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HMS ''Gannet'' is a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm establishment based at RNAS Prestwick in Scotland that also hosts Gannet SAR Flight.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=HMS Gannet )〕 It operates two from three Sea King Mk5 helicopters in the military and civilian Search and Rescue role across Scotland, Northern England and Northern Ireland. The crews cover an area from Ben Nevis in the north, the Isle of Man and the Lake District to the south, east to Edinburgh, the Firth of Forth and the Borders, west to Northern Ireland and extends west of Ireland over the north Atlantic, giving an operational area of approx. 98,000 square miles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=HMS Gannet )〕 Personnel at the base consists of 15 officers, 11 ratings, 28 civil servants and 50 civilian staff. The primary role is one of military Search and Rescue, with secondary roles in civilian Search and Rescue. Gannet also provides an important medical evacuation service to the many island communities and remote areas of Scotland. To perform these roles, one of the helicopters is 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 is maintained for 365 days of the year, with a second standby aircraft ready to assist should the emergency demand it. The crews featured regularly on the Channel 5 documentary series ''Highland Emergency'' and BBC's "Countryside Rescue". 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 2010, with 379 call outs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=HMS Gannet )〕 and 2011 with 298 call-outs and 240 people rescued.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=HMS Gannet named busiest search and rescue unit in UK during 2011 )〕 In 2012 there were again 298 call-outs resulting in the rescue of 285 people.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=About the unit - Call-outs in 2012 )〕 In 2014 ''Gannet SAR'' was tasked to 299 call-outs. This number made them the second busiest in the UK. RAF Valley in Wales was the busiest with 329 jobs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Military Search And Rescue Statistics 2014 )〕 ==History== A number of ships have borne the name HMS ''Gannet'', the first being a wooden sloop registered in March 1800. The seventh and final sea-going craft to bear the name was a river gunboat, commissioned in 1934. She was laid up and presented to the Chinese Navy in February 1942. In May 1943 for the first time, the name HMS ''Gannet'' was given to a shore establishment, RNAS (Royal Naval Air Station) Eglington, in Northern Ireland. Their main function was to train naval pilots and aircrew in anti-submarine warfare. HMS ''Gannet'' received Battle Honours for its role in the Atlantic from 1943 until 1945. April 1959 saw Eglington close and the Squadrons moved to Derry and Ballykelly. The ninth and present HMS ''Gannet'' was established in 1971 at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire. Over the years Prestwick has hosted three Naval Air Squadrons: 814 NAS, 824 NAS and 819 NAS. 819 was decommissioned in November 2001 after being in residence for 30 years. The SAR flight is the only squadron based at RNAS Prestwick. In 1998 ''Gannet'' was awarded the Wilkinson Sword of Peace for services to the local communities. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Gannet SAR Flight」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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