page_title: RAF Carew Cheriton
section_title: First World War
hierarchical_section_title: RAF Carew Cheriton / History / First World War
caption_attribution_description: English: British SSZ class blimp SSZ 17 landing at Pembroke in 1917 (Image cropped to remove text)
context_page_description: Royal Air Force Carew Cheriton or more simply RAF Carew Cheriton is a former Royal Air Force station of Coastal and Training Command near Carew, Pembrokeshire. It was sited 4.7 miles north west of Tenby. It was built on the site of RNAS Pembroke from the First World War, which had been decommissioned and sold off in the inter war years.
context_section_description: Royal Naval Air Station Pembroke or Milton as it was known then opened in August 1915.  The base operated SS-class (Submarine Scout or Sea Scout), SSZ-class (Sea Scout Zero) and C-class (Coastal-class or 'Coastals') non-rigid airships which operated over the Irish Sea, Bristol Channel and Western Approaches on anti-submarine patrols.  In April 1917 the base began operating Sopwith 1½ Strutter and Airco D.H.6 biplanes.
  Upon the formation of the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 1 April 1918, the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) ceased to exist. The location acquired the dual designation of RAF Pembroke and Royal Naval Airship Station Pembroke. Use of the designation "RN Airship Station" was entirely valid, because the airships remained the property of the Admiralty, never being transferred to the Air Ministry.
  RAF Pembroke was part of No.14 Group, RAF, successor to the RNAS "Milford Haven Anti-Submarine Group". No.14 Group included No. 255 Squadron RAF. The entire site closed in March 1920.
caption: SSZ-class airship SSZ17 Landing at Royal Naval Air Station Pembroke 1917. The hangars in the background are no longer standing.
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