RNAS St Merryn (HMS Vulture)

RNAS St Merryn (HMS Vulture)
St Merryn, Cornwall in England
Three rocket-armed Fairey Swordfish of 774 Naval Air Squadron during a training flight in 1944
RNAS St Merryn Shown within Cornwall Show map of Cornwall RNAS St Merryn RNAS St Merryn (the United Kingdom) Show map of the United Kingdom
Coordinates	50°30′15″N 004°58′40″W / 50.50417°N 4.97778°W / 50.50417; -4.97778
Type	Royal Naval Air Station
Site information
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Navy
Controlled by	Fleet Air Arm
Site history
Built	1937 (1937)
In use	1937-1956 (1956)
Garrison information
Garrison	School of Naval Air Warfare
Occupants	709 Fighter Ground Attack School 715 Fighter Air Combat and Fighter Leaders Course 719 Fighter Air Firing training squadron 725 Air Target Towing Unit 736 Fighter Combat School 794 School of Air Firing
Airfield information
Elevation	79 metres (259 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 01/19 1,000 yards (914 m) x 30 yards (27 m) Asphalt concrete 06/24 1,000 yards (914 m) x 30 yards (27 m) Asphalt concrete 10/28 1,030 yards (942 m) x 30 yards (27 m) Asphalt concrete 15/33 1,270 yards (1,161 m) x 30 yards (27 m) Asphalt concrete
Source: Royal Navy Research Archive[1]

Royal Naval Air Station St Merryn, commonly referred to as RNAS St Merryn, (HMS Vulture, later HMS Curlew) is a former military airbase of the Royal Navy located 7.35 miles (11.83 km) northeast of Newquay, Cornwall and 11.8 miles (19.0 km) northwest of Bodmin, Cornwall, England.