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Del'd 11 · Service : 1958 to 1980

2 pre-production Wessex HAS.1, re-equipped wih 1450hp Napier Gazelle 13 turbine engines built in 1958. 3 HAS.3 prototypes as the start of the conversion programme from the HAS.1 from 1963. 1 re-engined HAS.1 as the basis of the RAF new build HC.2 programme from 1961. 2 HU.5, one a hybrid and one a true HU.5 prototype for the new build HU.5 programme from 1963.

Airframes (13)

RegModelC/NBuilt
G-17-1hss-158-2651956
G-17-1mk.60wa1991964w/o 1981
G-17-1mk.60wa6861968
G-ATBYmk.60wa4601965w/o
G-ATCAmk.60wa4621965w/o 1972
VH-BHLmk.60wa5621967w/o 1969
XL728has.1wa 21958
XM327has.1wa 81959
XM328has.1wa 91959
XM836has.1wa 171961
XM837has.1wa 181961w/o 1982
XR588hc.2wa1211962
XT768hu.5wa5501967