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Constructed as a Scimitar F.1.
Built at South Marston to Spec N113P |
11 November 1959 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XD317.
At RNAS Lossiemouth. |
23 February 1960 |
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Transferred to 807 NAS. |
23 February 1960 |
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Markings Applied: 197, R
Assigned to HMS Ark Royal. |
March 1961 |
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Markings Applied: 197, C
Assigned to HMS Centaur. |
23 June 1961 |
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Transferred to RNAS Lossiemouth Air Craft Handling Unit. |
20 October 1961 |
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Transferred to RNAY Fleetlands.
For preparation for transport by sea. |
3 November 1961 |
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Transported by ship.
From Southampton to Singapore on board SS Benarty. |
Circa January 1962 |
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Transferred to AHU, Tengah, Singapore. |
12 February 1962 |
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Transferred to 807 NAS,.
Assigned to HMS Centaur. |
12 February 1962 |
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Markings Applied: 195, C |
28 February 1962 |
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Damaged.
Port aileron tip damaged by crane at Trincomalee, Ceylon. |
18 April 1962 |
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Damaged.
Mid-air collision with XD332 off Malta during formation flypast (pilot Lt. A M Hickling. |
16 May 1962 |
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Transferred to RNAS Lossiemouth. |
24 June 1962 |
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Transferred to RNAY Fleetlands. |
28 November 1962 |
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Transferred to 736 NAS,. |
14 January 1963 |
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Transferred to 800 NAS, HMS Ark Royal. |
14 January 1963 |
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Markings Applied: 112, R |
8 April 1963 |
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Damaged.
Bird strike on finals to RNAS Lossiemouth. (pilot Lt. A M Hickling). |
8 April 1963 |
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Damaged.
Bird strike. (Pilot, Lt. L C Marshall. |
24 October 1963 |
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Damaged.
Refuelling probe broke in flight refuelling with a Valiant. (pilot Lt. A M Hickling). |
From 27 February 1964 to 7 October 1965 |
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Transferred to RNAY Fleetlands.
For modernisation. |
7 October 1965 |
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Transferred to RNAS Lee-On-Solent. |
From 22 November 1965 to 26 November 1965 |
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Flying from Lee-on-Solent diverted to Boscombe Down with hydraulic problems. |
6 January 1966 |
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Transferred to RAE Thurleigh.
For DAX 1 arrester gear intensive trials. |
24 January 1966 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Aircraft Establishment with s/n XD317.
On loan from RN. |
10 March 1966 |
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Transferred to RAE Farnborough.
For limited flight trials of TER and two store carriers. |
1 April 1966 |
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Transferred to RAE Thurleigh. |
27 July 1966 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XD317. |
27 July 1966 |
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Transferred to NASU, RNAS Brawdy. |
3 November 1966 |
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Transferred to Fleet Requirements Unit, Airwork, Hurn Airport, Bournemouth, Hampshire. |
By October 1967 |
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Markings Applied: 033, |
By December 1968 |
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Markings Applied: 833, |
4 August 1969 |
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To Fleet Air Arm Museum, RNAS Yeovilton, Yeovilton, Somerset, England.
 View the Location Dossier |
18 September 1969 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Navy.
Officially struck off charge. |
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Markings Applied: 112, R
In the markings of 800 NAS. |
26 August 1970 |
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Photographer: John Smith
Notes: 1970 photo taken by John Smith at Royal Naval Station, Yeovilton |
18 July 1992 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at RNAS Yeovilton Air Day |
24 October 2013 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Displayed at the Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton in the UK |
28 September 2018 |
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Photographer: Mick McKean
Notes: In the Fleet Air Arm Museum, RN Station Yeovilton. |
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