HMS Nabswick
{{Short description|Mobile Operational Naval Air Base (MONAB) of the Royal Navy}}
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{{Infobox military installation
| name = HMS Nabswick
Mobile Operational Naval Air Base V
| ensign = Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg
| ensign_size = 90px
| location = at Jervis Bay Airfield, near Jervis Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory
| country = Australia
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| type = Mobile Operational Naval Air Base
| elevation = {{convert|200|ft}}
| coordinates = {{coord|35|08|48|S|150|41|48|E|type:airport_region:AU-NSW|display=inline}}
| pushpin_map = New South Wales#Australia
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jervis Bay Territory
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| pushpin_label = HMS Nabswick
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| ownership = Australian Ministry of Defence
| operator = {{Navy|UK}}
| controlledby = Fleet Air Arm
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| used = {{Start date|1945}} – {{End date|1946}}
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| fate = Returned to Royal Australian Air Force
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| battles = *World War II
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| garrison = MONAB V
| occupants =*Mobile Maintenance (MM) No. 4
- Maintenance Servicing (MS) No. 7
- Maintenance Servicing (MS) No. 8
- Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 1
- Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 2
- Mobile Air Torpedo Maintenance Unit (MATMU) No. 6
| r1-number = 08/26
| r1-length = {{convert|1665|yard|0}} x {{convert|50|yard|0}}
| r1-surface = sealed gravel
| r2-number = 15/33
| r2-length = {{convert|1665|yard|0}} x {{convert|50|yard|0}}
| r2-surface = sealed gravel
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| footnotes = Source: Royal Navy Research Archive{{Cite web |title=MONAB V - HMS Nabswick |url=https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/MONABS/Nabswick-1.html |work=Royal Navy Research Archive - The MONAB Story - A history of the mobile airfields of the Royal Navy |access-date=15 October 2024}}{{Cite web |title=Jervis Bay |url=https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/FAA-Bases/Jervis_Bay.htm |work=Royal Navy Research Archive - Fleet Air Arm Bases 1939 - present day |access-date=15 October 2024}}
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HMS Nabswick was a Royal Navy (RN), Mobile Operational Naval Air Base (MONAB) which was initially at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) satellite airfield Jervis Bay Airfield situated near Jervis Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory. HMS Nabswick was also known as MONAB V and Royal Naval Air Station Jervis Bay (or RNAS Jervis Bay).{{sfn|Hobbs|2007|p=143}}
Commanding officers
Units based at HMS ''Nabswick''
List of units associated with MONAB V, in support of disembarked front line Squadrons:
= Function =
- Support for disembarked front line squadrons
= Aviation support components =
- Mobile Maintenance (MM) No. 4
- Mobile Servicing (MS) No. 7
- Mobile Servicing (MS) No. 8
- Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 1
- Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 2
- Mobile Air Torpedo Maintenance Unit (MATMU) No. 6
= Aircraft type supported =
- Grumman Avenger Mk.I & II
- Fairey Barracuda Mk II
- Vought Corsair Mk II & IV
- Fairey Firefly I
- Miles Martinet TT.Mk I
Citations
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References
- {{cite book |last=Hobbs |first=David |title=Moving Bases Royal Navy Maintenance Carriers and MONABs |year=2007 |publisher=Maritime Books |location= Liskeard, Cornwall, UK |isbn= 978-1-904459-30-9 |language=en}}
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Category:Royal Navy bases outside the United Kingdom
Category:Naval aviation units and formations of the United Kingdom