HMS Flying Fox explained

A ship and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Flying Fox, after the racehorse Flying Fox.

• was a 24-class sloop launched in 1918. She was transferred to the Royal Naval Reserve in 1920 as a drill ship, and remained in this role until sold for scrapping in 1973.
• is the Bristol base of the Royal Naval Reserve. It was originally formed in 1924 aboard the sloop, having previously been aboard the drill ship . It closed as a Reserve unit in 1940, becoming a training centre for Mine Defence Courses until 1945. It reopened as a Reserve unit in 1946, and the name Flying Fox was allocated to the Severn Reserve in 1951. The division moved onshore in 1972, and is currently operational.