RNAS St Merryn (HMS Vulture)

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
Site information
Type	Royal Naval Air Station
Owner	Air Ministry
Operator	Royal Navy
Controlled by	Fleet Air Arm
Location
	RNAS St Merryn Shown within Cornwall RNAS St Merryn RNAS St Merryn (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates	50°30′15″N 004°58′40″W / 50.50417°N 4.97778°W
Site history
Built	1937
In use	1937-1956
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
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

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.