Helicopter Westland Wessex HU.5 Serial wa170 Register XS496 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1964. Aircraft history and location Aircraft History XS496 Fleet Air Arm Westland Wessex HU.5, c/n WA170, f/f:? del Royal Navy as XS496, 04/06/1964 GIA Gosport, Hampshire, unk. 1974-03-07 A EHVB 848NAS./VR-B 848 NAS 1979-07-21 B EGHFRN Wessex HU.5 noted at HMS Daedalus RNAS Lee-on-Solent coded 813-LS in SAR scheme Send Updates Use APP to upload photo @ (optional) When Now? / / Send