Royal Navy Westland Wasp HAS-1 trials (c1963)

The Westland Wasp is a small 1960s British turbine powered, shipboard anti-submarine helicopter. 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 HAS.1 was introduced to service in the small ships role in 1964, after an intensive period of trials by 700(W) IFTU between June 1963 and March 1964. The last Wasp was finally withdrawn from service in 1988 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westlan... video by Westland Group