Nimrod MR1

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The Nimrod MR1 was the original maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare variant of the British Hawker Siddeley Nimrod aircraft, introduced into Royal Air Force service in the early 1970s.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Nimrod MR1 canonical 6
Nimrod MR1 airframe 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf maritime patrol aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft variant ⓘ
aircraftFamily Hawker Siddeley Nimrod ⓘ
airframeDerivedFrom Comet 4 airliner ⓘ
linked to: de Havilland Comet
armamentCapability depth charges ⓘ
sonobuoys ⓘ
torpedoes ⓘ
basedOn de Havilland Comet ⓘ
convertedTo Nimrod MR2 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crewSize about 12 ⓘ
designation MR1 ⓘ
developedFrom Hawker Siddeley Nimrod prototype ⓘ
engineType Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan ⓘ
equippedWith magnetic anomaly detector ⓘ
maritime search radar ⓘ
sonobuoy processing system ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
firstFlightOfType late 1960s ⓘ
introducedIntoService 1970 ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ
manufacturer Hawker Siddeley ⓘ
maximumTakeoffWeight approximately 87000 kg ⓘ
numberOfEngines 4 ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
powerplant 4 × Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan engines ⓘ
primaryMissionArea North Atlantic ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
replaced Avro Shackleton in RAF maritime patrol role ⓘ
retiredFromService 1980s ⓘ
role anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
maritime patrol ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
serviceCeiling approximately 42000 ft ⓘ
serviceEntryOperator No. 120 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 201 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 206 Squadron RAF ⓘ
No. 42 Squadron RAF ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Nimrod MR2 ⓘ
tailConfiguration T-tail ⓘ
usedBy Royal Air Force Coastal Command ⓘ
linked to: RAF Coastal Command
usedFor anti-surface warfare ⓘ
electronic intelligence gathering ⓘ
maritime surveillance ⓘ
search and rescue support ⓘ
wingConfiguration low-wing ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Hawker Siddeley Nimrod → variant → Nimrod MR1 ⓘ
Nimrod MR2 → precededBy → Nimrod MR1 ⓘ
subject linked to: MR2
Nimrod MR2 → airframeUpgradeFrom → Nimrod MR1 ⓘ
subject linked to: MR2
Nimrod MR2 → avionicsUpgradeFrom → Nimrod MR1 ⓘ
subject linked to: MR2
No. 206 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Nimrod MR1 ⓘ
subject linked to: 206 Squadron
Nimrod R1 → basedOn → Nimrod MR1 airframe ⓘ
linked to: Nimrod MR1
Nimrod R1 → convertedFrom → Nimrod MR1 ⓘ