Nimrod MR2

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The Nimrod MR2 is a retired 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 and beyond.

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How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of Nimrod MR2

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Nimrod MR2 (The Nimrod MR2 is a retired 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 and beyond.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nimrod MR2 canonical 9
Nimrod R1 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-submarine warfare aircraft ⓘ
maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low-wing jet ⓘ
airframeOrigin de Havilland Comet 4 ⓘ
linked to: de Havilland Comet
armament anti-ship missiles ⓘ
depth charges ⓘ
sonobuoys ⓘ
torpedoes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crewSize 12 ⓘ
designation MR2 ⓘ
developedFrom Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR1 ⓘ
de Havilland Comet ⓘ
engineType Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan ⓘ
firstFlightAsVariant 1975 ⓘ
hasCapability electronic intelligence ⓘ
long-range maritime surveillance ⓘ
signals intelligence ⓘ
hasMAD tail-mounted magnetic anomaly detector ⓘ
hasRadar search radar in nose radome ⓘ
manufacturer British Aerospace ⓘ
Hawker Siddeley ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
partOfSeries Hawker Siddeley Nimrod family ⓘ
plannedReplacement Nimrod MRA4 ⓘ
primaryRole anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
maritime patrol ⓘ
replaced Avro Shackleton ⓘ
retirementYear 2010 ⓘ
secondaryRole anti-surface warfare ⓘ
maritime reconnaissance ⓘ
search and rescue ⓘ
serviceBranch RAF Air Command ⓘ
RAF Coastal Command ⓘ
RAF Strike Command ⓘ
serviceEntryYear 1979 ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
tailConfiguration T-tail ⓘ
typicalBase RAF Kinloss ⓘ
RAF St Mawgan ⓘ
usedBy United Kingdom ⓘ
usedDuring Cold War ⓘ
Falklands War ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ
Iraq War ⓘ
War in Afghanistan ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Runway Visitor Park → exhibits → Nimrod MR2 ⓘ
RAF Waddington International Air Show → featuredAircraftType → Nimrod R1 ⓘ
linked to: Nimrod MR2
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod → variant → Nimrod MR2 ⓘ
Nimrod MRA4 → developedFrom → Nimrod MR2 ⓘ
Nimrod MRA4 → intendedToReplace → Nimrod MR2 ⓘ
No. 206 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Nimrod MR2 ⓘ
subject linked to: 206 Squadron
Nimrod MR1 → successor → Nimrod MR2 ⓘ
Nimrod MR1 → convertedTo → Nimrod MR2 ⓘ