Hawker Siddeley Nimrod

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The Hawker Siddeley Nimrod was a British maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft developed from the de Havilland Comet airliner and operated primarily by the Royal Air Force during the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-submarine warfare aircraft
maritime patrol aircraft
military aircraft
airframeOrigin de Havilland Comet 4
linked to: de Havilland Comet
armament anti-ship missiles
depth charges
torpedoes
basedOn jet airliner design
conflict Falklands War
Gulf War
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crew about 12
developedFrom de Havilland Comet
engineType turbofan
equippedWith magnetic anomaly detector
maritime search radar
sonobuoys
era Cold War
firstFlight 1967
introduced 1969
manufacturer British Aerospace
Hawker Siddeley
nationality British
numberOfEngines 4
operator Royal Air Force
primaryUser Royal Air Force
retired 2011
role anti-surface warfare
long-range maritime patrol
status retired
successor Boeing P-8 Poseidon (RAF service)
linked to: Boeing P-8 Poseidon
tailConfiguration T-tail
usedFor anti-submarine warfare
electronic intelligence
maritime patrol
reconnaissance
search and rescue support
variant Nimrod AEW3
Nimrod MR1
Nimrod MR2
Nimrod MRA4
Nimrod R1
wingConfiguration low-wing

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Hawker Siddeley notableProduct Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
Nimrod MR2 developedFrom Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR1
linked to: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
Nimrod MR2 partOfSeries Hawker Siddeley Nimrod family
linked to: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
No. 207 Squadron RAF operatedAircraftType BAe Nimrod
linked to: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
No. 120 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
No. 201 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2
linked to: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
No. 81 Squadron RAF aircraftOperated Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
de Havilland Comet militaryVariant Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
de Havilland Comet developedInto Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
Nimrod MRA4 developedFrom Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
RAF Kinloss aircraftStationed Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR1
linked to: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
RAF Kinloss aircraftStationed BAe Nimrod MR2
linked to: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
Nimrod MR2 partOf Hawker Siddeley Nimrod family
subject linked to: MR2
linked to: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
Woodford Aerodrome notableAircraftProduced BAe Nimrod
linked to: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
RAF St Mawgan basedAircraftType Nimrod maritime patrol aircraft
linked to: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
No. 18 Group RAF aircraftOperated Hawker Siddeley Nimrod