The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines, British-made anti-submarine warfare systems and a fully computerised flight control system. The Sea King was primarily designed for performing anti-submarine warfare (ASW) missions. A Sea King variant known as the Commando was developed by Westland to serve as a troop transport.
Westland Sea King
The AEW version (ASaC7) with radar down, and a Search and Rescue version together in flight, 2013
Westland Sea King HAS.1 air-lifting a Westland Whirlwind HAS.7 near RNAS Culdrose, 1971
Westland HC4 on excercises, 2007
The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King is an American twin-engined anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft. A landmark design, it was one of the first ASW rotorcraft to use turboshaft engines.
Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King
SH-3 Sea King dipping a sonar, 1983
XHSS-2 Sea King prototype
SH-3As of HS-6 above Kearsarge in the early 1960s