Westland Wasp HAS.Mk I
Westland
shipboard multi-role helicopter
Specifications
- Origin
- UK
- Type
- shipboard multi-role helicopter
- Maximum Speed
- 193 km/h / 120 mph
- Maximum Range
- 488 km / 303 miles
- Dimensions
- main rotor diameter 9.83 m (32 ft 3 in)
length, rotors turning 12.29 m (40 ft 4 in)
height 2.72 m (8 ft 11 in) - Weight
- empty 1566 kg (3,452 Ib); maximum take-off 2495 kg (5,500 Ib)
- Powerplant
- one 783-kW (1,050-shp) Rolls Royce (Bristol) Nimbus Mk 103 or Mk 104 turboshaft de-rated to 529 kW (710 shp)
Armament
an underfuselage weapons load of some 245 kg (540 Ib) can include two Mk 44 or Mk 46 homing torpedoes, or bombs or depth charges; some helicopters were equipped to carry Nord AS. 11 or AS. 12 missiles