HMS King Alfred (1939 shore establishment)

The second Royal Navy "ship" to be called HMS King Alfred was the shore establishment sited at Hove in Sussex.The Admiralty immediately requisitioned the leisure centre and on 11 September 1939 commissioned it as HMS King Alfred under the command of Captain John Pelly.With the mobilisation of the members of the RNV(S)R being completed, the role of HMS King Alfred changed to training new officers of the RNVR.Upon successful completion of the course, the men emerged as Temporary Acting Probationary Sub-Lieutenants and attended further training at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich before being posted operationally.Training ended in December 1945, HMS King Alfred II had closed in October that year and HMS King Alfred III closed in December 1945.
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