TIMELINE
Built at Westland Helicopters, Yeovil and first flown on 5 Sep 1969
A&AEE Boscombe Down 26 Sep 1969
700S Sqn RNAS Culdrose 24 Oct 1969
737 NAS Portland 31 Jul 1970
RNAY Fleetlands 7 Sep 1973
NASU RNAS Culdrose 18 Nov 1974
826 NAS 9 Dec 1974
A&AEE Boscombe Down 9 Apr 1975 (trials on Iranian ship Larak)
NASU RNAS Culdrose 20 May 1975
706 NAS 5 Jun 1975
NASU RNAS Culdrose 15 Jun 1976 (conversion to HAS Mk 2)
820 NAS 18 Mar 1977
NASU RNAS Culdrose 5 Oct 1977
820 NAS 18 Nov 1978 No 1 engine failure whilst dunking off Florida, water taxied 10 miles until joined by HMS BLAKE then craned aboard
Offloaded HMS BLAKE in Portsmouth then transported to Culdrose by road 18 Dec 1978
820 NAS 25 Apr 1979
RNAY Fleetlands for refinish 23 May 1980
820 NAS 25 Jun 1980
826 NAS 12 Feb 1981
RNAY Fleetlands 23 Mar 1982 (conversion to HAS Mk 5)
NASU RNAS Culdrose 21 Jan 1983
826 NAS 11 Apr 1983
814 NAS 14 Sep 1983
NASU RNAS Culdrose 2 Mar 1987
RNAY Fleetlands 28 May 1987
NASU RNAS Culdrose 13 Oct 1987
771 NAS 4 Nov 1987
AMG RNAS Culdrose 2 Apr 1990
AMG RNAS Culdrose 28 Feb 1993 (conversion to HU 5)
771 NAS 22 Jul 1994
AMG RNAS Culdrose 24 Mar 1999
DARA Fleetlands 22 Apr 1999
Gannet SAR Flight 27 Nov 2001
AMG RNAS Culdrose 16 Jul 2004
771 NAS 5 Apr 2005
AMG RNAS Yeovilton 2 Jun 2008 (HUMS Mods)
Gannet SAR Flight 11 Nov 2008
771 NAS 8 Jan 2009
Gannet SAR Flight 14 May 2009
771 NAS 16 Jun 2009
VAHS Fleetlands 7 Sep 2009
771 NAS 6 Jul 2010
Flown to HMS SULTAN and retired from service 16 Sep 2014 – 12399:35 Flying Hours
Transferred to RNAESS Oct 2014
Sold and transferred to Historic Helicopters on 22 Sep 2021