMS President, Bristol Harbour, Bristol Zoo, St Philip and St Jacob - Bri, Engineers House | ||
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.
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Map of H M S Flying Fox, Winterstoke Rd, Bristol BS3 2NS, UK
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, and the South West Area Sea Cadet HQ.