Great Britain Helicopters

Type: Westland Sea King HC.Mk 4 two/three crew assault transport helicopter.

Max Speed: 129 mph at sea level.

Climb Rate: 2,020 ft per minutes.

Service Ceiling: 4,000 ft.

Range: 276 miles with maximum payload.

Payload: 28 troops, or 8,000 lb of freight.

Photo: Coll B. Thouanel

The Sea King HC.Mk 4 is distinguishable from its half sisters of the Sea King HAS series by its fixed land gear and lack of stabilizing sponson.

Type: EHI EH.101 Merlin four crew ship borne and land based anti-submarine helicopter.

Max Speed: 184 mph at optimum altitude.

Climb Rate:

Service Ceiling:

Range: endurance 5 hours o minutes.

Armament: up to 2,116 lb of disposable stores including four anti-submarine torpedoes or two anti-ship missiles.

Photo: Coll B. Thouanel

The roomy fuselage of the EH.101 provides for civil and land based variants in addition to the baseline naval model.

Type: Westland Lynx HAS.Mk 2 four seat multi role naval Helicopter.

Max Speed: 144 mph at sea leval.

Climb Rate: 2,170 ft per minute.

Service Ceiling: 8,450 ft.

Range: 368 miles.

Armament: provision for two lightweight homing torpedoes, or four light anti-ship missiles, or other weapons.

Photo: M. Rostaing

An effective hunter/killer of submarines, the lynx serves with several navies. This is lynx in service with the French navy.

Type: Westland Sea King HAS.Mk 5 four crew ship borne anti-submarine and search and rescue helicopter.

Max Speed: 129 mph at sea level.

Climb Rate: 2,020 ft per minute.

Service Ceiling: 4,000 ft.

Range: 764 miles.

Armament: up to 2,500 lb of homing torpedoes or depth charges.

Photo: Coll B. Thouanel

Type: Westland 30 Series 100-60 two/three crew utility light helicopter.

Max Speed: 138 mph at sea level.

Climb Rate:

Service Ceiling:

Range: radius 167 miles with 45 minute loiter.

Payload: 14 troops or freight.

Photo: Coll Avia News

Type: Bristol Sycamore HR.Mk 14 one crewSAR, communications, and transport helicopter.

Max Speed: 1127 mph at sea level.

Climb Rate: 1,300 ft per minute.

Service Ceiling:

Range: endurance 3 hours 0 minutes.

Payload: four passengers or freight.

Photo: RAF Museum

Looking like an ungraceful insect, the Sycamore production version integrated features that had been proved on the Different prototypes. this is a Sycamore HR.Mk 14 Multi-role version for the RAF.

Type: Westland Wessex HU.Mk 2 two/three crew tactical transport and assault helicopter.

Max Speed: 132 mph at sea level.

Climb Rate: 1,650 ft per minute.

Service Ceiling: 14,100 ft.

Range: 478 miles.

Payload: 16 troops, or seven litters, or 4,000 lb of freight.

Photo: M. Rostaing

Type: Wasp HAS Mk 1 five seat anti-submarine and utility helicopter.

Max Speed: 120 mph at sea level.

Climb Rate: 1,440 ft per minute.

Service Ceiling: 12,200 ft.

Range: 270 miles.

Armament: two Mk 44 or Mk 46 torpedoed;AS.11 and AS.12 missiles.

Photo: Salamander

A Westland Wasp HAS Mk 1 belonging to the Royal Navy's 829 Squadron firing a French AS.11 missile at a target during an exercise.

Type: Westland Sea King AEW.Mk 2A four seat shipboard airborne early warning helicopter.

Max Speed: 104 mph at 10,000 ft.

Climb Rate:

Service Ceiling: 10,000 ft.

Range: endurance 4 hours 0 minutes.

Armament: none.

Photo: Coll B. Thouanel

The Sea King AEW. Mk 2A is operated by 849 Squadron of the Fleet Air Arm, which is shore based at RANS Cukdrose and detaches three helicopter flights to each operational aircraft carrier.