ZH864 Merlin HM.2 Royal Navy (C/N 50179)

AgustaWestland Merlin HM.1

Construction Number: 50179


Built 2002 Merlin HM.2





Detailed history and photos of helicopter AgustaWestland Merlin HM.1 Serial 50179 Register ZH864 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Converted to Merlin HM.2 Track service timeline and current status.



Detailed history and photos of helicopter AgustaWestland Merlin HM.1 Serial 50179 Register ZH864 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Converted to Merlin HM.2 Track service timeline and current status.
By Peter Mitrovitch


Detailed history and photos of helicopter AgustaWestland Merlin HM.1 Serial 50179 Register ZH864 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Converted to Merlin HM.2 Track service timeline and current status.



Detailed history and photos of helicopter AgustaWestland Merlin HM.1 Serial 50179 Register ZH864 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy) Converted to Merlin HM.2 Track service timeline and current status.
By Dave Taskis





Aircraft History





ZH864

united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

RN 50179/RN44 d/d 05 Dec 2002 Final RN airframe from first HM.1 batch. 824Sq/582 by Apr 2003
820Sq/011-CU by Nov 2003 still Oct 2005, MDMF/011-CU Nov 2005
814Sq/(2)68 by Oct 2006
820Sq Oct 2007 to 814Sq/268 Nov 2007 still Jan 2008, deployed to HMS Illustrious by May 2008, 820Sq/(2)68 by Oct 2008
814Sq/(2)65 by Oct 2009
820Sq by Sep 2010

AgustaWestland Merlin HM.2 conv HM.2 type MCSP14
Sep14 820Sq /(0)12 820 NAS
2011-07-1917 A EGDR19 as 820Sqn /17 being towed at RNAS Culdrose 820 NAS


2012-0517 B EGDY as 820Sqd /17 at RNAS Yeovilton 820 NAS
2014-09-2917 C LXGB Dolphin 1 820Sq /17 Sep 2014 visited Gibraltar while operating from RFA Wave Knight. 820 NAS
2014-10-17 D SLFNA820Sqn embarked RFA Argus for Sierra Leone 820 NAS Operation Gritrock
2015-04-06 A EGDR06apr15 disembarked for RNAS Culdrose from RFA Argus in Mounts Bay 820 NAS


2020-02-2670 E EGHGHM.2 type at Leonardo, Yeovil
2021-02-03 E EGHGCallsign WHE01
2021-03-10 E EGHGCallsign WHE06
2022-07-05 DOLPHN14 Falmouth, Cornwall
2024-05-15 DOL20 Truro, Cornwall
2025-09-08 MIKETST1 Perranporth, Cornwall
2025-11-06 Callington, Cornwall
2026-02-17 Camelford, Cornwall


Call sign for this aircraft: DOL20 DOLPHN14 EXCBR81 MIKETST1




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