Lynx Mk 23

        Acquired for use in the ASW role aboard Argentina´s two ex-RN Type 42 destroyers (“Hercules” and “Santissima Trinidad”), Argentina´s two Lynx Mk23 first flew on 17 May and 23 June 1978, and were similar to the baseline RN HAS. Mk2, and to the Brazilian Mk21.

        The aircraft were powered by 900 shp (671 kw) Gem 2 Mk 1001 engines. Both deployed to Port Stanley in the wake of the Argentina invasion of the Falklands, but played little part in the war. One (0735) was lost in an accident on 2 May 1982, and the other was grounded then or soon afterwards. It was later sold to Denmark in November 1987 (together with the navy´s entire Lynx spares holding).