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Preserved Ship 1970 - Present

HMS Gannet With the closure of the T.S. Mercury in July 1968, Gannet's role as a school accommodation ship ended and responsibility for her reverted back to the Royal Navy, from whom she had been on loan for nearly sixty years. In 1971 the Royal Navy transferred the ownership and the responsibility for the restoration and preservation of the Gannet to The Maritime Trust.

In 1987 The Historic Dockyard at Chatham chartered Gannet from The Maritime Trust and started a restoration programme. The objective of which was to return Gannet to her 1886 appearance - when she saw action for the only time in her naval career at the defence of the port of Suakin. In 1994 ownership of the vessel was passed to the Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust.

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The Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent ME4 4TZ, England

Info Line: +44 (0)1634 823807 Trust Office: +44 (0)1634 823800 Fax: +44 (0)1634 823801

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