On This Day….

On This Day in 1981 the WRNS training base, HMS DAUNTLESS in Burghfield near Reading, closed. The base had been the initial training base for WRNS since 1947. Since 1981 all WRNS trained at HMS RALEIGH in Cornwall and in 1993 the WRNS were fully integrated in to the Royal Navy.

Source: OnThisDayRN