Nimrod MR2

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The Nimrod MR2 is a retired British maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare aircraft developed from the de Havilland Comet airliner and operated primarily by the Royal Air Force during the Cold War and beyond.

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Label Occurrences
Nimrod MR2 canonical 5
Nimrod R1 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-submarine warfare aircraft
maritime patrol aircraft
military aircraft
aircraftConfiguration low-wing jet
airframeOrigin de Havilland Comet
surface form: de Havilland Comet 4
armament anti-ship missiles
depth charges
sonobuoys
torpedoes
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
crewSize 12
designation MR2
developedFrom Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
surface form: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR1

de Havilland Comet
engineType Rolls-Royce Spey turbofan
firstFlightAsVariant 1975
hasCapability electronic intelligence
long-range maritime surveillance
signals intelligence
hasMAD tail-mounted magnetic anomaly detector
hasRadar search radar in nose radome
manufacturer British Aerospace
Hawker Siddeley
numberOfEngines 4
operator Royal Air Force
partOfSeries Hawker Siddeley Nimrod
surface form: Hawker Siddeley Nimrod family
plannedReplacement Nimrod MRA4
primaryRole anti-submarine warfare
maritime patrol
replaced Avro Shackleton
retirementYear 2010
secondaryRole anti-surface warfare
maritime reconnaissance
search and rescue
serviceBranch Royal Air Force Air Command
surface form: RAF Air Command

RAF Coastal Command
RAF Strike Command
serviceEntryYear 1979
status retired
tailConfiguration T-tail
typicalBase RAF Kinloss
RAF St Mawgan
usedBy United Kingdom
usedDuring Cold War
Falklands War
Gulf War
Iraq War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: War in Afghanistan

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Runway Visitor Park exhibits Nimrod MR2
RAF Waddington International Air Show featuredAircraftType Nimrod MR2
this entity surface form: Nimrod R1
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod variant Nimrod MR2
Nimrod MRA4 developedFrom Nimrod MR2
Nimrod MRA4 intendedToReplace Nimrod MR2