Port Victoria Marine Experimental Aircraft Depot
Port Victoria Marine Experimental Aircraft Depot was set up by the British Royal Naval Air Service in early 1915 on the Isle of Grain in Kent, near the River Medway. Because there was already a seaplane base there, the depot was named Port Victoria after the nearby railway station. It became the Marine Aircraft Experimental Depot, organized into three sections. On 16 March 1920 it was renamed the Marine and Armament Experimental Establishment to reflect that weapons and other equipment were tested as well as aircraft. On 1 March 1924 it was renamed again to the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment, and it later moved to Felixstowe. While at Port Victoria it designed several experimental aircraft, though not all were built or flown.
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