Naval Party (Royal Navy)

The Royal Navy maintains a number of Naval Parties worldwide to support a number of operations and training activities:[1]

Current

Defunct

Defunct Naval Parties include:[7]

  • Naval Party 1004 (NP1004) was the Royal Navy personnel attached to Headquarters Allied Forces Baltic Approaches
  • Naval Party 1008 (NP1008) was the Royal Navy personnel conducting offshore surveys as part of the Civil Hydrographic Programme upon Ships Taken up from Trade (STUFT). These were: MV Sperus (1983), MV Bon Esprit (1983–1986), MV British Enterprise IV (1990–1991), and MV Marine Explorer (1993–1995).[8]
  • Naval Party 1010 (NP1010) was the Royal Navy section of the British Defence Liaison Staff Ottawa[9]
  • Naval Party 1016 (NP1016) was the Royal Navy personnel conducting inshore surveys as part of the Civil Hydrographic Programme upon Ships Taken up from Trade (STUFT). These were MV Proud Seahorse (1985–2000), and MV Confidante (2001–end of contract).[8]
  • Naval Party 1020 (NP1020) was the Royal Navy personnel who crewed the MV Northella, whilst it was in use as a navigation training ship from 1985 to 1994.[10]
  • Naval Party 1023 (NP1023) was the Royal Navy Liaison Office Gulf between 1989 and 1994.
  • Naval Party 1027 (NP1027) – Cyrpus
  • Naval Party 1964 (NP1964) was the Royal Navy personnel at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia between 1964 and 1994.
  • Naval Party 8902 was a hovercraft unit formed in June 1967, made up of two officers and eight ratings, equipped with a modified Saunders-Roe SR.N.6 hovercraft. The unit evaluated the hovercraft around the Falkland Islands and demonstrated it in several South American countries.[11]

See also

References

  1. "British Forces Post Office locations (updated 20 November 2020)". Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. "Permanent Joint Operating Bases (PJOBs)". Gov.uk. 12 December 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016.
  3. "Welcome to Diego Garcia" (PDF). U.S. Navy. January 2011. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2016.
  4. "Steve Hunt – LinkedIn". Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. "Eastern Outpost". Navy News. Royal Navy. June 2011. p. 11. Retrieved 22 June 2016. The White Ensign is still flying above the operations of Naval Party 1022 (NP1022), based at Sembawang Wharves in Singapore.
  6. Thomson, Lt.Cdr. Susie (11 April 2009). "Fuelling the front line". Ministry of Defence. DFG is also responsible for the operation of the oil fuel depot, pipeline and wharf in Singapore.
  7. "The Forces Postal History Society – Newsletter 211, Spring 1992" (PDF). p. 8–9. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  8. "Images of Survey Ships of various ages". Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  9. "JSP 800 Defence Movements and Transportation Regulations – Volume 2 – Passenger Travel Instructions" (PDF). Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  10. "Navy News – December 1991" (PDF). p. 2.
  11. Hampshire, A. Cecil (1975). The Royal Navy Since 1945. London: William Kimber & Co. Ltd. pp. 235–236. ISBN 0718300343.
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