A ship and a
shore establishment
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 French in ...
of 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 ...
have borne the name HMS ''Flying Fox'', after the
racehorse
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Flying Fox
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They live in South Asia, Southeast Asia, Aust ...
.
* was a
24-class sloop launched in 1918. She was transferred to the
Royal Naval Reserve
The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original ...
in 1920 as a
drill ship, and remained in this role until sold for scrapping in 1973.
* is the
Bristol
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base of the Royal Naval Reserve. It was originally formed in 1924 aboard the sloop, having previously been aboard the drill ship . It closed as a Reserve unit in 1940, becoming a training centre for Mine Defence Courses until 1945. It reopened as a Reserve unit in 1946, and the name ''Flying Fox'' was allocated to the Severn Reserve in 1951. The division moved onshore in 1972, and is currently operational.
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Royal Navy ship names