HMS Nabswick

HMS Nabswick Mobile Operational Naval Air Base V
at Jervis Bay Airfield, near Jervis Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory in Australia
HMS Nabswick Location in Jervis Bay Territory Show map of New South Wales HMS Nabswick HMS Nabswick (Australia) Show map of Australia
Coordinates	35°08′48″S 150°41′48″E / 35.14667°S 150.69667°E / -35.14667; 150.69667
Type	Mobile Operational Naval Air Base
Site information
Owner	Australian Ministry 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
Battles/wars	World War II Pacific War
Garrison information
Garrison	MONAB V
Occupants	Mobile Maintenance (MM) No. 4 Maintenance Servicing (MS) No. 7 Maintenance Servicing (MS) No. 8 Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 1 Mobile, Storage & Reserve (MSR) No. 2 Mobile Air Torpedo Maintenance Unit (MATMU) No. 6
Airfield information
Elevation	200 feet (61 m) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 08/26 1,665 yards (1,522 m) x 50 yards (46 m) sealed gravel 15/33 1,665 yards (1,522 m) x 50 yards (46 m) sealed gravel
Source: Royal Navy Research Archive[1][2]

HMS Nabswick was a Royal Navy (RN), Mobile Operational Naval Air Base (MONAB) which was initially at the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) satellite airfield Jervis Bay Airfield situated near Jervis Bay Village, Jervis Bay Territory. HMS Nabswick was also known as MONAB V and Royal Naval Air Station Jervis Bay (or RNAS Jervis Bay).^[3]