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Wyvern

Wyvern S.4
Role Carrier-based strike aircraft
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Westland Aircraft
First flight 16 December 1946[a]
Introduction 1953
Retired 1958
Primary user Royal Navy
Produced 1946–1956
Number built 127
The Westland Wyvern was a British single-seat carrier-based multi-role strike aircraft built by Westland Aircraft that served in the 1950s, seeing service in the 1956 Suez Crisis. Production Wyverns were powered by a turboprop engine driving large and distinctive contra-rotating propellers, and could carry aerial torpedoes.

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Wyvern

Wyvern S.4
Role	Carrier-based strike aircraft
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Westland Aircraft
First flight	16 December 1946[a]
Introduction	1953
Retired	1958
Primary user	Royal Navy
Produced	1946–1956
Number built	127

<blockquote data-quote="1st Vette" data-source="post: 329681" data-attributes="member: 8909">
<table style='width: 100%'><tr><th>Wyvern</th><th></th></tr><tr><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Westland_Wyvern_S_Mk.4.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Westland_Wyvern_S_Mk.4.jpg/300px-Westland_Wyvern_S_Mk.4.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Wyvern S.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><th>Role</th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" target="_blank">Carrier-based</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_aircraft" target="_blank">strike aircraft</a></td></tr><tr><th>National origin</th><td>United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th>Manufacturer</th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Aircraft" target="_blank">Westland Aircraft</a></td></tr><tr><th>First flight</th><td>16 December 1946<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Wyvern#cite_note-n1-1" target="_blank">[a]</a></td></tr><tr><th>Introduction</th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_in_aviation" target="_blank">1953</a></td></tr><tr><th>Retired</th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_in_aviation" target="_blank">1958</a></td></tr><tr><th>Primary user</th><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" target="_blank">Royal Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th>Produced</th><td>1946–1956</td></tr><tr><th>Number built</th><td>127</td></tr></table>The Westland Wyvern was a British single-seat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" target="_blank">carrier-based</a> multi-role <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike_aircraft" target="_blank">strike aircraft</a> built by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westland_Aircraft" target="_blank">Westland Aircraft</a> that served in the 1950s, seeing service in the 1956 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis" target="_blank">Suez Crisis</a>. Production Wyverns were powered by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboprop" target="_blank">turboprop</a> engine driving large and distinctive <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra-rotating_propellers" target="_blank">contra-rotating propellers</a>, and could carry <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial_torpedo" target="_blank">aerial torpedoes</a>.[ATTACH=full]119329[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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