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RAN Serial

Code

Construction
Number

History

N24-001

 870 70-0461 04/12/87 - first flight in USA and carried test marks N7265H.
15/11/98 - Garden Island WA in service with 816 Sqn.  
01/11/2003 - Port Melbourne VIC embarked aboard HMAS Anzac.
28/08/2006 - Jandakot W A. 30/10/07 - Narromine NSW.
17/09/2008 - A new Tiger tail paint scheme has been applied aft from the aircraft's mid point to the upper tail pylon. 03/2009- Avalon Airshow, still with Tiger Scheme
27/03/2010 -Essendon Airport, Vic. Tiger Scheme removed
10/2015  Noted retired and on display FAA Museum, Nowra
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
On display Fleet Air Arm Museum, Nowra

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-001 (870)

N24-002

 871 70-0464 Carried test marks N7265Y in USA.
21/12/90 - Nowra NSW in service with Seahawk Introductory Training Unit (SITU).
26/11/2000 - Garden Island W A in service with 816 Sqn.
5/02/2003 - Avalon VIC Airshow.
27/08/2003 - Hervey Bay Qld during Exercise Crocodile 03.
06/03/2004 - Albert Park VIC during Australian Grand Prix.
11/07/2008 - Embarked aboard HMAS Anzac during Exercise Rimpac 08 off Hawaii.
16/01/2017 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic.
 

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-002

N24-003

 872 70-0468 11/08/92 - Jandakot W A in service with 816 Sqn.
1998 - operated from HMAS Adelaide, Darwin and Canberra during Operation "Brancard" which was the evacuation of Australian civilians from Jakarta, Indonesia.
15/09/99 - Bundaberg QLD in service with 816 Sqn. Named 'Christine'.
1999/2000 - embarked aboard HMAS Adelaide during service off East Timor.
18/12/2004 - Essendon VIC.
25/04/2005 - Melbourne Cricket Ground for Anzac Day Commemoration.
26/11/2006 - Garden Island W A.
01/05/2017 - Static Display Wings over Ilawarra. Named "Valkryie"
6/12/2017 withdrawn from service
To Australian War Memorial

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-003

N24-004

 873 70-0475 02/08/89 - carried test marks N72669 in USA.
29/09/92 - Nowra NSW in service with 816 Sqn.
28/11/99 - Fremantle W A embarked aboard HMAS Melbourne.
21/10/2006 - RAAF Richmond NSW Air show.
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-004

N24-005

 874 70-0476 Carried test marks N72666.
1/12/90 - Nowra NSW in service with 816 Sqn.
02/91 Night time deck landing accident aboard HMAS Adelaide during workups for DAMASK3
30/04/93 Returned to 816 Sqn. after 27 month rebuild in Aircraft Support Unit PBM Facility at HMAS Albatross 13/01/97 - Fremantle W A
1998 - operated from HMAS Adelaide, Canberra and Darwin during Operation "Brancard" which was the evacuation of Australian civilians from Jakarta, Indonesia.
1999/2000 - operated from various ships off East Timor.
28/02/2017 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-005

N24-006

 875 70-0480 Carried test marks N72671
21/11/98 - Garden Island W A in service with 816 Sqn.
09/11/2000 - Nowra NSW. 23/10/03 - Nowra NSW.
03/10/2004 - RAAF Amberley QLD Airshow.
01/06/2010 - Allotted to Flight 1 HMAS Stuart and deployed to Operation Slipper in HMAS Stuart for Rotation 25 between 30/12/2010 to 30/06/2011.
11/04/11 - N24-006 played an instrumental role when HMAS Stuart interdicted a Yemeni-flagged dhow and rescued three c20rew members who were being held hostage by Somali pirates off the Horn of Africa
6/12/2017 withdrawn from service
11/2018 repainted at BAE Systems Australia in a Tiger scheme as worn by a number of Seahawks over the years
07/2019 moved the National Maritime Museum in Sydney replacing Wessex N7-216 that went to the Australian War Memorial.

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-006

N24-007

 876 70-0486 Carried test marks N72662.
29/09/92 - Nowra NSW in service with 816 Sqn.
1999/2000 - embarked aboard HMAS Darwin during service off East Timor.
21/05/2000 - Sydney Airport during Open Day.
08/2007 - Moruya airport After a 6 month deployment to the Gulf.
06/07/2008 - Visited Queensland Air Museum.
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-007

N24-008

 877 70-0489 Carried test marks N72664.
1990/91 - in service with 816 Sqn and embarked aboard various ships during the first Gulf War.
19/12/90 - Bunderberg airport
01/11/98 - Nowra NSW, painted in a special 50th Anniversary "Tiger" scheme.
03/2007 - Avalon Airshow
28/05/2008 - Coolangatta QLD.
28/02/2017 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-008

N24-009

 878 70-0490 Carried test marks N72667.
03/12/89 - Nowra NSW in service with Seahawk Introductory Training Unit (SITU).
1990/91 - in service with 816 Sqn and embarked aboard HMAS Darwin during the first Gulf War.
1996 - extensively rebuilt following corrosion problems.
17/11/99 - Cairns QLD.  
21/06/2006 - Darwin N T during Operation Pitch Black.
10/2008 -Nowra Airshow
18/09/2010 - Defence Force Airshow, Williamtown, NSW
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
Current gate guard at RANAS Albatross Nowra NSW

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-009

N24-010

 879 70-0591 13/11/98 - Nowra NSW in service with 816 Sqn.
26/03/2006 - Nowra NSW.
30/07/2008 - Embarked aboard HMAS Melbourne during Exercise Kakadu IX off the N T coast.
10/08/2016 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-010

N24-011

 880 70-0595 26/11/00 - Garden Island W A in service with 816 Sqn
27/08/2003 - Hervey Bay Qld during Exercise Crocodile 03.
26/11/2006 - Garden Island W A embarked aboard HMAS Anzac.
09/12/2009 - Essendon Airport
Named "Skelator"
6/12/2017 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-011

N24-012

 881 70-0597 15/08/92 - Jandakot W A in service with 816 Sqn
01/07/2005 - RAF Waddington U K Open Day embarked aboard HMAS Anzac.
20/11/2005 - RAAF Pearce W A Open day.
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-012

N24-013

 882 70-0599 23/10/92 - Avalon VIC Airshow in service with 816 Sqn.
19/05/96 - Port Melbourne VIC embarked aboard HMAS Anzac
1998 - operated from HMAS Adelaide during Operation "Brancard" which was the evacuation of Australian civilians from Jakarta, Indonesia.
1999/2000 - embarked aboard HMAS Adelaide during operations off East Timor.
26/11/2000 - Garden Island WA.
06/05/2007 - Nowra NSW.
07/07/2008 - Persian Gulf embarked aboard HMAS Stuart.
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
To Defence Science &Technology Group?
Currently used as aircraft handler training aid on Nowra's "dummy deck"

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-013

N24-014

 883 70-0601 15/08/92 - Jandakot W A in service with 816 Sqn. "Hussein Harassers 1990-91" markings on port fuselage behind rear window were applied during the first Gulf War when emarked on HMAS Sydney.
15/11/98 - Garden Island W A in service with 816 Sqn
22/01/2001 - during night winching exercises, "Tiger 83" almost ditched in Shoalhaven Bight. The aircraft had problems with the automatic flight control system (AFCS) and came within 3 metres of ditching after spinning around three to five times during an uncontrolled descent. The rear crewmen cut the winch wire and the pilot recovered the aircraft after sending out a May Day message. Source : Australian Navy "TOUCHDOWN" Magazine August 2003.
2003 - Served aboard HMAS Melbourne in Persian Gulf
10/06/2005 - Maroochydore QLD.
03/2007 - Avalon VIC Airshow.
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic
03/2019 moved by road to Skyline Aviation's facility at Lake Maquarie airfield

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-014

N24-015

 884 70-0604 29/09/92 - Nowra NSW in service with 816 Sqn. Tiger's head painting and Arabic writing were applied on a panel behind the starboard cockpit door during operations in the first Gulf War.
1998 - operated from HMAS Adelaide, Canberra and Darwin during Operation Brancard which was the evacuation of Australian civilians from Jakarta, Indonesia.
01/11/98 - Nowra NSW painted in 50th Anniversary "Tiger" scheme.
16/02/99 - Avalon VIC Airshow painted in 50th Anniversary "Tiger" scheme.
1999/2000 - embarked aboard HMAS Adelaide during operations off East Timor.
17/02/2001 - Avalon Vic Airshow in service with 816 Sqn.
27/08/2003 - Hervey Bay Qld during Exercise Crocodile 03.
17/10/2003 - Moorabbin VIC. 19/03/05 - Avalon VIC Airshow.
26/01/2006 - Winching Display over Sydney Harbour on Australia Day.
03/2007 - Avalon VIC Airshow. Noted with serial numbers overpainted. The aircraft went in for repainting as a part of regular maintenance, the paperwork was mixed with another and it came out of the shop painted as N24-002 '71'. The mistake was corrected but still obvious, see our photos.
04/12/2012 The first RAN Seahawk to retire from flying
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic

  Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-015

N24-016

 885 76-0609 29/09/92 - Nowra NSW in service with 816 Sqn.
01/11/98 - Garden Island W A.
15/03/2001 - embarked on HMAS Newcastle.
07/03/2004 - Albury NSW.  
03/10/2004 - Garden Island, Sydney Harbour embarked on HMAS Darwin.
20/03/2005 Avalon VIC Airshow. 14/10/05 - Canberra ACT.
31/08/2007 - Canberra ACT.
29/07/2016 withdrawn from service
Commercial sale to the Skyline Aviation Group
Initially stored with 10 others at Avalon, Vic.
02/2019 Noted at Avalon Airshow displayed by Skyline Aviation fitted with "Firehawk" firefighting tank

Highlight for Album: Seahawk N24-016
 
     
Note; Withdrawal from service dates are as advised by FAAA and may vary from actual final flight dates
 

The Author of this page is Bob Coppinger (Updated by Brendan Cowan and Martin Edwards)

Sources: Bob Coppinger, Australian Aviation Magazine, Defence Media Centre, Fleet Air Arm Association of Australia

Emails: Bob Moolenaar, Steven Evans, Mark Taylor, Graeme Edwards, Tjalling Boelma, Todd Glynn, Brenden Scott

Photograph: Todd Glynn.

Updated 27th August 2019
     

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