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. '.-", I40BlLE NAVAL BASe ,DEFENCE OilGANlSATIOII','

:<~.;. ..... : ' Approval. has , aJ.ready" been given :Co .. a'~d ,..~ra1n1_ng ,o-r t.t1e . t'18ht1.ng personnel of t;.he . Aij ~M.Secre.t Clr:cUlars No.2000140.A. 2.1.~40 ~ In> ord~.r that ar'I'ange~n~. mSy- be -to

~~ .. 4q,fe~c,e.B t"or a base', 1ncl~ing . :',-. ~ve.1~l~ t .it ' has ,now been approved - ,as -from " -,",-' J.~-i depart.man ... 'concerned are to make , ~ an' advance,d Base t.o be establ:lehed at ..... Arraugement.s ·· tor tile pr·orl.81~~ of personnel: ""',C1 , .ql~l.p~,~ - ~" , -,.'>, {'; , are ,to be -.1mplemen,t.ed ae f'oj:lowe:- -, ., y,:'_.' y. -:;'. (a)' ~ Personnel . . " ,1

, . To ;be m8da availabl.e as t"ar ' ae .tJoBs1bl.e · "j ~rom ~ '~X18 t1t;l8; reserves and margins t any add1 t1,OnaJ.~ ,,~~~~ r.equired being _enlisted and utilised in the ro ; meeting. other war col1lll1tmente. " ,

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_ Material: ,required, aB fAl" 8.8 notice' :sboul.d be included in n9rmal hol.d1ngs, dormant. 'demand. Only material· which canno't. ,avail.able at t.he requirl;!d, ,not.ice- il;,l t.o be ap.clllUy obtained and held in etoof.

;'. .- 2 ~ ~ The appendtx, at.tached Beta t'ortb an .~tab1:1.11 • ,ment' whioh is intended t.o serve as a guide in making-;J -'., -,-t, , a~~iBt.rative arrangements, assessing, earmarldng _ or ~;; •. '-,7, ,I, ~;cumIJJ~t1ng material, and earmarking or proyldipg peraon",": ~. ··..,,;3. _' ' In order to c'o .. ord-1na t.e the '!'fork ot" I,,, .;: , .... :. grQUP,IS. of' t ,he N.N.B.D.O. , and ~o ~y,\ out . ,\" ,,~ l><~ ./j'~.~d_ ~dm.tn18_~ra~t1v8 -wo~k . a ,skeleton Naval St:att . ',,, o1" ' 9D8 Captain ~ one C_or;nmander, ·8.,N •. and .. '~ • >, ,.Offioer. i~bo1ng ,appo1ntod. '

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, ,].s to 'Eel!olon .. . ' Bri8adi' Jloadquartera .. " Two,in No. Bat.teries 3.1" A.A. ,each oJ: 8 guna ..

, One in 110. Ba~t.ery 11gb.t A.Ii. of' 12 gune. Two 110. BaU.eri •• A.A.Searchllghte each of"2j" ,t 1g!~. t

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(0) Coas t Det"ence Brigade aonais t.ing ot :-

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Two in No. Indirect. H 'rs 61'1 Yk .XII Bat.teries .. -e!3-ch ~ guns; ,

Three in No. 4"' Bat.t.eries ,each or 2 guns . One in_No. AIM.T~B. Batt.ery ot 4 ·. 2 pdr .,- ' Pom-poms ·equipped to opera-t,e as two 2 gun .~c~:t:t::~j~~ One in"No. Bat:t.ery of' Coast Det"ence Electric

ot" 12 D.8. L's .

(d) Signal Company .

(e) Landing, Transport., Workshop and Administ.rative

(t') Land Deranoe Foroe ot one Batt.al.1on t.o \'/ar Ot':fice Establishment.

(g) R.M.LabourCompoD¥. R,Wo Fmgineera.

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(a) Boom Defence Unit.

(b)' Contro~ed Mining Unit.

(c) I~d1cator Loop Unit.

Adffiiniotrat1ve Snd .Pay Services.

1 mile alB, 2 milee A/S, -1 mile ot" hIT double and two ga taB.. 3 Bar Class Vessels.

Sloops plus 4 spares two C~nt,rollea Mining S.~t:1 ~i!3 Material. and one station ~to . cover a 15 mile :front :lncJ.ud1ng two H. D.A t B .. "'-:

70~ R.M. and U~~:~~~;~" ~~~~~~i1 aDd m1DPel.lan~OU8 c.raf't · 6000 personnel.

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