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- ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE, CATTEWATER In addition to the airship base, Royal Naval Air Service, Laira, a seaplane base was established at the Cattewater, to the east of Plymouth, in September 1913 and several trial flights were made from it. Plans to create a
Royal Naval Air Service station on the Cattewater were made
in 1916 and in February 1917 RNAS Cattewater was
commissioned. Two hangers were erected and a railway track
was laid along the length of the Mount
Batten Breakwater to enable a mobile steam crane to move
about lifting seaplanes into and out of the water. The first aircraft to be stationed
there were fourteen Short Brothers 184, of which numbers N1142, N1601,
N1624, N1796, N2836, and N2959 were recorded by Dennis Teague, and a
Curtiss H8 "Large America" flying boat. On April 1st 1918 the Royal Naval
Air Service was merged with the Royal Flying Corps to become the Royal
Air Force and the Station was re-commissioned as Royal Air Force
Cattewater. |
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