Peru buys former Spanish Armada Sea Kings

The Marina del Guerra del Perú (MGP, Peruvian Navy) will get six former Armada (Spanish Navy) SH-3H Sea King helicopters for the symbolic amount of €100 a piece.

Originally, Peru obtained four Agusta-Sikorsky AS-61D Sea Kings in 1978 and sourced four second hand UH-3H Sea Kings from the United States Navy in 2009 that were delivered in 2010/11.

Currently, these last four and two of the original AS-61Ds are still active. This means the fleet of the Escuadrón Aeronaval de Ataque No.22 will double in size.

The unit, part of Grupo Aeronaval No.1, is based at Lima-Callao/Intl Jorge Chavez and provides anti-submarine, anti-surface and general utility roles from ashore or embarked on the largest ships of the fleet.

No delivery schedule was disclosed, but Scramble Magazine assesses they can be delivered fast.

The SH-3Hs involved in the deal are:

HS.9-06/01-506 c/n 61375 ex FMS BuNo 153537
HS.9-07/01-507 c/n 61499 ex FMS BuNo 158724
HS.9-08/01-508 c/n 61701 ex FMS BuNo 158725
HS.9-14/01-514 c/n 61839 ex FMS BuNo 161208
HS.9-15/01-515 c/n 61840 ex FMS BuNo 161209
HS.9-16/01-516 c/n 61841 ex FMS BuNo 161210

It is not know yet which serials Peru has reserved for the new Sea Kings. If you have more information, please let us know at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Photo by Marco Dijkshoorn