while the Merlin Mk2 is principally used as a submarine hunter. Capable of flying at speeds of almost 200mph, the helicopters have a range of 750 nautical miles and can lift 3.8 tonnes - more ...
The wreckage of a military helicopter crash that left a Royal Navy aviator dead has been brought to shore. Pictures show what is left of the Merlin Mk4 helicopter being pulled from the English ...
The Merlin Mk4 helicopter, favoured by Royal Marines for rapid deployment, ditched during a night flying exercise with HMS Queen Elizabeth off the Dorset coast on Wednesday night. It is understood ...
The Royal Navy has two types of Merlin helicopters: the mark-2 (Mk2) and the mark-4 (Mk4). The Mk2 is primarily an anti-submarine warfare, according to the Royal Navy, but can also be used for ...
A MEMBER of the Royal Navy has died after a helicopter crashed into the English Channel. The Merlin helicopter had been carrying a training exercise with HMS Queen Elizabeth off the coast of ...
An investigation has been launched into the death of a Royal Navy aviator who was killed in a helicopter crash off the Dorset coast. A Merlin Mk4 helicopter ditched into the English Channel while ...