HMS Vernon (shore Establishment)
Coordinates: 50°47′38″N 1°06′25″W / 50.794°N 1.107°W / 50.794; -1.107
Lieutenant Commander Peter Scott, RNVR, Operational Officer at HMS Vernon, briefs motor torpedo boat officers before they set off on anti-E-Boat patrols |
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| Career (UK) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Vernon |
| Commissioned: | 26 April 1876 |
| Decommissioned: | Last elements on 1 April 1996 |
| Motto: | Vernon Semper Viret |
| Nickname: | ‘The Vernon’ |
| Fate: | Decommissioned and operational elements dispersed |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Stone frigate |
HMS Vernon was a shore establishment or 'stone frigate' of the Royal Navy. Vernon was established on 26 April 1876 as the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch and operated until 1 April 1996, when the various elements comprising the establishment were split up and moved to different commands.
Read more about HMS Vernon (shore Establishment): Foundation and Early History, In Wartime and Onshore, Postwar Devolution and Decommissioning