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| HMS Saker |
 
Dates: 1940 - HMS Saker was a shore based transit accommodation of the Royal Navy during World War II located at various locations near New York, such as Brooklyn and Ashbury Park, New Jersey. It was used by crews picking up ships allocated to the Royal Navy under the provisions of Lend-Lease and by crews sent to collect ships that had been undergoing long term repair/refitting at U.S. dockyards. HMS Saker II was the name of the shore facilities in the USA & Canada for all the Fleet Air Arm’s activities and included facilities at Baltimore and Brunswick, Maine. HMS Saker went on to become the the collective title for Royal Navy personnel serving in the United States of America, the current commander of HMS Saker is the Assistant Naval Attache of the British Defence Staff - US at the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., Captain Steve Ramm.
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89 people in our World War 2 records 
7 people in our Forces Reunited records
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