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  2. Westland Wessex - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Falklands War order of battle: British naval forces - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. 737 Naval Air Squadron - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. 845 Naval Air Squadron - Wikipedia

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    A Westland Wessex HAS.3 of 845 Naval Air Squadron operating during 1964 in Borneo, during the Indonesian Confrontation. After disbanding yet again in mid-1959, the squadron was reformed on 10 April 1962, as a Commando Helicopter Squadron with Westland Wessex HAS.1's. It was the first commando squadron to have these helicopters.

  6. 846 Naval Air Squadron - Wikipedia

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    A Wessex HU5 of 846 NAS, Norway, 1981. After returning for the Far East, 846 NAS was disbanded again, only to be reformed in 1968 at RNAS Culdrose. This time the squadron was equipped with the Westland Wessex HU.5. The squadron deployed aboard the dock-landing ship HMS Fearless and conducted cold weather trials in Norway.

  7. 847 Naval Air Squadron - Wikipedia

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    The squadron reformed at Sembawang on 14 March 1969, being split off from 848 Naval Air Squadron and equipped with 10 Westland Wessex HU.5s helicopters. The squadron operated both from shore and aboard ship, with detachments flying from the amphibious assault ships Fearless and Intrepid and the landing ship Sir Galahad amongst others.

  8. 829 Naval Air Squadron - Wikipedia

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    In June 1970, responsibility for small ships' Wessex helicopters was transferred to 737 Naval Air Squadron at RNAS Portland. A further restructuring took place in January 1972 when 703 Naval Air Squadron was established at RNAS Portland to take over the Wasp conversion and operational flying training role.

  9. British logistics in the Falklands War - Wikipedia

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    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.