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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/56px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="56" height="28" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/84px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/112px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United Kingdom</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td>HMS <i>St Christopher</i></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>October 1940</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>December 1944</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Stone_frigate" title="Stone frigate">Stone frigate</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>HMS <i>St Christopher</i></b> was a <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Forces_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy">Coastal Forces</a> training base of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> operational during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> and located in and around <a href="/wiki/Fort_William,_Scotland" title="Fort William, Scotland">Fort William</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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The base was first commanded by Commander A.E.P. Welman DSO DSC RN, and existed to train the crews of a variety of different <a href="/wiki/Motor_launch_(naval)" title="Motor launch (naval)">inshore patrol craft</a>. To enable this, an <a href="/wiki/Drydock" class="mw-redirect" title="Drydock">Admiralty Floating Dock</a> was moored at Corpach in <a href="/wiki/Loch_Linnhe" title="Loch Linnhe">Loch Linnhe</a> for some of the time. Most of the courses lasted a number of weeks and involved such activities as firing <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoes</a> from <a href="/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor Torpedo Boat">Motor Torpedo Boats</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Westland_Lysander" title="Westland Lysander">Westland Lysander</a> or a <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Skua" title="Blackburn Skua">Blackburn Skua</a> would occasionally fly over the base to allow practices on anti-aircraft guns. Over its time in service, the base is estimated to have trained around 55,000 personnel from a number of different allied countries. </p><p>The base had a staff of several hundred, billeted in hotels around the town, with extra space being provided by <a href="/wiki/Nissen_hut" title="Nissen hut">Nissen huts</a>. Most of the engineering and mechanical works were based at Corpach, and consisted of a number of sheds and <a href="/wiki/Slipway" title="Slipway">slipways</a>. The base was defended by a number of anti-aircraft guns and searchlights, which were also used to defend the town of Fort William herself. </p><p>By April 1942 there were around 80 to 90 boats at the training base, comprising a number of different flotillas. They consisted of nine Motor Torpedo Boats, thirty seven <a href="/wiki/Motor_Gun_Boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor Gun Boat">Motor Gun Boats</a>, fourteen high speed motor anti-submarine boats, and a number of <a href="/wiki/Motor_launch" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor launch">motor launches</a>, many of them of the <a href="/wiki/Fairmile_B_motor_launch" title="Fairmile B motor launch">B Class Thorneycroft -Fairmile</a> design. Several <a href="/wiki/Harbour_defence_motor_launch" title="Harbour defence motor launch">harbour defence motor launches</a> were also attached to defend the base. A number of different boats were attached at different times to serve as depot ships, training vessels and accommodation ships. The <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Floating_Dock" class="mw-redirect" title="Admiralty Floating Dock">Admiralty Floating Drydock</a> <i>AFD 22</i> was used as the base's main repair facility. After the base closed in 1944 she was towed to <a href="/wiki/Trincomalee" title="Trincomalee">Trincomalee</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ceylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Ceylon">Ceylon</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>), where she replaced <i>AFD 23</i> which had been damaged beyond repair in an accident.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_St_Christopher_(shore_establishment)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of the outbuildings and storage sheds can still be seen today, as can some of the old searchlight and gun emplacements. There are a number of commemorative and memorial plaques in the town, often located at the hotels where the recruits were billeted. The base is also commemorated in the name of the Lochaber <a href="/wiki/Sea_Cadet_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea Cadet Corps (United Kingdom)">Sea Cadet</a> unit's current training ship, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=TS_St_Christopher&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="TS St Christopher (page does not exist)">TS <i>St Christopher</i></a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_St_Christopher_(shore_establishment)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Navy_shore_establishments" title="List of Royal Navy shore establishments">List of Royal Navy shore establishments</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=HMS_St_Christopher_(shore_establishment)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/BPF-EIF/Ships/AFD22.htm">A.F.D. 22</a> Royal Navy Research Archive</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFColledgeWarlow2006" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/J._J._Colledge" title="J. J. Colledge">Colledge, J. J.</a>; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. <i><a href="/wiki/Ships_of_the_Royal_Navy" title="Ships of the Royal Navy">Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy</a></i> (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-86176-281-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-86176-281-8"><bdi>978-1-86176-281-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ships+of+the+Royal+Navy%3A+The+Complete+Record+of+all+Fighting+Ships+of+the+Royal+Navy&rft.place=London&rft.edition=Rev.&rft.pub=Chatham+Publishing&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-86176-281-8&rft.aulast=Colledge&rft.aufirst=J.+J.&rft.au=Warlow%2C+Ben&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHMS+St+Christopher+%28shore+establishment%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mbriscoe.me.uk/stchristopher.html">History of HMS St Christopher</a></li></ul> <p><span class="geo-inline-hidden noexcerpt"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output 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