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Westland Wessex
in UY Aviacion Naval Uruguaya

Uruguayan Navy

Del'd 8 · Service : 1991 to 2010

3 Wessex Mk 60 (ex Bristow Helicopters) delivered with long range fuel tanks between 1991 and 1994 replacing ex USN SH-34Js. Also some ex UK Royal Air Force HC.2 airframes, 2 ? in 1997, 5 in Feb 1998. Based at Curbelo AB in Laguna del Sauce on the southern tip of Uruguay.
Westland refused to support these aircraft (probably due to distance, age, parts availability etc), and they are supported by Sikorsky. As a result, they are known as Sikorsky S-58s, despite their heritage as Wessex from a factory in the UK.

Units

1991-2010 Escuadron de Helicopteros

Airframes (8)

RegModelC/NBuilt
063mk.53wa5041966
064mk.54wa5631966
065mk.53wa5031966
081hc.2wa1301963
082hc.2wa1431963
083hc.2wa1951965w/o 2001
084hc.2wa1981965
085hc.2wa5301966