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    Airframe Family: Sikorsky S-61 / H-3 / Sea King
    Latest Model:Sea King HU.6CR
    Last Military Serial:XV703 RN
    Construction Number:WA0674
    Compressed ID:Westland Sea King HU.6CR sn XV703 R...
    Latest Owner or Location:HMS Sultan - Defence School of Maritime Engineering, Gosport, Hampshire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sea King HAS.1 by Westland.

    14 June 1971

    First flight.

    3 August 1971

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n XV703.

    Converted to a Sea King HAS.5 by Westland.

    Transferred to 814 Naval Air Squadron, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall.
    Operated with markings: L, 271

    By 1990

    Converted to a Sea King HAS.6.

    March 1993

    Transferred to 826 Naval Air Squadron.
    Operated with markings: 139

    January 1995

    Transferred to 814 Naval Air Squadron, RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall.
    Operated with markings: N, 265

    By 2002

    Transferred to Aircraft Maintenance Group, RNAS Culdrose.
    Operated with markings: 28, 828, 28, CU

    17 July 2002


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at RNAS Culdrose Airshow

    Converted to a Sea King HU.6CR by Westland.

    By November 2005

    Transferred to 846 Naval Air Squadron, RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset.
    Operated with markings: ZD

    In the inventory of HMS Sultan-Defence School of Maritime Engineering, Gosport, Hampshire, England.
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    4 April 2016


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at HMS Sultan, Gosport, Hampshire
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