Westland Sea King HAS.1

C/N wa 653

Built 1970





Helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.1 Serial wa 653 Register XV665 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1970. Aircraft history and location



Helicopter Westland Sea King HAS.1 Serial wa 653 Register XV665 used by Fleet Air Arm RN (Royal Navy). Built 1970. Aircraft history and location

Aircraft History





XV665

02Jul70
united kingdom Fleet Air Arm

f/f 17 Jun 1970, d/d 2 Jul 1970 to RN as HAS.1 826Sq/143-E by 1971 826 NAS
April 1971 lifting a faulty engine Whirlwind HAS.7 back to RNAS Culdrose


1981-01-20 A Strait of Hormuz (SN) Accident
Westland Sea King HAS.2A Conv to HAS.2A, 824Sq/578-CU by Jul 1979, ditched in Straits of Hormuz 20 Jan 1981 following tail rotor drive failure while with 824Sq, towed by HMS Apollo and recovered by RFA Fort Austin.
1983-06 B EGVF Conv HAS.5
Westland Sea King HAS.5 At Fleetlands for HAS.5 conversion Jun 1983. 810Sq/508 by 1986 still 1988. 810 NAS

Westland Sea King HAS.6 Conv to HAS.6, 820Sq/017-R by May 1990 820 NAS
1994 HAS.6 type 810Sqn./CU-505
1996 still /505 810 NAS
810 Sq / 507-CU by Mar 1999 810 NAS
1999 C HMS Sultan HAS.6 type i/a AESS Gosport/HMS Sultan as /CU-507
2001-08-23507-CU C HMS Sultan G I Airframe noted at HMS Sultan, Gosport.
2003 C HMS SultanStored HMS Sultan Gosport by still Mar 2005, Aug 2006 still Dec 2010




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