Military Service
Four SR.N5s entered service with the Interservice Hovercraft Trials Unit at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) for trials and operational missions. Given the military aircraft serial numbers XT492, XT493, XT657 and XW246, these were deployed in the UK, Malaysia, Thailand, Aden, Libya and Belgium. Two were subsequently converted to SR.N6s.
Three Bell SK-5s saw service with the United States Navy in Vietnam during the late 1960s.
Single SR.N5s were also used by the Sultanate of Brunei and the Canadian Coast Guard.
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