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Indian Navy Retires UH-3H Sea King Helicopters
30-Jun-24 - The Indian Navy has retired the last of its Sikorsky UH-3H Sea King helicopters after 17 years of service. The INAS 350 squadron will continue to operate the Westland Sea King Mk.42C for transport missions #SeaKing
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Models Construction Numbers (Not all in this unit) |
| C/N | Version | Built | In this Org | In other Org | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wa 733 | mk42 | IN501: Westland Sea King Mk.42, cn WA 733, ff?; del Indian Navy as IN501, unk;  | |||||
| wa 734 | mk42 | 1971 | IN502: Westland Sea King Mk.42, cn WA734, ff?; del Indian Navy as IN502, unk; IN502: preserved Maritime Heritage Museum, Fort Kochi by , still 2015 | ||||
| wa 735 w/o 1981 | mk42 | IN503: Westland Sea King Mk.42, cn WA735, ff?; del Indian Navy as IN503, unk; w/o+ IN503: ditched at sea | |||||
| wa 736 | mk42 | IN504: Westland Sea King Mk.42, cn WA736, ff?; del Indian Navy as IN504, unk; pre+ | |||||
| wa 737 | mk42 | IN505: Westland Sea King Mk.42, cn WA737, ff?; del Indian Navy as IN505, unk; pre+ IN505: preserved, static display at Naval Academy Ehzimala | |||||
| wa 738 w/o 1983 | mk42 | IN506: Westland Sea King Mk.42, cn WA738, ff?; del Indian Navy as IN506, unk; w/o+ | |||||
| wa 776 w/o -1 | mk42 | IN507: Westland Sea King Mk.42, cn WA776, ff?; del Indian Navy as IN507, unk; IN507: w/o crash landed | |||||
| wa 777 w/o 1986 | mk42 | IN508: Westland Sea King Mk.42, cn WA777, ff?; del Indian Navy as IN508, unk; w/o+ | |||||
| wa 778 | mk42 | IN509: Westland Sea King Mk.42, cn WA778, ff?; del Indian Navy as IN509, unk; IN509: preserved at SFNA (School for Naval Airmen) Kochi | |||||
| wa 779 | mk42a | 1974 | IN510: Westland Sea King Mk.42A, cn WA779, ff?; del Indian Navy as IN510, unk; xf+ IN510: preserved on INS Vikrant | ||||
| wa 780 | mk42a | 1974 | IN511: Westland Sea King Mk.42A, cn WA780, ff?; del Indian Navy as IN511, unk; xf+ IN511: preserved on INS Vikrant IN511: port of Mumbai | ||||
| wa 781 | mk42 | IN512: Westland Sea King Mk.42, cn WA781, ff?; del Indian Navy as IN512, unk; IN512: preserved; from Naval Dockyard Mumbai to NAMAC (Naval Maritime Academy) | |||||
| wa 950 | mk42b | 1985 | IN513: Westland Sea King Mk.42B, f/f 17/05/1985; d/d 10/12/1990 to Indian Navy as+ | ||||
| wa 978 | mk42b | 1987 | IN514: f/f 28/07/1987, d/d 13/04/1989 to Indian Navy as IN514; xfer INAS 330 Sqn,+ IN514: Apr19 in AUSDEX 2019 with Australian ships on Bengal Bay | ||||
| wa 972 | mk42b | 1987 | IN515: f/f 07/05/1987, d/d 17/01/1990 to Indian Navy as IN515; xfer INAS 330 Sqn,+ IN515: 12Sep79 on production line at Yeovil as ZG601 IN515: launched around dawn to rescue survivors from the sinking of Accommodation+ | ||||
| wa 979 | mk42b | 1987 | IN516: f/f 07/10/1987, d/d 20/03/1990 to Indian Navy as IN516; xfer INAS 330 Sqn. | ||||
| wa 980 | mk42b | 1987 | IN517: f/f 14/11/1987, d/d 20/06/1990 to Indian Navy as IN517; xfer INAS 330 Sqn. | ||||
| wa 981 | mk42b | 1987 | IN518: f/f 23/12/1987, d/d 20/02/1989 to Indian Navy as IN518; xfer INAS 330 Sqn,+ | ||||
| wa 982 | mk42b | 1988 | IN519: f/f 29/01/1988, d/d 11/04/1989 to Indian Navy as IN519; xfer INAS 330 Sqn,+ | ||||
| wa 983 | mk42b | 1988 | IN520: f/f 22/06/1988, d/d 21/02/1989 to Indian Navy as IN520; xfer INAS 330 Sqn,+ | ||||
| wa 984 w/o -1 | mk42b | 1988 | IN521: f/f 14/10/1988, d/d 12/04/1989 to Indian Navy as IN521; xfer INAS 330 Sqn,+ IN521: w/o, crashed off NAS Kumjali II | ||||
| wa 985 | mk42b | 1988 | IN522: f/f 30/11/1988, d/d 12/04/1989 to Indian Navy as IN522; xfer INAS 330 Sqn,+ | ||||
| wa 986 | mk42b | 1989 | IN523: l/n mar89 at Yeovil, f/f 02/03/1989, d/d 11/09/1989 to Indian Navy as IN52+ | ||||
| wa 987 | mk42b | 1989 | IN524: f/f 17/02/1989, d/d 22/05/1989 to Indian Navy as IN524; xfer INAS 330 Sqn,+ | ||||
| wa 988 w/o 2003 | mk42b | 1989 | IN525: Mk 42B, ff 29 Mar 1989 as ZG612. Del to Indian Navy as IN525 14 Sep 1989. + IN525: Suspected tail rotor failure while approaching to land on the carrier INS + | ||||
| wa 992 | mk42b | 1989 | IN526: l/n aug89 at Yeovil, f/f 16/06/1989, d/d 14/12/1989 to Indian Navy as IN52+ | ||||
| wa 993 w/o -1 | mk42b | 1989 | IN527: f/f 07/07/1989, d/d 30/03/1990 to Indian Navy as IN527; xfer INAS 336 Sqn,+ IN527: w/o, crashed at Kochi | ||||
| wa 991 | mk42b | 1989 | IN528: Indian Navy Mk.42B f/f 18may89 as ZG615;
d/d 30nov89 as IN528;
/W by Mar99+ | ||||
| wa 989 | mk42b | 1989 | IN529: Mk.42B ff May 1989 as ZG616, dd 30 Nov 1989 to Indian Navy as IN529. Carri+ | ||||
| wa 990 | mk42b | 1989 | IN530: Mk.42B ff 1989 as ZG617? del Indian Navy as IN530, unk; | ||||
| wa 994 | mk42b | 1989 | IN531: l/n aug89 at Yeovil f/f 13/08/1989, d/d 25/06/1990 to Indian Navy as IN5+ | ||||
| wa 950 | mk42b | 1985 | IN532: Indian Navy; ex IN513 IN532: 12sep79 on production line at Yeovil as ZF526 | ||||
| wa 995 | mk42b | 1990 | IN533: f/f 11/04/1990, to Indian Navy as IN533 | ||||
| 61-037 | hss-2 | IN535: Indian Navy 2007, UH-3H type |  148965: 27feb89 pictured on USS Constellation (CV-64) as NK-611/HS-8 lowering the AQS-13 dipping sonar 148965: US Navy in 1995 type:SH-3H HS-1/AR-402 | ||||
| 61-262 | hss-2 | IN536: Indian Navy 2007, UH-3H type | 151549: US Navy; 1993 SH-3H type /NE-611 HS-14 151549: 18sep05 pictured as UH-3H type /HU-31 HC-2 in VIP green livery at NAS Oceana airshow 151549: UH-3H HC-11 / VR-700 | ||||
| uh-3h | IN537: Indian Navy; ex USN, BuNo unk IN537: BuNo 152113 (?) | ||||||
| 61-305 | sh-3a | IN538: Indian Navy 2007, UH-3H type | 152112: conv UH-3H; 17jan06 Stricken from US Navy list 152112: US Navy SH-3A; conv SH-3H; 1989 HS-1 /AR-440 | ||||
| 61-301 | sh-3a | IN539: Indian Navy 2007, UH-3H type | 152108: USN; conv SH-3H; conv UH-3H; HC-85; 29jan07 Stricken from US Navy list 152108: UH-3H HC-85 / NW-617 | ||||
| 61-142 | hss-2 | IN540: Indian Navy /40 2007, UH-3H type | 149725: conv UH-3H; AMARC 9H0110 149725: uh-3h type on static display at Oceana airshow 149725: USN; Apr83 pictured (pic1) as HS-2 /NE-1 on USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) 149725: 14apr88 pictured (pic2) as HS-3 /AA-614 on USS Saratoga (CV-60) titles but photo caption states is ... 149725: 17jun06 Stricken from US Navy list | ||||
| wa 965 | mk42c | IN555: transport version of Mk42B for Indian Navy, IN555 IN555: displayed at Aero India 98. | |||||
| wa 970 | mk42c | IN556: transport version of Mk42B for Indian Navy, IN556 | |||||
| wa 971 | mk42c | IN557: transport version of Mk42B for Indian Navy, IN557 IN557: with Marine Commando Flight, launched from INS Shikra to rescue 15 crew fr+ IN557: noted with Marine Commando Flight, cross-decked to USS Anchorage during a + | |||||
| wa 975 | mk42c | IN558: transport version of Mk42B for Indian Navy, IN558 | |||||
| wa 976 | mk42c | IN559: transport version of Mk42B for Indian Navy, IN559 | |||||
| wa 977 | mk42c | IN560: transport version of Mk42B for Indian Navy, IN560 | |||||
