Westland Wasp

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Wasp
A Westland Wasp HAS.1 in Royal Navy markings
Role	Helicopter Type of aircraft
National origin	United Kingdom
Manufacturer	Westland Helicopters
First flight	28 October 1962
Introduction	1963
Retired	2000 (Royal Malaysian Navy)
Primary users	Royal Navy Royal New Zealand Navy Royal Netherlands Navy Royal Malaysian Navy
Number built	133
Developed from	Saro P.531

The Westland Wasp is a small 1960s British turbine-powered, shipboard anti-submarine helicopter. Produced by Westland Helicopters, it came from the same Saunders-Roe P.531 programme as the British Army Westland Scout, and is based on the earlier piston-engined Saunders-Roe Skeeter. It fulfilled the requirement of the Royal Navy for a helicopter small enough to land on the deck of a frigate and carry a useful load of two homing torpedoes.