HMS Forward (shore establishment 1939)

HMS Forward was a shore establishment of the British Royal Navy during World War II. It was based at South Heighton, just outside Newhaven, East Sussex.

Service history
Based in a former Guinness Trust Holiday Home, Forward served as the command centre for all Royal Naval establishments in the area and was responsible for:
 * HMS Marlborough, the Electrical Training School at Eastbourne.
 * HMS Forward II (renamed HMS Aggressive (shore establishment) in 1942), the Coastal Forces base at Newhaven.
 * The Combined Operations Landing Craft bases of HMS Newt (shore establishment) at Newhaven and HMS Lizard (shore establishment) at Shoreham and Hove.
 * HMS Vernon (R), the Torpedo, Mining & Electrical Training Establishment at Roedean School, Brighton.

In 1941 a complex of tunnels were constructed 20 m underground to house a centre which plotted all shipping traffic in the English Channel between Dungeness and Selsey Bill, in conjunction with the coastal radar chain.

Forward was decommissioned on 31 August 1945.