Nimrod MR2

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anti-submarine warfare aircraft maritime patrol aircraft military aircraft

The Nimrod MR2 is a retired British maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft developed from the de Havilland Comet airliner and operated primarily by the Royal Air Force during the Cold War and beyond.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nimrod MR2 canonical 5
Nimrod R1 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-submarine warfare aircraft ⓘ
maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low-wing jet ⓘ
airframeOrigin de Havilland Comet ⓘ
surface form: de Havilland Comet 4
armament anti-ship missiles ⓘ
depth charges ⓘ
sonobuoys ⓘ
torpedoes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crewSize 12 ⓘ
designation MR2 ⓘ
developedFrom Hawker Siddeley Nimrod ⓘ
surface form: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR1

de Havilland Comet ⓘ
engineType Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan ⓘ
firstFlightAsVariant 1975 ⓘ
hasCapability electronic intelligence ⓘ
long-range maritime surveillance ⓘ
signals intelligence ⓘ
hasMAD tail-mounted magnetic anomaly detector ⓘ
hasRadar search radar in nose radome ⓘ
manufacturer British Aerospace ⓘ
Hawker Siddeley ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOfSeries Hawker Siddeley Nimrod ⓘ
surface form: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod family
plannedReplacement Nimrod MRA4 ⓘ
primaryRole anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
maritime patrol ⓘ
replaced Avro Shackleton ⓘ
retirementYear 2010 ⓘ
secondaryRole anti-surface warfare ⓘ
maritime reconnaissance ⓘ
search and rescue ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Air Force Air Command ⓘ
surface form: RAF Air Command

RAF Coastal Command ⓘ
RAF Strike Command ⓘ
serviceEntryYear 1979 ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
tailConfiguration T-tail ⓘ
typicalBase RAF Kinloss ⓘ
RAF St Mawgan ⓘ
usedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
usedDuring Cold War ⓘ
Falklands War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan

Referenced by (6)

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

Runway Visitor Park → exhibits → Nimrod MR2 ⓘ
Royal Air Force aircraft designation system → exampleDesignation → Nimrod MR2 ⓘ
RAF Waddington International Air Show → featuredAircraftType → Nimrod MR2 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nimrod R1
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod → variant → Nimrod MR2 ⓘ
Nimrod MRA4 → developedFrom → Nimrod MR2 ⓘ
Nimrod MRA4 → intendedToReplace → Nimrod MR2 ⓘ