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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-58 / H-34 / HSS / Wessex
    Latest Model:Wessex HAS.1
    Last Military Serial:XS885 RN
    Construction Number:WA0265
    Compressed ID:Westland Wessex HAS.1 sn XS885 RN c...
    Latest Owner or Location:School of Flightdeck Operations (SFDO), HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall, England

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    Dates

    Event

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

    5 April 1966

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XS885.

    By 1977

    Transferred to 737 NAS, RNAS Portland.
    Operated with markings: 512, 12, PO

    3 September 1977


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: Wessex HAS.1 of 737 Naval Air Squadron in action at the 1977 RNAS Yeovilton Air Day.

    New serial number assigned: A2668 RN
    As a Ground Instruction Airframe.

    By 1981

    Based at School of Flightdeck Operations (SFDO), HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall, England.
    Known as SAH (School of Aircraft Handling) at that time.
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    By 1986

    Markings Applied: 512, 12, PO

    By 1989

    Transferred to RN Exhibition Flight, RNAS Lee-On-Solent.
    Travelling exhibit.

    By 1990

    Markings Applied: 512, 12, CU

    By 1993

    Based at School of Flightdeck Operations (SFDO), HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall, England.
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    By 1993

    Markings Applied: 512, 12, DD

    17 July 2002


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Air Show - still in pristine condition

    21 February 2006

    To Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Fire School, RNAS Predannack, Predannack Wollas/Ruan Major, Cornwall, England.
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    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Rich Tregear
    Notes: 2010 photo at Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Fire School, RNAS Predannack, Predannack Wollas / Ruan Major, Cornwall.

    November 2014

    Based at School of Flightdeck Operations (SFDO), HMS Seahawk, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall, England.
    Awaiting transfer to FAAM, stored adjacent to SFDO.
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    18 June 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: last remaining Wessex HAS1 - awaiting transfer to FAAM?

    18 June 2015


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: last remaining Wessex HAS1 - awaiting transfer to FAAM?
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    Mike Henniger
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