Westland Sea King HAS.1

C/N wa 667

Built 1971





Helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.1 Serial wa 667 Register XV696 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1971. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.1 Serial wa 667 Register XV696 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1971. Aircraft history and location
By Steve Mills



Aircraft History





XV696

feb71
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

1971-02RN HAS.1 f/f 18jan71 d/d 04feb71
1972-12411-BLHAS.1 820Sq/411-BL by Dec 1972 still Sep 1973 still Feb 1977 820 NAS
1977
Westland Sea King HAS.2A conv. HAS.2A RNAY Fleetlands 1977
814Sq/265-H by Aug 1978
814Sq/268-B by Dec 1980
814Sq/268 by Mar 1982. 814 NAS
1982-05-13 A Anchorage Delta mv Atlantic Causeway 825Sq/68 landed on mv Atlantic Causeway evening of 13 May 1982, for South Atlantic 825 NAS Operation Corporate
1982-06-04 Accident Toppled over following landing in a bog on Lookout Hill, Falkland Islands and damaged on 4 Jun 1982 as 825 Sq /268, cannibalised (eg tail to ZA310) during campaign, collected by RFA Engadine on 8 Jul from San Carlos and then extensively repaired in UK
NASU-VL Jul 1982. 825 NAS Operation Corporate
1983
Westland Sea King HAS.5 conv to HAS.5 1983, 810Sq/503 by 1986 still 1988, /503 at Fleetlands Jun 1991. 810 NAS
1984-04-03 B EGDP RNAS Portland about to depart from RNAS Portland 03Apr84 whilst operating for 810 NAS coded (5)03


1991
Westland Sea King HAS.6 conv HAS.6 1991, 826Sq B Flt/132 by Jan 1992 still Mar 1993 (deployed HMS Cornwall from Jul 1992, to HMS Chatham Jan 1993), 819Sq B Flt/699-PW by Jul 1993, 819Sq/708-PW by Apr 1995, 819Sq/267-N by Nov 1998
1999-07-07 RFA Argus 814 NAS / 267-N, disembarked RFA Argus on 7 Jul 1999
2001-02G.I. Gosport by Feb 2001.
2001-08-23267-L C HMS Sultan G I Airframe noted at HMS Sultan, Gosport.




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