Westland Wessex

E355759
military helicopter rotorcraft turbine-powered helicopter

The Westland Wessex is a British-built, turbine-powered military helicopter widely used from the 1960s for roles such as troop transport, anti-submarine warfare, and search and rescue.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Westland Wessex canonical 5
Wessex HC.2 1
Wessex HU.5 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military helicopter ⓘ
rotorcraft ⓘ
turbine-powered helicopter ⓘ
armamentOption depth charges ⓘ
torpedoes ⓘ
basedOn Sikorsky H-34 ⓘ
conflict Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
Falklands War ⓘ
Borneo Confrontation ⓘ
surface form: Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
3 ⓘ
enteredRAFService 1964 ⓘ
enteredRoyalNavyService 1961 ⓘ
firstFlight 1958-06-20 ⓘ
introduced 1961 ⓘ
manufacturer Westland Helicopters ⓘ
maxSpeed around 130 knots ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
passengerCapacity 16 troops ⓘ
powerplant turboshaft engine ⓘ
primaryRole anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
range around 330 nmi ⓘ
retiredFromService Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
roleInFalklandsWar logistic support ⓘ
search and rescue ⓘ
troop transport ⓘ
rotorConfiguration single main rotor ⓘ
secondaryRole search and rescue ⓘ
troop transport ⓘ
serviceCeiling around 14000 ft ⓘ
tailRotor yes ⓘ
usedBy Fujairah Defence Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Navy ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
usedFor VIP transport ⓘ
anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
search and rescue ⓘ
troop transport ⓘ
utility transport ⓘ
variant Wessex HAS.1 ⓘ
Wessex HAS.3 ⓘ
Westland Wessex self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wessex HC.2

Wessex HCC.4 ⓘ
Westland Wessex self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wessex HU.5

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commando Helicopter Force → historicallyOperated → Westland Wessex ⓘ
84 Squadron RAF → historicalAircraft → Westland Wessex ⓘ
subject surface form: No. 84 Squadron RAF
827 Naval Air Squadron → aircraftOperated → Westland Wessex ⓘ
Westland Helicopters → notableProduct → Westland Wessex ⓘ
Westland Helicopters → developed → Westland Wessex ⓘ
Westland Wessex → variant → Westland Wessex self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wessex HU.5
Westland Wessex → variant → Westland Wessex self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wessex HC.2