Latitude 50°51'41"N Longitude 00°59'48"W


ACQUISITION	Not Known.
OPENED	Oct 1943 on books of 'DAEDALUS'
COMMISSIONED	03 Feb 1944 as DAEDALUS III
PAID OFF	01 Feb 1947
CLOSED	01 Feb 1947
COMMANDING OFFICER	Commander H. B. Peate, DSC 11 Dec 44 Commander S. Stevenson (act) (emgy) 28 Feb 45

FUNCTION	Accommodation and Depot for RN barracks, Lee-on-Solent. Demobilisation depot after V-E Day.
ADDRESS	R.N. Aircraft Establishment Bedhampton, Havant, Hampshire
LOCALITY	Not known
LANDMARKS	Not known
ROAD AND RAIL ACCESS	Southern Railway Station at Havant and not to Bedhampton Halt.

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ACCOMMODATION

Capacity:

Officers:	19
Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings:	Unknown.
W.R.N.S. Officers:	3
W.R.N.S. Chiefs, P.O.s and ratings;	Unknown.

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PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

After the camp closed it was used as a Displaced Persons camp for the peoples of the Baltic states who escaped to the west at the end of the war. Also part of the Camp was converted into class rooms for Stockheath Primary School.

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Additional sources:

Admiralty Fleet Orders:

767/44 Bedhampton Camp - Address for correspondence {Announces name to be Daedalus III}

5425/45 R.N. Camp, Bedhampton - Routeing of Correspondence. {Also announces name to be Daedalus III}

437/47 R.N. Camp Bedhampton - Closing down.