Detailed history and photos of helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.2 Serial wa 841 Register XZ573 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Track service timeline and current status.
HAS.2 826Sq/141-TG by Feb 1977 826Sq/141-B by May 1979 still Jun 1979 826 NAS
1972-05-17
w/o 17may72 lost off HMS Hermes. The crew were rescued and she was sunk by RN gunfire. The cause is recorded as "unserviceable Radar Altimeter" which is believed to be a euphemism for the wrong Range Computer being fitted to the Transmitter/Receiver (i.e. card #6 missing), which would (in an RN Sea King) lead to the Indicators reading 10 times the actual range (in this case, height above sea level).
1976-08-05
RN Sea King HAS.2 f/f 05aug76, d/d 13sep76 w/o 18may82 asg 826Sqn during Falklands/Malvinas War, 2 m off HMS Hermes
826 NAS
Westland Sea King HAS.5 conv to HAS.5 from Jun 1980 706Sq/593-CU by Jan 1981 820Sq/22 Apr 1982 826Sq by May 1982 706 NAS
