List of seaplane bases in the United Kingdom

This article lists both active and historic seaplane bases in the United Kingdom, many of which were either used for, or planned to be used for, the defence of the UK.

A seaplane base may be anything from a stretch of water where seaplanes were based to a full installation, either floating (powered or unpowered) or shore based, where seaplanes were serviced. In the UK these are presumed to be coastal.

Active seaplane bases

Proposed seaplane base

Royal Albert Docks, London City Airport.^[1]

Former bases

RAF Alness,^[2] Alness, Ross and Cromarty
Bembridge Harbour, Isle of Wight (1915-1919)
Brough Aerodrome, East Riding of Yorkshire
RNAS Calshot/RAF Calshot, Hampshire
RAF Castle Archdale, Lough Erne, Northern Ireland^[3]
RAF Catfirth, Shetland Islands (1917-1919)
Cromarty, Ross & Cromarty (1913-1915)
RNAS Donibristle, Dalgety Bay, Fife
RNAS Dundee (HMS Condor II),^[4] Dundee, Angus
RNAS Felixstowe, Suffolk
RAF Greenock,^[5]^[6] Greenock, Inverclyde
RNAS Hickling Broad, Norfolk
RNAS Hornsea Mere, East Yorkshire
RAF Houton, Orkney
RNAS Kingsnorth, Kent
RNAS Lawrenny Ferry, Pembrokeshire
RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus), Hampshire
RAF Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon (was RNAS Cattewater)
Newhaven Seaplane Base, Tide Mills, east of Newhaven Harbour, Sussex
RAF Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire^[3]
RNAS Portland (HMS Osprey), Portland, Dorset
RNAS Tresco, Isles of Scilly
Sullom Voe, Shetland^[3]
Westgate-on-Sea, Kent
RAF Woodhaven,^[7] Woodhaven, Fife

References

^ "Seaplanes to fly once more". The Telegraph. 22 April 2007. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
^ "Secret Scotland - RAF Alness". www.secretscotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c London 2003, pp. 288–290.
^ "Secret Scotland - HMS Condor II". www.secretscotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
^ "Royal Navy Air Stations in the UK - Fleet Air Arm Archive". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "Stations-G". www.rafweb.org. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
^ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

London, Peter. British Flying Boats. Stroud, UK:Sutton Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-7509-2695-3.

External links

[1] "Seaplanes to fly once more". The Telegraph. 22 April 2007. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

[2] "Secret Scotland - RAF Alness". www.secretscotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

[London_p288-0-3] London 2003, pp. 288–290.

[4] "Secret Scotland - HMS Condor II". www.secretscotland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

[5] "Royal Navy Air Stations in the UK - Fleet Air Arm Archive". Archived from the original on 17 October 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[6] "Stations-G". www.rafweb.org. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

[7] "Google Maps". Google Maps. Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

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