HMS Nabstock

HMS Nabstock Mobile Operational Naval Air Base VI
at RAAF Maryborough, Maryborough, Queensland in Australia
HMS Nabstock Location in Queensland Show map of Queensland HMS Nabstock HMS Nabstock (Australia) Show map of Australia
Coordinates	25°30′48″S 152°42′54″E / 25.51333°S 152.71500°E / -25.51333; 152.71500
Type	Mobile Operational Naval Air Base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defence
Operator	Royal Navy (1945)
Controlled by	Fleet Air Arm (1945)
Site history
In use	1945 (1945) – 1945 (1945) (Fleet Air Arm)
Fate	Returned to Royal Australian Air Force
Battles/wars	World War II Pacific War
Garrison information
Garrison	MONAB VI
Occupants	Flying units: 706 Pool & Refresher Flying Training Squadron Support functions: Mobile Maintenance (MM) No. 5 Maintenance Servicing (MS) No. 9 Maintenance Servicing (MS) No. 10 Mobile Repair (MR) No. 2
Airfield information
Elevation	30 feet (9.1 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface --/-- 1,100 yards (1,006 m) x 50 yards (46 m) Bitumen 12/30 1,100 yards (1,006 m) x 50 yards (46 m) Bitumen 17/35 1,765 yards (1,614 m) x 50 yards (46 m) Bitumen
Source: Royal Navy Research Archive[1][2]

HMS Nabstock Mobile Operational Naval Air Base VI
at RAAF Station Schofields, Schofields, Sydney, New South Wales in Australia
HMS Nabstock Location within New South Wales Show map of New South Wales HMS Nabstock HMS Nabstock (Australia) Show map of Australia
Coordinates	33°42′49″S 150°52′16″E / 33.71361°S 150.87111°E / -33.71361; 150.87111
Site information
Owner	Department of Defence
Operator	Royal Navy
Controlled by	Fleet Air Arm
Site history
In use	1945 (1945) – 1946 (1946)
Fate	Returned to Royal Australian Air Force
Garrison information
Garrison	MONAB VI
Occupants	Flying units: 702 Instrument Flying Training & Checking Squadron Support functions: Mobile Maintenance (MM) No. 5 Maintenance Servicing (MS) No. 9 Maintenance Servicing (MS) No. 10 Mobile Repair (MR) No. 2
Airfield information
Elevation	50 feet (15 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 04/24 1,335 yards (1,221 m) x 50 yards (46 m) unsealed gravel pavement 11/29 1,500 yards (1,372 m) x 50 yards (46 m) unsealed gravel pavement 15/33 1,665 yards (1,522 m) x 50 yards (46 m) unsealed gravel pavement
Source: Royal Navy Research Archive[3]

HMS Nabstock was a Royal Navy (RN), Mobile Operational Naval Air Base (MONAB) which was initially located at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) airfield RAAF Maryborough situated in Maryborough, Queensland. HMS Nabstock was also known as MONAB VI and Royal Naval Air Station Maryborough (or RNAS Maryborough), between June and November 1945. It decommissioned and moved to RAAF Station Schofields located at Schofields, New South Wales, where MONAB VI recommissioned as HMS Nabstock and known here as Royal Naval Air Station Schofields (or RNAS Schofields) until June 1946.^[4]