NRS Bermuda
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) established a temporary training base in Bermuda during the latter part of World War II. From 1944 to 1945, the RCN operated from Convict's Bay, St. George's, Bermuda using a shore facility named HMCS Somers Isles, a former Royal Navy base. HMCS Somers Isles closed in 1945 following the end of World War II.
The RCN departure from Bermuda was short lived as a result of the growing tensions of the Cold War. Following the closure of the Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda in 1951, the RCN returned to Bermuda and was the sole operator of the former RN base on the island, creating a winter training installation. More than 30 RCN warships and 5,000 sailors trained in Bermuda during the 1950s.
In 1961 the RCN established a HFDF receiver facility at Daniel's Head, Sandys Parish on Somerset Island with the facility going operational in 1963. The RCN also built a transmitter facility on North Ireland Island, using a former Royal Navy wireless station that operated between 1939-49. Both the receiver and transmitter facilities were operated during the 1960s as Naval Radio Station Bermuda or NRS Bermuda.
From 1944 until 1968, the Bermuda installations would be the only RCN facility outside Canada. From 1968 to 1992 it was one of three CF locations outside Canada.
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