{{Short description|Mobile Operational Naval Air Base (MONAB) of the Royal Navy}} {{DISPLAYTITLE:HMS ''Nabswick''}} {{EngvarB|date=October 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox military installation | name = HMS ''Nabswick''<br>Mobile Operational Naval Air Base V | ensign = Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg | ensign_size = 90px | location = at Jervis Bay Airfield, near Jervis Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory | country = Australia | image = | alt = | caption = | image2 = <!--secondary image, major command emblems for airfields --> | alt2 = | caption2 = | type = Mobile Operational Naval Air Base | elevation = {{convert|200|ft}} | coordinates = {{coord|35|08|48|S|150|41|48|E|type:airport_region:AU-NSW|display=inline}} | pushpin_map = New South Wales#Australia | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Jervis Bay Territory | pushpin_relief = 1 | pushpin_label = HMS ''Nabswick'' | pushpin_label_position = | ownership = Australian Ministry of Defence | operator = {{Navy|UK}} | controlledby = Fleet Air Arm | area = <!-- area of site m2, km2 square mile etc --> | code = <!--facility/installation code, applies to US --> | built = | used = {{Start date|1945}} – {{End date|1946}} | builder = | materials = | height = <!-- height of tallest part, not above sea level --> | fate = Returned to Royal Australian Air Force | condition = | battles = *World War II **Pacific War | events = | commander = <!-- current commander --> | commanders = <!-- past notable commander(s) --> | garrison = MONAB V | occupants =*Mobile Maintenance (MM) No. 4 *Maintenance Servicing (MS) No. 7 *Maintenance Servicing (MS) No. 8 *Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 1 *Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 2 *Mobile Air Torpedo Maintenance Unit (MATMU) No. 6 | r1-number = 08/26 | r1-length = {{convert|1665|yard|0}} x {{convert|50|yard|0}} | r1-surface = sealed gravel | r2-number = 15/33 | r2-length = {{convert|1665|yard|0}} x {{convert|50|yard|0}} | r2-surface = sealed gravel | website = | footnotes = '''Source:''' Royal Navy Research Archive<ref name="monab5">{{Cite web |title=MONAB V - HMS Nabswick |url=https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/MONABS/Nabswick-1.html |work=Royal Navy Research Archive - The MONAB Story - A history of the mobile airfields of the Royal Navy |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref><ref name="rnra-jervisbay">{{Cite web |title=Jervis Bay |url=https://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/FAA-Bases/Jervis_Bay.htm |work=Royal Navy Research Archive - Fleet Air Arm Bases 1939 - present day |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref> }} '''HMS ''Nabswick''''' was a Royal Navy (RN), Mobile Operational Naval Air Base (MONAB) which was initially at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) satellite airfield Jervis Bay Airfield situated near Jervis Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory. HMS ''Nabswick'' was also known as MONAB V and '''Royal Naval Air Station Jervis Bay''' (or '''RNAS Jervis Bay''').{{sfn|Hobbs|2007|p=143}}
== Commanding officers ==
List of commanding officers of HMS ''Nabswick'' with date of appointment:<ref name="monab5"/>
* Captain H.G. Dickinson, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|DSC}}, RN, from 1 February 1945 * Commander T.K. Masterman, RN, (temporary command) from 9 March 1945 * Captain H.G. Dickinson, DSC, RN, from 1 May 1945 * Captain J.F.H. Sawyer, RN, from 18 November 1945
== Units based at HMS ''Nabswick'' ==
List of units associated with MONAB V, in support of disembarked front line Squadrons:
=== Function === * Support for disembarked front line squadrons
=== Aviation support components === * Mobile Maintenance (MM) No. 4 * Mobile Servicing (MS) No. 7 * Mobile Servicing (MS) No. 8 * Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 1 * Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 2 * Mobile Air Torpedo Maintenance Unit (MATMU) No. 6
=== Aircraft type supported === * Grumman Avenger Mk.I & II * Fairey Barracuda Mk II * Vought Corsair Mk II & IV * Fairey Firefly I * Miles Martinet TT.Mk I
== Citations == {{Reflist}}
== References == * {{cite book |last=Hobbs |first=David |title=Moving Bases Royal Navy Maintenance Carriers and MONABs |year=2007 |publisher=Maritime Books |location= Liskeard, Cornwall, UK |isbn= 978-1-904459-30-9 |language=en}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Nabswick}}
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