HMS Sherwood (Nottingham)

HMS Sherwood is the Royal Naval Reserve unit associated with Nottingham and the East Midlands.

Role

Led by Commander Kathryn Jacques, HMS Sherwood is located in the Beechdale area, near the city centre of Nottingham, and provides a venue and focus for RNR training and activity in the East Midlands.

Nottingham may seem like an unlikely setting for an outpost of the RNR - the city is over 50 miles from the coast and it is better known for its legendary longbow man than its gallant seafarers - nevertheless Reservists have been flying the White Ensign in the East Midlands for over 50 years.

Unit history

1940

The First HMS Sherwood

The first HMS Sherwood, a destroyer transferred to the RN from the US under the Lend/Lease Agreement, working mainly as a convoy escort ship and helped the operation to sink the Bismarck.

1949

Reserve wireless unit

The First Naval Reserve wireless unit is formed in Nottingham. The unit moves to its first official premises on High Pavement the following year.

1984

Moving location

After moving to 46 Carrington Street, Nottingham in 1961, the unit relocates to Chalfont Drive and is commissioned as HMS Sherwood in 1984.

2003

Mobilisations

Members of the ship’s company are mobilised for Op TELIC (Iraq War), for Op Herrick in Afghanistan, to support the London 2012 Olympic Games, and to Gibraltar.

2014

Relocation

HMS Sherwood relocates to Foresters House, Chilwell, forming the first Reserve Training Centre with the Army Reserve.

2021

Delivering operational Capability

Nottingham-based reservists mobilised on HMS Queen Elizabeth’s first global Carrier Strike deployment and support the civil authorities’ response to the Covid pandemic.

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