Nine ships and two

shore establishment A stone frigate is a naval establishment on land. "Stone frigate" is an informal term that has its origin in Britain's Royal Navy after its use of Diamond Rock, an island off Martinique, as a 'sloop of war' to harass the French in 1803–04. ...

s of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...

have borne the name HMS ''Gannet'', after the seabird the

Gannet Gannets are seabirds comprising the genus ''Morus'' in the family Sulidae, closely related to boobies. Gannets are large white birds with yellowish heads; black-tipped wings; and long bills. Northern gannets are the largest seabirds in the ...

Ships

* was a 16-gun

brig-sloop In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' enc ...

purchased in 1800 and sold in 1814. * was an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1814 and sold in 1838. * was a wooden

screw sloop A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. In the 19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine, ships driven by propellers were differentiated from those driven by paddle-wheels by referring to the ship's ''screws'' (propelle ...

launched in 1857 and broken up in 1887. * was an screw sloop launched in 1878. She became a

training ship A training ship is a ship used to train students as sailors. The term is mostly used to describe ships employed by navies to train future officers. Essentially there are two types: those used for training at sea and old hulks used to house classr ...

in 1903 and was renamed HMS ''President'', and was then lent as the training ship ''Mercury'', she was moored in Gosport, Hampshire for many years. She was transferred as a museum ship in 1987 and is preserved in dry dock at

Chatham Dockyard Chatham Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent. Established in Chatham in the mid-16th century, the dockyard subsequently expanded into neighbouring Gillingham (at its most extensive, in the early 20th century, ...

. * HMS ''Gannet'' was a composite screw sloop launched in 1888 as ''Nymphe''. She became a base ship and was renamed ''Wildfire'' in 1906, renamed ''Gannet'' in 1916, and then ''Pembroke'' in 1917. She was sold in 1920. * HMS ''Gannet'' was a iron screw gunboat launched in 1877 as ''Trent''. She was renamed ''Pembroke'' in 1905, becoming a diving tender and being renamed ''Gannet'' in 1917. She was sold in 1923. * was a

river gunboat A river gunboat is a type of gunboat adapted for river operations. River gunboats required shallow draft for river navigation. They would be armed with relatively small caliber cannons, or a mix of cannons and machine guns. If they carried mor ...

launched in 1927 and transferred to the

Chinese Navy The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN; ), also known as the People's Navy, Chinese Navy, or PLA Navy, is the maritime service branch of the People's Liberation Army. The PLAN traces its lineage to naval units fighting during the Chine ...

in 1942, being renamed ''Ying Shan''. She was on their lists until 1975.

Shore establishments

* HMS ''Gannet'' was the name assigned to

RNAS Eglinton Royal Naval Air Station Eglinton or RNAS Eglinton was a Royal Naval Air Station located north east of Eglinton, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It opened as a Royal Air Force Station (RAF Eglinton) in 1941, before being transferred to the ...

, a

Fleet Air Arm The Fleet Air Arm (FAA) is one of the five fighting arms of the Royal Navy and is responsible for the delivery of naval air power both from land and at sea. The Fleet Air Arm operates the F-35 Lightning II for maritime strike, the AW159 Wil ...

base in

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

, between 1943 and 1959. * HMS ''Gannet II'' or as RNAS Maydown (HMS ''Shrike'') was a Fleet Air Arm base from 1941 to 1947. * HMS ''Gadwell'' with designation HMS ''Gannet III'' when it was assigned as a tender to RNAS Eglinton in 1946. * was a

station established in 1971 at

RNAS Prestwick HMS ''Gannet'' is a forward operating base of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm located at Glasgow Prestwick Airport, South Ayrshire in Scotland. The facility was previously also known as Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Prestwick before it was do ...

in Ayrshire The unit closed on 5 February 2016, although the Royal Navy sometimes refers to Prestiwck Airport as HMS Gannet.

Other ships

*''Gannet'' was a tug built for the

State of Victoria Victoria is a state in southeastern Australia. It is the second-smallest state with a land area of , the second most populated state (after New South Wales) with a population of over 6.5 million, and the most densely populated state i ...

in 1884 and armed as an auxiliary gunboat. She was sold in 1905. *''LST 3006'' was launched in 1945 and commissioned as HMS ''Tromsø'' in 1947. She was transferred to the Ministry of Transport as '' Empire Gannet'' in 1956 and was sold in 1968.

References

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