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HMS Sultan (shore establishment)
| HMS Sultan HMS Siskin RAF Gosport &sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg){kind=small} | |
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| Gosport, Hampshire in England | |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:HMS_Sultan_Caledonian_Gate_(geograph_3875349).jpg) Caledonia Gate to HMS Sultan | |
&sq=crain_ford&lang=en&file=File:Hampshire_UK_location_map.svg)  HMS Sultan Shown within Hampshire | |
| Coordinates | 50°48′10″N 001°09′39″W / 50.80278°N 1.16083°W |
| Type | Stone frigate |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Ministry of Defence |
| Operator | Royal Navy |
| Website | Official website |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1914 |
| In use | 1914–1945 (as RAF Gosport) 1945–1956 (as HMS Siskin) 1956–present (as HMS Sultan) |
| Garrison information | |
| Current commander | Captain Mark Hamilton[1] |
| Airfield information | |
| Elevation | 7 metres (23 ft) AMSL |
HMS Sultan is a stone frigate of the Royal Navy in Gosport, Hampshire, England. It is the primary engineering training establishment for the Royal Navy and home to the Network Rail Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme and the EDF Energy engineering maintenance apprenticeship.
The site was originally RAF Gosport it was then transferred to the Royal Navy during 1945 as Royal Naval Air Station Sultan (HMS Siskin) (Hence a nearby school being named Siskin School) it was then renamed HMS Sultan on 1 June 1956 when the airfield side was closed down and a Mechanical Repair Establishment was moved here from the Flathouse area by Portsmouth Dockyard.
The site was also home to HMS Centurion between 1970 and 1994, as a drafting depot and a pay and accounting centre.
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