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HMS Gannet (stone frigate)

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Officer at the time. It now remains open serving as a Forward Operating Base, primarily as in "Defence of the Clyde" and supporting various detachments and major exercises such as Joint Warrior. The Last Commanding Officer, Lt Cdr C E Fuller RN, was not replaced with the command and control element now being served from RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall and a small staff in situ to run day-to-day operations.
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many island communities and remote areas of Scotland. To perform these roles, one of the helicopters was on 15-minutes notice to fly during the day, and 45-minutes during the night, with a duty crew on call for 24-hours. This duty was maintained for 365-days of the year, with a second standby aircraft ready to assist should the emergency demand it.
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Consistently one of the busiest SAR units in the UK, 2009 saw the SAR Flight break a new record when they were tasked to 447 call outs. This figure equated to 20% of the UK’s total military SAR call outs in that year. In 2011, the Flight was the busiest SAR unit for the fifth year in succession. In
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Personnel at the base consisted of fifteen officers, eleven ratings, twenty-eight civil servants and fifty civilian staff. The primary role was one of military search and rescue, with secondary roles in civilian Search and Rescue. Gannet also provides an important medical evacuation service to the
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status was reviewed in 2015, with a strong case for "Defence of the Clyde" operations being relocated to Northern Ireland as proposed by DIO. A strong case was put forward defending Gannet including its existing infrastructure, better climate and access to the Clyde being led by the Commanding
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In 2015, the final year of dedicated military SAR in the UK, the flight was again the busiest SAR unit with 313 rescues, with its running total being higher at the time of the other units decommissioning earlier. It also won the Prince Philip Helicopter Rescue Award in 2015 and 2016.
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As one of only two commissioned units of the ten that have operated within the Royal Navy in the dedicated search and rescue role, in 2013, Gannet SAR Flight was a core part of year-long celebrations to recognise
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SAR Flight). The SAR Flight was decommissioned in March 2016, leaving the base to operate as a forward operating base and support to UK military.
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and extended 200 miles (320 km) west of Ireland over the north Atlantic, giving an operational area of approx. 98,000 square miles.
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RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912
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With effect from 1 January 2016, the SAR function which had been performed by the Gannet SAR Flight was transferred to
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before it was downsized in 2001. It hosted the only Fleet Air Arm Search and Rescue (SAR) Flight in Scotland (HMS
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In 2014, the flight was tasked to 299 call-outs. This number made them the second busiest in the UK.
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role across Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. The crews covered an area from
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nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines as they arrive and depart their home port at
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as and when required. The anti-submarine warfare helicopters support the biannual
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am, they were replaced by civilians from Bristow Helicopters and HM Coastguard.
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In 2012, there were again 298 call-outs resulting in the rescue of 285 people.
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2010, with 379 call outs. and 2011 with 298 call-outs and 240 people rescued.
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is a forward operating base used by detachments of Royal Navy
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During 2008 to 2011, the SAR flight featured regularly on the
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Royal Navy forward operating base in South Ayrshire, Scotland
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Some of the crew from HMS Gannet on TV's Highland Emergency
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RNAS Prestwick designation was added in January 1994.
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flight was the last flight based at RNAS Prestwick.
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HMS Gannet SAR Flight
RAF Prestwick

Prestwick
South Ayrshire

Royal Navy
Westland Sea King

HMS Gannet is located in South Ayrshire
55°30′53.7″N 4°34′58.5″W / 55.514917°N 4.582917°W / 55.514917; -4.582917
Ministry of Defence
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
IATA
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Concrete
Asphalt
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Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
Glasgow Prestwick Airport
South Ayrshire
Ayrshire
814 NAS
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