Sembawang

North West

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Sembcorp Marine Ltd , 4.5017SGSEM
Sembawang naval base , North West 4.8016
Seletar , Central Singapore 6.1098WSSL
Tengah Air Base , South West 11.6246WSAT
Paya Lebar , North East 13.0123WSAP
Port of Singapore , 18.4202



  Sembawang


1930 to present

1° 25' 30'' N     103° 48' 46'' E
12nm N of Singapore City, North West
ICAO: WSAG IATA:
Elevation: 79 feet


Originally a landing ground within the boundaries of the Naval Base built in the north of Singapore Island by Britain from 1924. Further work began in 1937 by the British Army, with land acquired from the Bukit Sembawang rubber estate and what was originally planned as an RAF base was transferred to the Admiralty in 1939, before a further transfer to the RAAF in 1940. With the war in the Pacific going badly, the base was occupied by the Japanese on 15 Feb 1942.
After WWII, it became an RNAS station, known as HMS Nabrock from Oct 1945 until its more famous name of HMS Simbang was applied in Dec 1945. The base was handed over to the RAF on 16 Jan 1948 and back to the Navy on 16 Jan 1950 as the situation in Korea worsened. When the Korean War ended in July 1953, the base was again drawn down to a smaller size to support the helicopter units of the Fleet Air Arm engaged in the Malayan Emergency. During March 1961, the Headquarters of 3 Commando Brigade, Royal Marines arrived and the site took on the role of Far East Fleet Amphibious Forces Base.  It has also been used by the RAF and Army Aviation. RNAS Sembawang was closed in 1970, decommissioned on 18 Mar 1971 and on 29 Oct it was handed over to the Singapore Air Defence Command, c/o a resident ANZUK force. It became the home of RSAF rotary wing aviation in 1983.



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  List of units at Sembawang


Years Unit
1999-    127 squadron414 - H-47D Chinook,
1996-    126 squadronAS332M Super Puma, AS532M1 Cougar,
1992-    123 squadronS-70B, AS550C2 Fennec, UH-1B Iroquois,
1985-    125 squadronAS332M Super Puma,
1981-    120 squadronAH-64D Apache, 205, 212,
1979/07124 squadronEC120B, AS550C2 Fennec, AS350B Ecureuil,
1970/71UK 847NASWessex,
1969UK 847NASWessex,
1969AU 817 SquadronWessex,
1968/69UK 814 NASWessex,
1968/71UK 3 CBASScout, Sioux,
1967/71UK 848 NASWasp, Wessex,
1966/68UK 845 NASWessex, Wasp,
1966/67UK 814 NASWessex, Wessex,
1965/66UK 820 NASWessex,
1965AU 817 SquadronWessex,
1965/66UK 848 NASWhirlwind, Wessex,
1964UK 847NASUH-12E Raven, Whirlwind,
1963/65UK 845 NASWhirlwind, UH-12E Raven, Wessex,
1962/65UK 814 NASWessex,
1962/66UK 815 NASWessex,
1962UK 824 NASWhirlwind,
1961UK 825 NASWhirlwind,
1960/62UK 848 NASWhirlwind,
1958/59UK 820 NASWhirlwind,
1953/56UK 848 NASWhirlwind, S-55 H-19,
1953UK 194 Squadrondragonfly,
1951/53UK Far East Casualty Evacuation FlightDragonfly HC.4, dragonfly,



  Operations at Sembawang


Dates Operation
08-dec-6211-aug-66 Konfrontasi
01-jul-4831-jul-60 Operation Firedog




List of aircraft and events at Sembawang


By Date | By Serial | By Model

DatesOrg/TypeUnit
1952-dec Far East Casualty Evacuation Flight HC.4 XB251
1952-dec Far East Casualty Evacuation Flight HC.4 XB252

1953-jan 848 NAS /K HRS-2 WV198
1953-feb 194 Squadron HC.4 XB251

1958-nov StoredRN HAS7 XL836

1960-jul-05 AccidentRN HAS7 XN305

1963-feb-05 Accident845 NAS HAS.1 XP107
1963-jul-04 Accident814 NAS HAS.1 XM917

1964-sep-26 Accident814 NAS HAS.1 XP115
1964-nov-24 AccidentRN HAS.1 XM834

1965-jan RN HAS.1 XS124

1967-jul-14 AccidentRN Wasp XT439

2019-apr-04 Bell Helicopter 505 N505LQ



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