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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:Wessex HAS.1
    Last Military Serial:XS881 RN
    Construction Number:WA0261
    Compressed ID:Westland Wessex HAS.1 sn XS881 RN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Predannack Royal Navy Fire School

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1966

    Constructed as a Wessex HAS.1 by Westland at Yeovil, Somerset.

    3 March 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XS881.

    By 14 July 1973

    Transferred to 771NAS RNAS Portland.

    By 14 July 1973

    Markings Applied: 515, PO
    RN Rescue colour scheme, 515 in white on fuselage, PO code on tail.

    September 1974

    Transferred to 771nas RNAS Culdrose.

    By 1979

    Markings Applied: 046, 46, CU
    RN Rescue c/s, white 46 on front of nose, white 046 on side of nose, white 46 on fuselage, CU code on tail.

    14 July 1979

    New serial number assigned: A2675 RN

    19 July 1979

    Placed on display with FAAM RNAS Yeovilton.
    Still carrying 771NAS Markings 046-CU.

    15 November 1984


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: FAAM RNAS Yeovilton

    21 January 1988

    Assigned to RNAY Wroughton for storage.

    24 June 1993

    New serial number assigned: A2688 RN

    29 June 1993

    Transferred to RNAS Yeovilton Fire Dump.

    30 September 1997

    Transferred to Predannack Royal Navy Fire School.

    By 2013

    Destroyed.
    Burnt out wreck perished.
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