Hawker Siddeley Nimrod - Specifications

Specifications

Data from Wilson

General characteristics

• Crew: 12
• Capacity: 24
• Length: 38.65 m (126 ft 9 in)
• Wingspan: 35.00 m (114 ft 10 in)
• Height: 9.14 m (31 ft)
• Wing area: 197.05 m² (2,121 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 39,009 kg (86,000 lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 87,090 kg (192,000 lb)
• Powerplant: 4 × Rolls-Royce Spey turbofans, 54.09 kN (12,160 lbf) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 923 km/h (575 mph)
• Cruise speed: 787 km/h (490 mph)
• Range: 8,340–9,265 km (5,180–5,755 mi)
• Service ceiling: 13,411 m (44,000 ft)

Armament

• Guns: None
• Hardpoints: 2× under-wing pylon stations and an internal bomb bay with a capacity of 20,000 lb (9,100 kg) and provisions to carry combinations of:
  • Rockets: None
  • Missiles:
    
    • Air-to-air missile: 2× AIM-9 Sidewinder (non-standard in RAF service, only mounted on the MR2 during the Falklands War)
    • Air-to-surface missile: Nord AS.12, Martel missile, AGM-65 Maverick, AGM-84 Harpoon
  • Bombs:
    
    • Depth charges, US-owned B57 nuclear depth bombs (2) (until 1992)
  • Other:
    
    • Air-dropped Mk.46 torpedoes, Sting Ray torpedoes
    • Naval mines
    • Sonobuoys