One ship and three shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Flycatcher'': * was an ex-Turkish motor patrol boat. Built in 1912 by Thornycroft, she was sunk on 9 November 1914 by

HMS Espiegle Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Espiegle'' * was a 16-gun French brig-sloop, launched at Bayonne in 1788. and captured her off Ushant on 30 November 1793. She was sold in 1802. * was a French 12-gun aviso launched in 17 ...

in Shatt-al-Arab, salvaged, and returned to service late 1915, armed with 1 6-pounder gun and 1 machine gun. Sold c1923. * HMS ''Flycatcher'' (shore establishment) was a

stone frigate A stone frigate is a naval establishment on land. 'Stone frigate' is an informal term which has its origin in Britain's Royal Navy (RN), after its use of Diamond Rock, an island off Martinique, as a 'sloop of war' to harass the First French ...

for the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...

's headquarters for its

Mobile Naval Air Bases The Mobile Naval Airfield Organisation (MNAO) was the shore-based component of the naval air logistics organisation. This comprised two types of units, a Mobile Operational Naval Air Base (MONAB) and a Transportable Aircraft Maintenance Yard (T ...

which supported their

Fleet Air Arm The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is the naval aviation component of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy (RN). The FAA is one of five :Fighting Arms of the Royal Navy, RN fighting arms. it is a primarily helicopter force, though also operating the Lockhee ...

units. It was based first at

RNAS Ludham Royal Air Force Ludham or more simply RAF Ludham is a former Royal Air Force List of former Royal Air Force stations, station located approximately northeast of the village of Ludham, and east-northeast of Norwich, in the county of Norfolk, Eng ...

Norfolk Norfolk ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in England, located in East Anglia and officially part of the East of England region. It borders Lincolnshire and The Wash to the north-west, the North Sea to the north and eas ...

, between 4 September 1944 and 16 February 1945. It then moved to RNAS Middle Wallop,

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Berkshire to the north, Surrey and West Sussex to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south, ...

, on 16 February 1945 and remained until paying off on 10 April 1946. * HMS ''Flycatcher'' (Hong Kong shore establishment) was recommissioned on 1 April 1947 for the Royal Navy presence located at

RAF Kai Tak Royal Air Force Kai Tak or more commonly RAF Kai Tak is a former Royal Air Force station situated in Hong Kong, at Kai Tak Airport, Kowloon. It was established by the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1927 and used for seaplanes. The RAF flight opera ...

situated at

Kai Tak Airport Kai Tak Airport was an international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 until 1998. Officially known as Hong Kong International Airport from 1954 to 6 July 1998, it is often referred to as Hong Kong International Airport, Kai Tak, or simply K ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

, decommissioning on New Year's Eve of 1947.Kai Tak – Helicopter Database
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{{Ship index Royal Navy ship names

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