HMS Corncrake explained

One ship and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Corncrake:

• HMS Corncrake was the name of an RN minelaying converted trawler, lost in the Atlantic in January 1943.
• HMS Corncrake was an air station of the Fleet Air Arm, at Ballyhalbert, County Down. It was situated on RAF Ballyhalbert a RAF station, and was paid off in 1946.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ballyhalbert . Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. 3 November 2013.