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Former Royal Naval Air Station in the Scottish Highlands, Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Royal Naval Air Station Fearn (RNAS Fearn; or HMS Owl) is a former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm airbase, located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) southeast of Tain, Scottish Highlands and 21.9 miles (35.2 km) northeast of Inverness, Scottish Highlands, Scotland. The Tower has now been converted to residential use. See Restoration Man George Clarke.
RNAS Fearn (HMS Owl) | |||||||||||
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Fearn, Scottish Highlands in Scotland | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 57°45′28″N 003°56′54″W | ||||||||||
Type | Royal Naval Air Station | ||||||||||
Site information | |||||||||||
Owner | Admiralty | ||||||||||
Operator | Royal Navy | ||||||||||
Controlled by | Fleet Air Arm | ||||||||||
Site history | |||||||||||
Built | 1941 | ||||||||||
In use | October 1942 - July 1946 -1957 | ||||||||||
Battles/wars | European theatre of World War II | ||||||||||
Airfield information | |||||||||||
Elevation | 8 metres (26 ft) AMSL | ||||||||||
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Situated around 1 mile (2 km) from the north west shore of the Moray Firth, the airfield is 8.5 miles (14 km) north east of the town and port of Invergordon and 1 mile (2 km) south east of the village of Fearn. Notable landmarks include Tarbat Ness and Cromarty Firth.[1]
The Royal Navy acquired the airbase when on 15 July 1942 it was transferred from the RAF to the Admiralty and was known as Royal Naval Air Station Fearn (RNAS Fearn). On 11 October it was commissioned as HMS Owl.[1] The airbase had initially opened in late 1941 as a satellite for RAF Tain, known as RAF Fearn, before the Fleet Air Arm took it over.[2] HMS Owl was home to the Royal Navy’s Barracuda Operational Training Unit, No. 1 Barracuda Servicing Unit and No. 3 Barracuda Servicing Unit along with No. 1 Avenger Servicing Unit. There was also No. 2 Torpedo School. The site also included accommodation for disembarked squadrons.[1]
A number of units were here at some point:
The site is currently used as farmland.[2] On the southeast edge, a new, separate, aerodrome has been created by the name of "Easter Airfield".[27] The control tower is now a private residence owned. It was in a 2015 episode of Channel 4's The Restoration Man.[28] A lot of the original buildings on the other side of the camp are derelict and only have trash from fly-tipping, crows and bugs in them.
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