Westland Wasp
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The Westland Wasp was a small 1960s British turbine powered, shipboard anti-submarine helicopter. Produced by Westland Helicopters, it came from the same P.531 programme as the British Army's Westland Scout, and was based on the earlier piston-engined Saunders-Roe Skeeter. It fulfilled the requirement of the Royal Navy for a helicopter small enough to land on the deck of a frigate and carry a useful load of two homing torpedoes.
The Wasp sank one ship in combat and seriously damaged the Argentine submarine ARA Santa Fe in 1982 during the Falklands War.
Variants[edit | edit source]
- Sea Scout HAS.1: The Sea Scout HAS.1 was the original Royal Navy designation for the Wasp.
- Wasp HAS.1: Shipboard anti-submarine warfare helicopter for the Royal Navy.
Users[edit | edit source]
- Brazil
- Brazilian Navy
- Indonesia
- Indonesian Navy
- Malaysia
- Royal Malaysian Navy
- Netherlands
- Royal Netherlands Navy
- South Africa
- South African Navy
- United Kingdom
- Royal Navy
