RNAS Maydown
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| RNAS Maydown HMS Gannet II HMS Shrike Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:InfoboxImage/data' not found. | |||||||||
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| Maydown, County Londonderry in Northern Ireland | |||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Royal Naval Air Station | ||||||||
| Owner | Air Ministry Admiralty | ||||||||
| Operator | Royal Air Force Royal Navy | ||||||||
| Controlled by | RAF Fighter Command 1942-1943 * No. 13 Group RAF Fleet Air Arm 1943-1947 | ||||||||
| Condition | Disused | ||||||||
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| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | Script error: No such module "Date time"./42 & 1943 | ||||||||
| In use | July 1942 - January Script error: No such module "Date time". | ||||||||
| Fate | Industry | ||||||||
| Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||
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| Occupants | Formation and working up of TBR units | ||||||||
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| Source: Royal Navy Research Archive[1] | |||||||||
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Royal Naval Air Station Maydown (RNAS Maydown; or HMS Shrike, later HMS Gannet II) is a former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm airbase located 4.3 miles (6.9 km) northeast of Derry, County Londonderry and 11.4 miles (18.3 km) west of Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
The airfield was transferred from the Royal Air Force on 1 May 1943 and the airbase was commissioned on 1 January 1944 as HMS Shrike. On 31 September 1945 it was 'paid off' and was immediately recommissioned as HMS Gannet II and served as a satellite airfield to RNAS Eglinton.[1]
Units
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Current use
The site is currently used by industry.[2]
See also
References
Citations
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Maydown". Royal Navy Research Archive - Fleet Air Arm Bases 1939 - present day. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ^ a b c d e f g Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Maydown". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
Bibliography
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Falconer, Jonathan (2012). RAF Airfields of World War 2. UK: Ian Allan Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85780-349-5.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sturtivant, R; Ballance, T (1994). The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-223-8.
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