Hawker Sea Hawk facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hawker Sea Hawk

Fleet Air Arm's Hawker Sea Hawk in flight.
Role	Fighter jet.
National origin	UK
Manufacturer	Hawker
First flight	1947
Introduction	1953
Status	Out of service
Primary user	Fleet Air Arm
Number built	542 examples

The Hawker Sea Hawk is a British military jet aircraft. It was designed and built as a fighter aircraft for the Royal Navy. It was designed and built for operations from the British aircraft carriers. Foreign operators were Germany, India, and Netherlands. Hawker Sea Hawk were used by British in the Suez Canal crisis of 1956, and by Indians in Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

Images for kids

View showing wing root air intakes on a production aircraft
The P.1040 prototype VP401, circa 1947-1948
Forward view of a P.1040 prototype VP401, 1947–1948
A Sea Hawk F1, WF145, aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, 1952
An Indian Sea Hawk on the flight deck of INS Vikrant
A Sea Hawk of 899 Squadron on HMS Eagle during the Suez Crisis.
Sea Hawks of 898 Squadron at RNAS Brawdy, in 1954.
The Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in the early 1980s, carrying Sea Hawks, Sea Harriers, Allouette and Sea King helicopters and Alizé ASW aircraft.
Two Sea Hawk FGA.6 of the Fleet Requirements Unit at Bournemouth (Hurn) Airport in 1967
A Sea Hawk on static display at Jawahar BalBhavan, Trivandrum
WV908 in flight, 2010
WV908 on landing approach
Head-on view of a Sea Hawk