HMS Ferret is a training unit of the Royal Naval Reserve based at MOD Chicksands in Bedfordshire.
History HMS Ferret was initially established at Templer Barracks, Ashford, Kent, an Intelligence Corps training establishment, as a regional headquarters of the Royal Naval Reserve. Templer Barracks closed in 1997, the land being required for construction of railway works for the highspeed Eurostar connection through the newly completed Channel Tunnel. Ferret moved to Chicksands when Headquarters Intelligence Corps moved to Chicksands in 1997.
HMS Ferret is the headquarters of the Intelligence branch of the RNR.Hansard Written Answers accessed 27 May 2008.
See also Military intelligence
References
Further reading Warlow, Ben, Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy, Liskeard : Maritime, 2000.
External links HMS Ferret Royal Navy website