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Her Majesty’s Coastguard

UK Stornoway District

Established 1987

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Provides 24 hour SAR coverage for the UK SRR Stornoway District at 15 minutes readiness. It also provides a secondary Air Ambulance service for the Western Isles. Typical callsign Rescue 100.
Following award of 2013 Bristow GAP SAR contract, the SAR service handed over from CHC to Bristow, in preparation for transition into the full 2015 contract arrangements with a pair of S-92 from 2017.

Locations

1987- EGPO SYY Stornoway

Models

1987-2007 Sikorsky S-61 H-3
2007- Sikorsky S-92

Airframes (5)

Reg Model C/N Built
G-BBHL s61n.mk2 61-712 1973
G-BIMU s61n.mk2 61-752 1974
G-MCGA s-92a 92-0166 2011
G-MCGD s-92a 92-0171 2012
G-MCGG s-92a 92-0225 2013