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westland Lynx

in Fleet Air Arm

Del'd: 94 - 1976 to present

History of this Model in this Organisation:

Total excludes prototypes and simulator airframes and believed correct at Aug 2004.

An anti-surface and anti-submarine helicopter specifically designed and tuned to operate from frigates and destroyers of the Fleet, has recently been updated to the Mk8 standard.. Each autonomous flight (Approx 25 in number) comprises a pilot, an observer and a team of 8 maintainers. They embark in their ship whenever it sails. The home base for all seaborne Lynx moved in 1997 from RNAS Portland to RNAS Yeovilton. The attack/utility AH Mk 7 version is operated in support of the Royal Marines in conjunction with the Aerospatiale Gazelle AH 1s

Units with this Model in this Organisation:

Years	Units	bold : Current Base of the Unit
1990/92	700 squadron	Portland
1982/93	829 squadron	Portland
1981/now	815 squadron	RNAS Yeovilton Portland RNAS Yeovilton
1978/now	702 squadron	RNAS Yeovilton Portland RNAS Yeovilton
1976/77	700 squadron	RNAS Yeovilton

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Aircraft Platform:

Classes

FF Type 21 Amazon class

Roles of this Model in this Organisation:

Roles

anti-submarine

escort ship-based helicopter

Construction Numbers of this Model in this Organisation:	Help Us

C/N	Mod	Built	ID In this Organisation	In other Org

001	HAS2	1976	XZ227: RN in 1993 deployed aboard HMS Exeter D89. type:HAS.3 /EX-420 815Sqn.
004	HAS2		XZ229: RN in 2009 type:HAS3SGM 815Sqn.
019	HAS2	1977	XZ237: RN in 1992 type:HAS3 /326 815Sqn.
049	HAS2	1977	XZ240: RN in 1992 type:HAS3 /363 829Sqn.
113	HAS2	1979	XZ690: RN in 2009 type:HMA8 /301 815Sqn.
153	HAS2	1980	XZ698: RN in 1992 type:HAS3 /479 815Sqn.
159	AH1	1980	XZ612: RN in 2009 type:AH7 847Sqn.	XZ612: Royal Marines in 1993 type:AH7 /Y 3CBAS
199	HAS2	1980	XZ727: RN in 2009 type:HAS3S /635 702Sqn.
217	HAS2	1981	XZ735: RN in 1992 type:HAS3GM /602 829Sqn.
295	HMA8	1983	ZD261: RN in 2003 /307 815Sqn.
299	HAS3	1983	ZD263: RN in 2009 type:HAS3S /306 815Sqn.
334	HMA8	1987	ZF557: RN original built as Lynx HAS3 in 2000 /407 815Sqn. ; march 2001 /407 815Sqn. ; july 2001 /420 815Sqn. ; 2004 /318 815Sqn. ; 2007 /348 815Sqn. ; 2008 /674 815Sqn.
339	HAS3	1988	ZF562: RN in 2009 type:HMA8 /645 702Sqn.

13 C/N found in this Organisation