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HMS ''Forward'' was a shore establishment of the British Royal Navy during World War II. It was based at South Heighton, just outside Newhaven, East Sussex. ==Service history== Based in a former Guinness Trust Holiday Home, ''Forward'' served as the command centre for all Royal Naval establishments in the area and was responsible for: * , the Electrical Training School at Eastbourne. * HMS ''Forward II'' (renamed in 1942), the Coastal Forces base at Newhaven. * The Combined Operations Landing Craft bases of at Newhaven and at Shoreham and Hove. * HMS ''Vernon'' (R), the Torpedo, Mining & Electrical Training Establishment at Roedean School, Brighton. In 1941 a complex of tunnels were constructed underground to house a centre which plotted all shipping traffic in the English Channel between Dungeness and Selsey Bill, in conjunction with the coastal radar chain. ''Forward'' was decommissioned on 31 August 1945.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Forward (shore establishment 1939)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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