# HMS Nabswick

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{{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](/source/Jervis_Bay_Airfield), near [Jervis Bay Village](/source/Jervis_Bay_Village), [Jervis Bay Territory](/source/Jervis_Bay_Territory)
| country = Australia
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| image2 = <!--secondary image, major command emblems for airfields -->
| alt2 = 
| caption2 = 
| type = [Mobile Operational Naval Air Base](/source/Mobile_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](/source/Department_of_Defence_(Australia))
| operator = {{Navy|UK}}
| controlledby = [Fleet Air Arm](/source/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](/source/Royal_Australian_Air_Force)
| condition = 
| battles = *[World War II](/source/World_War_II)
**[Pacific War](/source/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](/source/Chipseal)
| 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](/source/Royal_Navy) (RN), [Mobile Operational Naval Air Base](/source/Mobile_Naval_Air_Bases) (MONAB) which  was initially at the [Royal Australian Air Force](/source/Royal_Australian_Air_Force) (RAAF) satellite airfield [Jervis Bay Airfield](/source/Jervis_Bay_Airfield) situated near [Jervis Bay Village](/source/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](/source/Captain_(Royal_Navy)) H.G. Dickinson, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|DSC}}, [RN](/source/Royal_Navy), from 1 February 1945
* [Commander](/source/Commander_(Royal_Navy)) 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](/source/Grumman_TBF_Avenger) Mk.I & II
* [Fairey Barracuda](/source/Fairey_Barracuda) Mk II
* [Vought Corsair](/source/Vought_F4U_Corsair) Mk II & IV
* [Fairey Firefly](/source/Fairey_Firefly) I
* [Miles Martinet](/source/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](/source/Liskeard), [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall), UK |isbn= 978-1-904459-30-9 |language=en}}
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