There have been nine vessels of the Royal Navy named HMS Gannet, after the seabird:
- Gannet, a wooden sloop commissioned in 1800 and sold in 1814
- Gannet, a cruiser launched in 1814 and paid off in 1838
- Gannet, a sloop launched in 1857 and broken up in 1887
- Gannet, a sloop launched in 1878 and preserved in dry dock at Chatham
- The sloop HMS Wildfire was renamed HMS Gannet in 1916, and then HMS Pembroke the following year
- The gunboat HMS Pembroke was renamed HMS Gannet in 1917, and broken up in 1923
- Gannet, a river gunboat commissioned in 1928 and transferred to the Chinese Navy in 1942
- The stone frigate RNAS Eglington in Northern Ireland was given the name HMS Gannet in 1943
- The present HMS Gannet is a Fleet Air Arm station established in 1971 at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire, which flew ASW and SAR Sea King Helicopters of 819 Naval Air Squadron until downsizing to just the SAR role in late 2000. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Gannets are Seabirds in the family Sulidae, closely related to the boobies. In the 18th and the earlier part of the 19th centuries a sloop-of-war was a small sailing Warship (also known as one of the Escort types with a single gun deck Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A cruiser is a large type of Warship, which had its prime period from the late 19th century to the end of the Cold War. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common HMS Gannet was a Royal Navy ''Osprey''-class screw Sloop launched on 31 August 1878 Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common A drydock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform Five ships and a number of Shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wildfire: Ships was a Fireship Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Nine ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pembroke. A gunboat is literally a Boat carrying one or more Guns The term is rather broad and the usual connotation has changed over the years (sometimes encompassing Nine ships and a number of shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Pembroke. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Republic of China Navy (中華民國海軍 Pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Hǎijūn is the maritime branch of the Armed forces of the Republic of China (Taiwan. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stone frigate is a nickname for a naval establishment on land Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Fleet Air Arm is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of the aircraft on board their ships Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Glasgow Prestwick Airport (Port-adhair Ghlaschu Phreastabhaig is an International airport serving Glasgow, situated north of the town of Prestwick Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir ʃir̴əxg̊ iɲiɾʲˈaːɾʲ is a Registration county, and former administrative county in south-west Scotland, The unit is now called the HMS Gannet SAR Flight.
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