Specifications (Merlin HM1)
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 2003–2004
General characteristics
- Crew: 3–4
- Capacity: 8 troops or 4 stretchers (with sonar removed)
- Length: 19.53 m-fuselage length (64 ft 1 in)
- Rotor diameter: 18.59 m (61 ft 0 in)
- Height: 6.62 m (21 ft 8¾ in)
- Disc area: 271.51 m² (2,992.5 ft²)
- Empty weight: 10,500 kg (23,149 lb)
- Max. takeoff weight: 14,600 kg (32,188 lb)
- Powerplant: 3 × Rolls-Royce Turbomeca RTM322-01 turboshafts, 1,566 kW (2,100 shp) (take-off power) each
Performance
- Never exceed speed: 309 km/h (167 knots, 192 mph)
- Cruise speed: 278 km/h (150 knots, 167mph)
- Range: 833 km (450 nmi, 863 mi)
- Endurance: 5 hours
- Service ceiling: 4,575 m (15,000 ft)
Armament
- Bombs: 4× Sting Ray homing torpedoes or depth charges
Avionics
- Smiths Industries OMI 20 SEP dual-redundant digital automatic flight control system
- Navigation systems:
- BAE Systems LINS 300 ring laser gyro, Litton Italia LISA-4000 strapdown AHRS
- Radar:
- Selex Galileo Blue Kestrel 5000 maritime surveillance radar
- ECM
- Racal Orange Reaper ESM
- Sonar
- Thomson Marconi Sonar AQS-903 acoustic processor
- Active/passive sonobuoys
- Thomson Sintra FLASH dipping sonar array
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