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HMS Proserpine
Locations HMS Proserpine was the Royal Naval Base Scapa Flow, HQ and Communications Centre. The communications centre was built at Wee Fae, Hoy in early 1943, it was manned by 40 Naval personnel and 230 Wrens. The underground signal centre handled communications with the ships and port defences by wireless, telephone and teleprinter. Accommodation block were located close by. The Proserpine Thurso radio station was located at Bower, and the radar station was near Cape Wrath.
The Base HQ was located on the shore at Lyness and was manned by around 15,000 naval, wren and civilian workers, providing refuelling, stores and administration for the ships of the Home Fleet. The anti-submarine Boom Defences, searchlights and air defences around the harbour were also maintained from the base. Prior to the expansion of the shorebase, these services had been provided from base ships moored in the harbour with a small shoreside facility.
Photographs are available at Hoy Then and Now.
Locations
Mar 1943 Inspection
13th July 1943 Transfer
22nd Apr 1940 Arrival
1st Jun 1944 On the Move
20th July 1944 On the Move
23rd July 1944 On the Move
18th Aug1944 On the Move
11th Oct 1944 On the Move
23rd Oct 1944 On the Move
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Those known to have sailed in HMS Proserpine during the Second World War 1939-1945. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed,
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Records of HMS Proserpine from other sources.
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Able Sea. George Crosbie HMS Pembroke George Crosbie enlisted in 1941. The following were his service postings during WW2:
- 1941 HMS Collingwood, Fareham (Naval Training Centre)
- 1941 HMS Victory, Portsmouth
- 1941 HMS Victory, Whitshed
- 1942 HMS Victory, Portsmouth
- 1942 HMS Pembroke, Whitshed
- 1942 HMS Victory, Portsmouth
- 1942 HMS Proserpine, Hoy (Royal Navy Communication Centre)
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