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sikorsky s-58 H-34

1955        


Model History:

Sikorsky began work on the S-58 in 1951 as a general purpose utility machine and as a more capable anti-submarine platform for the US Navy, to follow the S-55. It differed principally in larger cabin area directly under the main gearbox - still driven by an oblique shaft from the nose mounted engine - the considerably more powerful R-1820-84 piston radial. It had a 4 bladed main rotor, a lower level foldable boom on which was mounted the port-side 4 bladed tail rotor and a tripod undercarriage (with tail wheel). It flew in prototype in Mar 1954.

Derivatives and Versions of this model:

ModelYearHistory
    SH-34G Seabat    
    SH-34J Seabat    
    SA HSS-1 Seabat     1956 This was a licence-built version of the Sikorsky S-58 for the French Navy.
    westland wessex     1958 the sikorsky s-58 (ff 8 mar 1954) entered usn service late 1955 as the hss-1. this looked a good bet for the uk admiralty, which had been searchi ...
    H-34G III     1963


Organisations / Units with this Model:

    Organisation     Del'd Units (bold=current)Bases/Heliports
1965/746 força aeronaval da marinha do brasil
1965/74     1 esquadrao de helicopteros anti-submarino     SH-34J Seabat Sao Pedro da Aldeia
1957/72 Heeresflieger
1959/71     heeresfliegerwaffenschuleBückeburg 1960/now
Mendig (Niedermendig) Military Airfield 1959/60
1963/7527 Marineflieger
1963/74     marineflieger-geschwader 5Kiel-Holtenau 1958/now
1963/68     marineflieger-geschwader 4Kiel-Holtenau 1962/65
Westerland 1962/68
1969/74     MarinefliegerlehrgruppeWesterland 1972/97
1956/76215 armée de l'air
1964/73     Escadron d'Helicopteres 02.067Metz Frescaty (BA128) 1972/04
Saint Dizier Robinson (BA113) 1964/73
1963/7212 marine luchtvaartdienst
1960/68     vsq 8Valkenburg 1952/68
1968/72     vsq 7Valkenburg 1962/73
1955/70385 US Navy
1957/63     HS-11 DragonslayersNAS Quonset Point 1957/73
1963/9127 Fleet Air Arm (RAN)     westland wessex
1973/942 bangladesh biman bahini     westland wessex
1967/712 angkatan tentara udara diraja brunei     westland wessex
1962/656 forca aerea brasileira     SH-34J Seabat
1957/7961 aéronautique navale     sud aviation HSS-1 Seabat
1966/782 ghana air force     westland wessex
1958/69 heil ha'avir
marina militare italiana
1956/681 westland
1958/808 westland     westland wessex
1961/88237 Fleet Air Arm     westland wessex
1963/0374 Royal Air Force     westland wessex
1965/8116 bristow     westland wessex
1969/8221 Royal Marines     westland wessex
1974/811 British European Airways
1955/70563 US Marine Corps
1955/70359 US Army Aviation
1991/??10 Aviación Naval Uruguaya     westland wessex

Construction Numbers on database of s-58 H-34 or its versions
4private owner/unknown
6forca aerea brasileira         - brazilian air force
6força aeronaval da marinha do brasil         - brazilian naval aviation
1armada de chile         - chilean navy
27Marineflieger         - German Navy
6heil ha'avir         - israeli air force
2marina militare italiana         - italian navy
12marine luchtvaartdienst         - Royal Netherlands Navy
1westland
12US Navy


Construction Numbers of this Model: Help Us    

C/NVersionBuiltHistory
    58-265 1956 westland XL722 : Ex USN 141602. Delivered by sea, re-assembled at the dockside and flown to Yeovil 24 Jun 1956 as G-17-1. XL722 in Jul 1956. To A&AEE Boscombe Down, then Lee-on-Solent. Re-engined with Napier Gazelle 11 and f/f in this configuration 17 May 1957. Re-engined with 1450shp Napier Gazelle 13 in Sep 1957. To instructional airframe A2514. Scrapped by Staravia, Ascot by 1968.
    58-279 1956 heil ha'avir 15 : N740A Sikorsky ff 8.5.56.TO IAF S/N 15 shipped 6.4.60 arrived Haifa port 25.4.60. crashed in lake Kineret in May 1962 when on a mission of lifting a crashed Magister trainer from the lake.It hovered too low and sunk.The crew escaped in safe.It was recovered,Overhauled and returned to service.WFU,Sold, To N4371S Carson HLCPTS INC.MOD TO S-58E.Converted to S-58ET.to OY-HAR,N229SW Crashed into vessel Endy @ Jedda,Saudi Arabia 8.9.76
    58-403 1956 heil ha'avir UNKNOWN : S-58B.#2 IAF HLCPTR 29.11.56.TO IAF. TO N886X H.DOAN,TO McARTHUR LSG,TO GOLDEN STATE HLCPTR,TO AVIATION WAREHOUSE
    58-437 1956 heil ha'avir 11 :
    58-510 1956 US Navy 144655 : Struck from Navy inventory May 27, 1969, NARF Pensacola
    58-545 1956 US Navy 144657 : Struck from Navy inventory 1969 NARF Pensacola and Sold to Stinson Field Aircraft in San Antonio TX
N9468 carson services inc: Purchased from Stinson in April of 1974 by Carson Services Inc,Perkasie, PA. From Jeff Hill, Carson Helicopters: This was a purchase of eleven aircraft that were incomplete. We bought them for the transmissions and rotor heads, there were no engines or blades. These aircraft were never assembled as aircraft and have been scrapped
    58-546 1956 US Navy 144658 : Crashed, McMurdo, Antarctica 23dec62
    58-613 1956 US Navy 144661 : sold to civil market as PT-HFV
PT-HFV ?: Written off Mar76 off Marana Island
    58-614 1956 US Navy 144662 : used in antarctica
    58-691 1956 heil ha'avir 12 :
    58-692 1958 heil ha'avir 13 : To IAF 11.2.58.WFU,Sold.CNVTD TO S-58BT BY Okangan Hlcpt.TO CF-OKG OKANGAN HLCPTRS 28.5.71 canc.2.80.TO N5594C THE ROTOR WORKS 25.2.80. to Southetn Hlcptrs Inc.13.3.80.ACCIDENT @ Sacramento CA. 2.4.80 Minor damage. Worker atop tower accidentally dropped a rope onto helicopter, causing damage to rotor blades. Copter landed safely .to California Hlcptrs Inc.TO Aris Hlcptrs Inc.5.87.RR N94AH ARIS HLCPTRS.Crashed @ Marina Bay,Los Angeles CA. Collision with antenna tower.1.7.78.Rgn canc 8.90
    58-804 1956 US Navy 145717 : nickname Gentle 1 - transfered to Naval Air rework Facility Quonset Point, RI in 1970. Struck from the Navy inventory on 19oct73 and transfered to Bradly Air Museum, CT
    58-806 1956 US Navy 145719 : crashed at Wright Dry Valley,Antarctica 11nov62
    58-1145     sh-34j marine luchtvaartdienst 141 : MAP BuNo 147631. 8 sqd 8-1. w/o 22sep65
    58-1150     sh-34j marine luchtvaartdienst 142 : MAP BuNo 147632. 8 sqd 8-2. to civ as N59329
    58-1153     sh-34j marine luchtvaartdienst 143 : MAP BuNo 147633. 8 sqd 8-3. preserved museum Seifertshofen
    58-1158     sh-34j marine luchtvaartdienst 144 : MAP BuNo 147634. 8 sqd 8-4. to civ as N59330
    58-1160     sh-34j marine luchtvaartdienst 145 : MAP BuNo 147635. 8 sqd 8-5. w/o near Gibraltar 31jan63
    58-1167 1958 heil ha'avir 16 : IAF S/N 16 sent 6apr60. Arrived Haifa 25apr60 to N4375S Sikorsky Acft to United Technologies Corp
    58-1240 1957 US Navy 148112 : Gentle 2
    58-1263 1957 US Navy 148119 : gentle 119 : kept at NAS Quonset Point RI for summer training
    58-1265 1957 US Navy 148121 : gentle 3 : Struck from Navy inventory 1969 NARF Pensacola and sold to Stinson Field Aircraft in San Antonio, TX
N90937 carson services inc: Purchased from Stinson in April of 1974 by Carson Services Inc,Perkasie, PA. From Jeff Hill, Carson Helicopters: This was a purchase of eleven aircraft that were incomplete. We bought them for the transmissions and rotor heads, there were no engines or blades. These aircraft were never assembled as aircraft and have been scrapped
    58-1273 1957 US Navy 148122 : gentle 4 : sold to Stinson Field Aircraft in San Antonio, TX
N90938 carson services inc: Purchased from Stinson in April of 1974 by Carson Services Inc,Perkasie, PA. From Jeff Hill, Carson Helicopters: This was a purchase of eleven aircraft that were incomplete. We bought them for the transmissions and rotor heads, there were no engines or blades. These aircraft were never assembled as aircraft and have been scrapped
    58-1293     sh-34j forca aerea brasileira 8550 : MDAP BuNo 60-5424. d/d FAB 18sep62. xfer Marinha 19may66 as N-3001. also reported as 58-1283 (??)
força aeronaval da marinha do brasil N-3001 : Marinha. ex FAB 8550. d/d 19may66. wfu 1974
    58-1294     sh-34j forca aerea brasileira 8551 : MDAP BuNo 60-5425. d/d FAB 18sep62. xfer Marinha 14nov65 as N-3002
força aeronaval da marinha do brasil N-3002 : Marinha. ex FAB 8551. d/d 14nov65. wfu 1974
    58-1295     sh-34j forca aerea brasileira 8552 : MDAP BuNo 60-5426. d/d FAB 18sep62. xfer Marinha 28sep65 as N-3003. w/o 8feb66
força aeronaval da marinha do brasil N-3003 : Marinha. ex FAB 8552. d/d 28sep65. w/o 8feb66 during training at Base Aeronaval de Sao Pedro da Aldeia. 3 fatalities
    58-1307     sh-34j forca aerea brasileira 8553 : MDAP BuNo 60-5427. d/d FAB 18sep62. xfer Marinha 29jun65 as N-3004
força aeronaval da marinha do brasil N-3004 : Marinha. ex FAB 8553. d/d 29jun65. wfu 1974
    58-1308     sh-34j forca aerea brasileira 8554 : MDAP BuNo 60-5428. d/d FAB 18sep62. xfer Marinha 1966 as N-3005. w/o 10nov72
força aeronaval da marinha do brasil N-3005 : Marinha. ex FAB 8554. d/d 1966. w/o 10nov72 at Serra das Araras
    58-1309     sh-34j forca aerea brasileira 8555 : MDAP BuNo 60-5429. d/d FAB 18sep62. xfer Marinha 29jun65 as N-3006
força aeronaval da marinha do brasil N-3006 : Marinha. ex FAB 8555. d/d 29jun65. wfu 1974
    58-1373     sh-34j marine luchtvaartdienst 138 : Map BuNo 149131. to civ as N59331
    58-1374     sh-34j marine luchtvaartdienst 139 : Map BuNo 149132. w/o Moray Firth 25oct61
    58-1375     sh-34j marine luchtvaartdienst 140 : Map BuNo 149133. 8 sqd. w/o near Gibraltar 31jan63.
    58-1394     sh-34j marina militare italiana MM149082 : Marina 4-04. MAP BuNo 149082
    58-1430     sh-34j marine luchtvaartdienst 136 : MAP BuNo 149841. 8 sqd. w/o near Noordwijk 17aug65
    58-1442     sh-34j marine luchtvaartdienst 137 : MAP BuNo 149842. to civ as N59333
    58-1515     h-34g.III Marineflieger 80+59 : as PZ+344 from HFB 100,Gate Guard MFG5 Kiel/Holtenau, never part of MFG5, displayed as 80+52
    58-1553     h-34g.III Marineflieger 80+72 : former WE+571 as PF+464 from HFlgBtl 6,
    58-1557     h-34g.III Marineflieger 80+73 : former WD+401 and SC+257, pres. Deutsches Museum
    58-1560 1957 US Navy 150220 : gentle 5 : Crashed and declared a loss in 1964, recovered by Sailors from VX-6 and USS Stanen Island, repaired and returned to service.
US Navy 150220 : Crashed 19nov69 when the engine failed, LCDR Brandau auto rotated the H-34 down and it struck the side of a slope, slid down and caught fire. Two men were killed, Thomas E. Berg (USA) and Jeremy Sykes (NZ)
    58-1562     h-34g.III Marineflieger 80+75 : former WE+572 as QB+477 from HFlgWaS, last seen as D-HAUB
    58-1567     h-34g.III Marineflieger 80+80 : former WE+551 and SC+251, last seen as ZS-HIE
    58-1568     h-34g.III Marineflieger WE+552 : w/o Crash into North See near Amrum
    58-1569     h-34g.III Marineflieger 80+81 : former WE+553 and SC+253, last seen as Spareparts Southafrica
    58-1582     h-34g.III Marineflieger 80+87 : former WE+573 as PF+463 from HFB 100, last seen as PT-HFQ
    58-1588     h-34g.III Marineflieger SC+258 : w/o Crash at Kiel/Holtenau
    58-1589     h-34g.III Marineflieger 80+90 : former WD+402 and SC+259, last seen as B 13103
    58-1590     sh-34j Marineflieger 82+01 : Former SC+263, WD+404 MFG4 - Last known ID ZS-HGL
    58-1597     sh-34j marine luchtvaartdienst 134 : Map BuNo 150729. preserved museum Soesterberg
    58-1602     sh-34j Marineflieger 82+02 : former SC+264, WD+404, gone to Norway
    58-1605     h-34g.III Marineflieger 80+93 : former WE+554 and SC+254,
    58-1611     sh-34j marine luchtvaartdienst 135 : MAP BuNo 149840
    58-1617     h-34g.III Marineflieger 80+94 : former WE+555 and SC+255, last seen as LN-OSE
    58-1618     h-34g.III Marineflieger 80+95 : former WE+556 and SC+256, last seen as ZS-HHJ
    58-1619     sh-34j Marineflieger 82+03 : former SC+265, WD+405 at MFG4
    58-1623 armada de chile 51 : Naval. preserved museo los cerrillos santiago. ex N-52. ex BuNo 150730
    58-1630     h-34g.III Marineflieger 80+96 : former WE+557 and SC+260, last seen as N2657Z
    58-1631     h-34g.III Marineflieger 80+97 : former WE+558 and SC+261, w/o 18.07.1969
    58-1632     h-34g.III Marineflieger 80+98 : former WE+559 and SC+259, last seen as PT-HIE
    58-1662     h-34g.III Marineflieger 81+00 : former WE+574, as QC+462 from HFlgBtl 100, last seen as ZS-HFZ
    58-1663     h-34g.III Marineflieger 81+01 : former WE+575, as QC+463 from HFlgBtl 100, last seen as PK-OMB
    58-1665     h-34g.III Marineflieger 81+03 : former WE+576, as PH+271 from HFS 8, w/o Crash 07.09.1968
    58-1671     h-34g.III Marineflieger 81+04 : former WE+577, as QE+461 from HFlgBtl 200, last seen Pres. BERN
    58-1673     h-34g.III Marineflieger 81+06 : former WE+578, as QE+463 from HFlgBtl 200, last seen as C-GAIV
    58-1677     h-34g.III Marineflieger 81+07 : former WE+579, as QE+464 from HFlgBtl 200, last seen as N82849
    58-1733     sh-34j Marineflieger 82+04 : former SC+266,WD+406 at MFG4
    58-1737     sh-34j Marineflieger 82+05 : former SC+267, WD+407; Last known PT+HFW
    ?it405     sh-34j marina militare italiana MM149083 : Marina 4-05. MAP BuNo 149083. Gruppo Elicotteri 5. w/o jun72 at San Marinello
    67 C/N found.



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