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The first Westland-built Wessex serial XL727, designated a Wessex HAS.1, first flew on 20 June 1958. [4] The first production Wessex HAS1 were delivered to Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm (FAA) in early 1960; the Wessex was the first helicopter operated by the FAA to be purpose-designed from scratch as an anti-submarine platform. [5]
Atlantic Conveyor 14,946 GRT – equipped with helicopter pad [6] and carried eight BAE Sea Harriers (809 Squadron - aircraft later transferred to the two carriers), six Hawker Siddeley Harriers, six Westland Wessex helicopters, and four CH-47 Chinook helicopters (18 Squadron RAF); arrived 19 May [3] [6] [22] - hit 25 May by one or two ...
Naval-History.Net - "Battle Atlas of the Falklands War 1982" by Gordon Smith "8 Bells Lecture. Rear Adm. Chris Parry: Falklands War and the Importance of Naval Corporate Memory". US Naval War College/Youtube. 2016-03-12. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21 "Sea Control 74: Falklands Series 5 – South Georgia OPS" (Podcast). Center for ...
A Westland Wessex helicopter delivering supplies at Ascension Island in May 1982. The 1982 British military campaign to recapture the Falkland Islands depended on complex logistical arrangements. The logistical difficulties of operating 7,000 nautical miles (8,100 mi; 13,000 km) from home were formidable.
Westland Wessex HAS.3: XP142: HMS Antrim Crest: Falklands Exhibition - Humphrey. Sharpnel damage to aircraft Westland Wessex HU.5: XT765: J: Falklands Exhibition Westland Sea King HAS.6: XV663: 771 SAR 18 Rescue / RAF Rescue: Falklands Exhibition - previously used by 825 NAS. Left side in Royal Navy markings and the right side in yellow Royal ...
From July 1962 the squadron converted to Westland Wessex, a development of the Sikorsky H-34 produced under licence by Westland, initially the HAS.1 variant, a utility and anti-submarine warfare helicopter, and then in October 1967 it took on deliveries of Westland Wessex HAS.3, an improved anti-submarine version. 737 Naval Air Squadron took ...
The larger Westland Whirlwind, Westland Wessex and Westland Sea Kings have been Fleet Air Arm helicopters and, like the Westland Lynx AH Mk 7, the Scout AH Mk 1s operated by 3 Commando Brigade Air Squadron (3 CBAS) were British Army helicopters on loan. 3 CBAS flew the Scout from 1971 through to 1982, when it was replaced by the Westland Lynx ...
The Falkland Islands have a land area of 4,700 sq mi (12,000 km 2) and a coastline estimated at 800 mi (1,300 km). [104] The archipelago consists of two main islands, West Falkland and East Falkland, and 776 smaller islands. [ 105 ]