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RAN Serial
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Code
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Construction
Number
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History
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N24-001
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870 |
70-0461 |
04/12/87 - first flight in USA and carried test marks N7265H.
15/11/98 - Garden Island WA in service with 816 Sqn.
01/11/2003 - Port Melbourne VIC embarked aboard HMAS Anzac.
28/08/2006 - Jandakot W A. 30/10/07 - Narromine NSW.
17/09/2008 - A new Tiger tail paint scheme has been applied aft from the aircraft's mid point to the upper tail pylon. 03/2009- Avalon Airshow, still with Tiger Scheme
27/03/2010 -Essendon Airport, Vic. Tiger Scheme removed
10/2015 Noted retired and on display FAA Museum, Nowra
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
On display Fleet Air Arm Museum, Nowra
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N24-002
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871 |
70-0464 |
Carried test marks N7265Y in USA.
21/12/90 - Nowra NSW in service with Seahawk Introductory Training Unit (SITU).
26/11/2000 - Garden Island W A in service with 816 Sqn.
5/02/2003 - Avalon VIC Airshow.
27/08/2003 - Hervey Bay Qld during Exercise Crocodile 03.
06/03/2004 - Albert Park VIC during Australian Grand Prix.
11/07/2008 - Embarked aboard HMAS Anzac during Exercise Rimpac 08 off Hawaii.
16/01/2017 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic.
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N24-003
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872 |
70-0468 |
11/08/92 - Jandakot W A in service with 816 Sqn.
1998 - operated from HMAS Adelaide, Darwin and Canberra during Operation "Brancard" which was the evacuation of Australian civilians from Jakarta, Indonesia.
15/09/99 - Bundaberg QLD in service with 816 Sqn. Named 'Christine'.
1999/2000 - embarked aboard HMAS Adelaide during service off East Timor.
18/12/2004 - Essendon VIC.
25/04/2005 - Melbourne Cricket Ground for Anzac Day Commemoration.
26/11/2006 - Garden Island W A.
01/05/2017 - Static Display Wings over Ilawarra. Named "Valkryie"
6/12/2017 withdrawn from service
To Australian War Memorial
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N24-004
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873 |
70-0475 |
02/08/89 - carried test marks N72669 in USA.
29/09/92 - Nowra NSW in service with 816 Sqn.
28/11/99 - Fremantle W A embarked aboard HMAS Melbourne.
21/10/2006 - RAAF Richmond NSW Air show.
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic
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N24-005
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874 |
70-0476 |
Carried test marks N72666.
1/12/90 - Nowra NSW in service with 816 Sqn.
02/91 Night time deck landing accident aboard HMAS Adelaide during workups for DAMASK3
30/04/93 Returned to 816 Sqn. after 27 month rebuild in Aircraft Support Unit PBM Facility at HMAS Albatross 13/01/97 - Fremantle W A
1998 - operated from HMAS Adelaide, Canberra and Darwin during Operation "Brancard" which was the evacuation of Australian civilians from Jakarta, Indonesia.
1999/2000 - operated from various ships off East Timor.
28/02/2017 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic
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N24-006
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875 |
70-0480 |
Carried test marks N72671
21/11/98 - Garden Island W A in service with 816 Sqn.
09/11/2000 - Nowra NSW. 23/10/03 - Nowra NSW.
03/10/2004 - RAAF Amberley QLD Airshow.
01/06/2010 - Allotted to Flight 1 HMAS Stuart and deployed to Operation Slipper in HMAS Stuart for Rotation 25 between 30/12/2010 to 30/06/2011.
11/04/11 - N24-006 played an instrumental role when HMAS Stuart interdicted a Yemeni-flagged dhow and rescued three c20rew members who were being held hostage by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa
6/12/2017 withdrawn from service
11/2018 repainted at BAE Systems Australia in a Tiger scheme as worn by a number of Seahawks over the years
07/2019 moved the National Maritime Museum in Sydney replacing Wessex N7-216 that went to the Australian War Memorial.
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N24-007
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876 |
70-0486 |
Carried test marks N72662.
29/09/92 - Nowra NSW in service with 816 Sqn.
1999/2000 - embarked aboard HMAS Darwin during service off East Timor.
21/05/2000 - Sydney Airport during Open Day.
08/2007 - Moruya airport After a 6 month deployment to the Gulf.
06/07/2008 - Visited Queensland Air Museum.
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic
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N24-008
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877 |
70-0489 |
Carried test marks N72664.
1990/91 - in service with 816 Sqn and embarked aboard various ships during the first Gulf War.
19/12/90 - Bunderberg airport
01/11/98 - Nowra NSW, painted in a special 50th Anniversary "Tiger" scheme.
03/2007 - Avalon Airshow
28/05/2008 - Coolangatta QLD.
28/02/2017 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic
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N24-009
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878 |
70-0490 |
Carried test marks N72667.
03/12/89 - Nowra NSW in service with Seahawk Introductory Training Unit (SITU).
1990/91 - in service with 816 Sqn and embarked aboard HMAS Darwin during the first Gulf War.
1996 - extensively rebuilt following corrosion problems.
17/11/99 - Cairns QLD.
21/06/2006 - Darwin N T during Operation Pitch Black.
10/2008 -Nowra Airshow
18/09/2010 - Defence Force Airshow, Williamtown, NSW
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
Current gate guard at RANAS Albatross Nowra NSW
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N24-010
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879 |
70-0591 |
13/11/98 - Nowra NSW in service with 816 Sqn.
26/03/2006 - Nowra NSW.
30/07/2008 - Embarked aboard HMAS Melbourne during Exercise Kakadu IX off the N T coast.
10/08/2016 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic
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N24-011
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880 |
70-0595 |
26/11/00 - Garden Island W A in service with 816 Sqn
27/08/2003 - Hervey Bay Qld during Exercise Crocodile 03.
26/11/2006 - Garden Island W A embarked aboard HMAS Anzac.
09/12/2009 - Essendon Airport
Named "Skelator"
6/12/2017 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic
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N24-012
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881 |
70-0597 |
15/08/92 - Jandakot W A in service with 816 Sqn
01/07/2005 - RAF Waddington U K Open Day embarked aboard HMAS Anzac.
20/11/2005 - RAAF Pearce W A Open day.
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic
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N24-013
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882 |
70-0599 |
23/10/92 - Avalon VIC Airshow in service with 816 Sqn.
19/05/96 - Port Melbourne VIC embarked aboard HMAS Anzac
1998 - operated from HMAS Adelaide during Operation "Brancard" which was the evacuation of Australian civilians from Jakarta, Indonesia.
1999/2000 - embarked aboard HMAS Adelaide during operations off East Timor.
26/11/2000 - Garden Island WA.
06/05/2007 - Nowra NSW.
07/07/2008 - Persian Gulf embarked aboard HMAS Stuart.
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
To Defence Science &Technology Group?
Currently used as aircraft handler training aid on Nowra's "dummy deck"
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N24-014
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883 |
70-0601 |
15/08/92 - Jandakot W A in service with 816 Sqn. "Hussein Harassers 1990-91" markings on port fuselage behind rear window were applied during the first Gulf War when emarked on HMAS Sydney.
15/11/98 - Garden Island W A in service with 816 Sqn
22/01/2001 - during night winching exercises, "Tiger 83" almost ditched in Shoalhaven Bight. The aircraft had problems with the automatic flight control system (AFCS) and came within 3 metres of ditching after spinning around three to five times during an uncontrolled descent. The rear crewmen cut the winch wire and the pilot recovered the aircraft after sending out a May Day message. Source : Australian Navy "TOUCHDOWN" Magazine August 2003.
2003 - Served aboard HMAS Melbourne in Persian Gulf
10/06/2005 - Maroochydore QLD.
03/2007 - Avalon VIC Airshow.
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic
03/2019 moved by road to Skyline Aviation's facility at Lake Maquarie airfield
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N24-015
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884 |
70-0604 |
29/09/92 - Nowra NSW in service with 816 Sqn. Tiger's head painting and Arabic writing were applied on a panel behind the starboard cockpit door during operations in the first Gulf War.
1998 - operated from HMAS Adelaide, Canberra and Darwin during Operation Brancard which was the evacuation of Australian civilians from Jakarta, Indonesia.
01/11/98 - Nowra NSW painted in 50th Anniversary "Tiger" scheme.
16/02/99 - Avalon VIC Airshow painted in 50th Anniversary "Tiger" scheme.
1999/2000 - embarked aboard HMAS Adelaide during operations off East Timor.
17/02/2001 - Avalon Vic Airshow in service with 816 Sqn.
27/08/2003 - Hervey Bay Qld during Exercise Crocodile 03.
17/10/2003 - Moorabbin VIC. 19/03/05 - Avalon VIC Airshow.
26/01/2006 - Winching Display over Sydney Harbour on Australia Day.
03/2007 - Avalon VIC Airshow. Noted with serial numbers overpainted. The aircraft went in for repainting as a part of regular maintenance, the paperwork was mixed with another and it came out of the shop painted as N24-002 '71'. The mistake was corrected but still obvious, see our photos.
04/12/2012 The first RAN Seahawk to retire from flying
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic
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N24-016
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885 |
76-0609 |
29/09/92 - Nowra NSW in service with 816 Sqn.
01/11/98 - Garden Island W A.
15/03/2001 - embarked on HMAS Newcastle.
07/03/2004 - Albury NSW.
03/10/2004 - Garden Island, Sydney Harbour embarked on HMAS Darwin.
20/03/2005 Avalon VIC Airshow. 14/10/05 - Canberra ACT.
31/08/2007 - Canberra ACT.
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic.
02/2019 Noted at Avalon Airshow displayed by Skyline Aviation fitted with "Firehawk" firefighting tank
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