HMS Ferret (shore establishment 1982)
- HMS Ferret (shore establishment 1982)
HMS "Ferret" is a training unit of the Royal Naval Reserve based at the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre, Chicksands in Bedfordshire.
History
HMS "Ferret" was initially established at Templer Barracks, Ashford, Kent, an Intelligence Corps training establishment, as a regional headquarters of the Royal Naval Reserve. It was commissioned on 9 October 1982.
Templer Barracks closed in 1997, the land being required for construction of railway works for the highspeed Eurostar connection through the newly completed Channel Tunnel. Training delivery and the Headquarters Int Corps moved to Chicksands between 1995 and 1997, with HMS Ferret relocating at the same time.
HMS "Ferret" is the headquarters of the Intelligence branch of the RNR [ [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2006-04-18d.63457.h Hansard Written Answers] accessed 27 May 08.]
ee also
*Military Intelligence
References
*Warlow, Ben, "Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy", Liskeard : Maritime, 2000. ISBN 9780907771739
External Links
* [http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.2953 HMS Ferret] Royal Navy Website
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