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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:Sea King HU.5SAR
    Last Military Serial:XV670 RN
    Construction Number:WA0658
    Compressed ID:Westland Sea King HU.5SAR sn XV670...
    Latest Owner or Location:Gosport

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea King HAS.1 by Westland.

    18 August 1970

    First flight.

    3 September 1970

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XV670.

    By 1981

    Converted to a Sea King HAS.2A by Westland.

    By 1981

    Transferred to 706 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.
    Noted at RNAS Culdrose Air Day 28 July 1982.

    By July 1982

    Markings Applied: 590, 90, CU

    28 July 1982


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Air Day

    Circa 1984

    Transferred to RNAY Fleetlands.

    Circa 1984

    Converted to a Sea King HAS.5 by Westland.

    Circa 1986

    Transferred to 706 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.

    Circa 1986

    Markings Applied: 92
    Noted at RNAS Portland on 15 May 1986, still with 706 NAS. Code is 592 but only 92 carried.

    Circa 1989

    Transferred to RNAY Fleetlands.

    Circa 1990

    Transferred to 706 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.

    Circa 1992

    Converted to a Sea King HAS.6.

    9 May 1992


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at AAC Middle Wallop Air Show

    Circa 1994

    Transferred to RNAY Fleetlands.

    From 1994 to By 1996

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

    Circa 1997

    Transferred to 706 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.

    Circa 1997

    Markings Applied: 188

    Circa 1998

    Markings Applied: 588

    Circa 1999

    Assigned to RNAY Fleetlands for storage.

    Circa 2004

    Transferred to Westland Helicopters Ltd, Yeovil.

    Circa 2008

    Transferred to 771 NAS, RNAS Culdrose.
    No codes carried.

    2 March 2009


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose

    10 June 2009


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: XV670 without tactical number at RNAS Yeovilton, UK

    By 2013

    Markings Applied: RESCUE, 17, RESCUE
    Code is 817 but only marked as 17.

    6 June 2013


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose, taken through the window of Base Tour Bus

    18 June 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose

    11 April 2016

    Last flight.

    11 April 2016

    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
     Robert Nichols
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