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&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Vernon_1.jpg) 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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| History | |
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| Name | HMS Vernon |
| Commissioned | 26 April 1876 |
| Decommissioned | Last elements on 1 April 1996 |
| Motto | Vernon Semper Viret |
| Nickname(s) | ‘The Vernon’ |
| Fate | Decommissioned and operational elements dispersed |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Stone frigate |
HMS Vernon was a shore establishment or "stone frigate" of the Royal Navy in Portsmouth. Vernon was established on 26 April 1876, as the Royal Navy's Torpedo Branch also known as the Torpedo School, named after the ship HMS Vernon which served as part of its floating base. After the First World War, HMS Vernon moved ashore, taking over the Gunwharf site, where it continued to operate until 1 April 1996, when the various elements comprising the establishment were split up and moved to different commands.