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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:Sea King HU.5SAR
    Last Military Serial:ZA166 RN
    Construction Number:WA0899
    Compressed ID:Westland Sea King HU.5SAR sn ZA166...
    Latest Owner or Location:Gosport

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea King HAS.5 by Westland.

    4 March 1982

    First flight.

    1 April 1982

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n ZA166.

    By July 1982

    Transferred to 824 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.
    Noted at AAC Middle Wallop Airshow on 27 July 1982.

    By July 1982

    Markings Applied: 352, CU

    Circa 1984

    Transferred to 820 NAS, HMS Invincible.

    Circa 1984

    Markings Applied: 010, N

    Circa 1987

    Transferred to 706 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.

    Circa 1987

    Markings Applied: 590, R
    Carrying deck letter of HMS Ark Royal.

    Circa 1989

    Markings Applied: 590

    Circa 1995

    Transferred to RNAY Fleetlands.
    For conversion to HAS6.

    Circa 1996

    Converted to a Sea King HAS.6 by Westland.

    Circa 1997

    Converted to a Sea King HU.5SAR by Westland.

    Circa 1997

    Transferred to 706 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.

    Circa 1997

    Markings Applied: 581

    Circa 1999

    Markings Applied: 511

    Circa 1999

    Transferred to AMG, RNAS Culdrose.

    Circa 2002

    Markings Applied: 189, CU

    Circa 2002

    Assigned to DARA (Defence Aviation Repair Agency), Fleetlands for storage.

    Circa 2005

    Transferred to 771 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.

    Circa 2005

    Markings Applied: 828, RESCUE, 28, RESCUE

    By June 2006

    Markings Applied: RESCUE, 16, RESCUE

    16 June 2006


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye
    Notes: Leeuwarden AB,the Netherlands

    Circa 2008

    Transferred to CHFMU (Commando Helicopter Force Maintenance Unit), RNAS Yeovilton.

    Circa 2010

    Transferred to 771 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.

    18 June 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose

    18 June 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose

    18 June 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose

    December 2015

    Withdrawn from use.

    December 2015

    Assigned to RNAS Culdrose for storage.

    Assigned to Gosport for storage.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Military Aircraft Markings by Howard J. Curtis
    Internet Sources
     UK Serials Resource Centre by Wolverhampton Aviation Group
    Individual Contributors
     Thomas Delvoye
    Robert Nichols
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