History 

History 

1942 - 1943
891 NAS formed at RNAS Lee-on-Solent on 1 July 1942 as a single seater fighter squadron equipped with 6 Sea Hurricane Ibs, and soon moved to Charlton Horethorne and thence RNAS St Merryn. initially intended for HMS Stalker, this was not available by the time the squadron ms needed for the North African landings, and so instead the squdron embarked in October in HMS Dasher, with 6 Sea Hurricane IICs, to provide fighter patrols over the invasion beaches. Strength was increased to 9 aircraft in December, and in February 1943 the ship joined the Home Fleet.
In January 1943, the squadron re-embarked at Machrihanish, the ship having joined the Home Fleet and sailed that month to Iceland. On a successive trip HMS Dasher exploded in the Clyde on 27. March, with the extreme loss of life including a detachment from 891 NAS. As a consequence the squadron disbanded on 5. April 1943.

1945
On 1. June 1945 891 NAS reformed at RNAS Eglinton, as a single seater night fighter squadron with 16 Hellcat II(NF)s, only to disband at Nutts Corner on 24. September 1945.

1956
The squadron reformed at RNAS Yeovilton on 8. November 1954, this time as an All-Weather Fghter squadron wlth initial equipment of 2 Sea Venom FAW.20s and 4 Sea Vampire T.22s. Sea Venom strength was up to nine by the New Year, and 'X' Flight formed on 1. March 1955 to train Royal Australian Navy crews on the type pending formation of No.808 RAN Squadron on 10 August 1955. 891 NAS spent a few weeks in HMS Ark Royal ln the Mediterranean early in 1956, but disbanded at RNAS Yeovllton on 17 April 1956.

1956 - 1961
On 3. September 1956 891 NAS reformed as an FAW squadron at RNAS Yeovilton with 8 Sea Venom FAW.21s. From November, RNAS Merryfield was used as the shore base due to reconstruction of RNAS Yeoviltons runways.
Embarking in HMS Bulwark in March 1957 the squadron spent sveral periods a afoat in Home waters, then in ApriI 1958 sailed for a spell in the Far East, returning via Aden. Transferring to HMS Centauer sailed again for the Far East in June 1959, visiting Australia in November. 891 NAS was the last Sea Venom squadron to see active service when operating from HMS Centaur it became involved in Operation Damen, carrying out rocket attacks against Yemeni rebel infiltrations in Aden. Arriving home again in April 1960, it was based mostly at RNAS Yeovilton, apart from a Norwegian visit in September 1960, until disbanding there on 27. July 1961.

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