HMS Ferret (1982 shore establishment)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Ferret.

HMS Ferret
Part of MOD Chicksands
Near Shefford, Bedfordshire in England
Site information
Type	Military training establishment
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	Royal Navy
Controlled by	Royal Naval Reserve
Condition	Operational
Website	Official website
Location
HMS Ferret Location in Bedfordshire
Coordinates	52°02′29″N000°21′31″W / 52.04139°N 0.35861°W / 52.04139; -0.35861
Site history
Built	1997 (1997)
In use	1997 – present
Garrison information
Current commander	Commander K Boyle
Occupants	Intelligence Branch

HMS Ferret is a training unit of the Royal Naval Reserve based at MOD 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. 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. Ferret moved to Chicksands when Headquarters Intelligence Corps moved to Chicksands in 1997. ^[1]

HMS Ferret is the headquarters of the Intelligence branch of the RNR. ^[2]

See also

• Military intelligence

References

1. Van Der Bijl, Nick (2013). "The Coalition Years; the 1990s". Sharing the Secret; the history of the Intelligence Corps. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. p. 311. ISBN   9781848844131.
2. Hansard Written Answers accessed 27 May 2008.

Further reading

• Warlow, Ben, Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy, Liskeard : Maritime, 2000. ISBN   978-0-907771-73-9

External links

• HMS Ferret Royal Navy website