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| uruguay naval air service | Qty: 10 1991 to present |
| History of this Model in this Organisation: | | |
3 Wessex Mk 60 (ex Bristow Helicopters) delivered with long range fuel tanks between 1991 and 1994 replacing ex USN SH-34Js. Also some ex UK Royal Air Force HC.2 airframes, 2 ? in 1997, 5 in Feb 1998. Based at Curbelo AB in Laguna del Sauce on the southern tip of Uruguay.  Westland refused to support these aircraft (probably due to distance,
age, parts availability etc), and they are supported by Sikorsky. As
a result, they are known as Sikorsky S-58s, despite their
heritage as Wessex from a factory in the UK. |
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| Years | Units | bold : Current Base of the Unit
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| Construction Numbers of this Model in this Organisation: | | |
| C/N | Built | In this Organisation | In other Org | | wa504 | 1966 | 063: From Bristow Helicopters in part exchange for Navy SH-34J in Aug 1991. Fitted with auxilliary fuel tanks for longer endurance.
|  G-631: Wessex Mk.53 Delivered 1966 ?. Sold to Bristow as G-BGWT.
 G-BGWT: ex G-631. Became G-BGWT Aug 1979. De-reg Jan 1990 on export to USA and became N250HL of Hi-Lift Helicopters. Sold to Uruguayan Naval Air Service in 1991.
| | | wa563 | 1966 | 064: Replaced ex USN SH-34J with the same serial in Aug 1991. wfu 1997 (for spares ?).
|  AMDB-106: To Brunei Jan 1967. Replaced by Bell 212 1971.
G-BAWJ: ex Brunei Govt. To Bermuda 1971 as VR-BEA, possibly with Bristow Helicopters to service overseas contract. Then to PK-HBV, G-BAWJ, VR-BEA, 9M-ASW, VR-BEA, G-BAWJ Mar 1977, 5N-AJN Dec 1978, G-BAWJ, N251HL, before going from Bristow to Uruguay Navy.
| | | wa503 | 1966 | 065: From Bristow Helicopters in part exchange for SH-34J (which was retired from ANU in 1988) in May 1994. Fitted with auxilliary fuel tanks for longer endurance.
| G-630: Wessex Mk.53 Delivered 1966. Sold to Bristow as G-BGER.
G-BGER: ex G-630. To VH-BHI Mar 1979 on a Bristow contract in Australia. Restored to G-BGER, then 5N-ALO, G-BGER and N252HL. Sold to Uruguayan Naval Air Service in 1994.
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