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{{Short description|Carrier-based fighter aircraft family}}
{{Distinguish|Sea Venom (missile)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2018}}
{{lowercase|de Havilland Venom}}
{{Infobox aircraft
 |name= Sea Venom/Aquilon
 |image= File:DH.112 S.Venom 22 XG729 CHIV 23.08.69 edited-2.jpg
 |caption= Operational Royal Navy Sea Venom FAW.22 at RAF Chivenor in 1969
 |type= [[Fighter-bomber]]
 |national_origin= [[United Kingdom]]
 |manufacturer= [[de Havilland|de Havilland Aircraft Company]] <br> [[SNCASE]]
 |designer=
 |first_flight= 19 April 1951
 |introduction= 
 |retired= 1970
 |status= 
 |primary_user= [[Royal Navy]] 
 |more_users= [[French Navy]] <br> [[Royal Australian Navy]] 
 |produced=
 |number_built= 
 |developed_from= [[de Havilland Venom]]
 |variants=
}}

The '''de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom''' is a British postwar carrier-capable jet aircraft developed from the [[de Havilland Venom]]. It served with the [[Royal Navy]] [[Fleet Air Arm]] and with the  [[Royal Australian Navy]]. The [[French Navy]] operated the '''Aquilon''', developed from the Sea Venom FAW.20, built under licence by [[SNCASE]] (Sud-Est).

==Design and development==
The Sea Venom was the [[navalised]] version of the Venom NF.2 two-seat night fighter, and was used as an all-weather [[Interceptor aircraft|interceptor]] by the Fleet Air Arm (FAA). The necessary modifications for use on the Royal Navy's [[aircraft carriers]] included [[folding wing]]s, a [[tailhook]] (which retracted into a characteristic "lip" over the jetpipe) and strengthened, long-stroke [[Landing gear|undercarriage]]. The canopy was modified to allow ejection from underwater. The first prototype made its first flight in 1951, and began carrier trials that same year. A further two prototypes were built.<ref>Gunston 1981, p. 56.</ref> The first production Sea Venom took the [[British military aircraft designation systems|designation]] '''FAW.20''' (Fighter, All-Weather). It was powered by a single [[de Havilland Ghost]] 103 turbojet engine and its armament was the same as the RAF version. The next variant was the '''FAW.21''', which included the modifications introduced in the Venom NF.2A and NF.3. Some of these modifications included the Ghost 104 engine, a clear-view canopy and American radar. The final Royal Navy variant was the '''FAW.22''' powered by the Ghost 105 engine. A total of 39 of this type were built in 1957–58. Some were later fitted out with the [[de Havilland Firestreak]] air-to-air missile.

Seven FAW.21s were modified in 1958 for [[Electronic countermeasures]] (ECM) purposes, with the cannon replaced by the ECM equipment. These became the '''ECM.21'''. [[831 Naval Air Squadron]], the sole squadron to be equipped with it, was shore-based at [[RAF Watton]] from 1963 and disbanded in 1966. Converted FAW.22s were similarly known as the '''ECM.22'''.

A modernised Sea Venom project, the DH.116 with swept wings and upgraded radar was considered, but cancelled as the Royal Navy believed that any replacement needed two engines. The [[de Havilland Sea Vixen]] ultimately replaced the Sea Venom.

==Operational history==

===Royal Navy service===
In 1956 Sea Venoms, alongside RAF Venoms, took part in the [[Suez Crisis|Suez War]]. They were from Nos. [[809 Naval Air Squadron|809]], [[891 Naval Air Squadron|891]], [[892 Naval Air Squadron|892]], [[893 Naval Air Squadron|893]], [[894 Naval Air Squadron|894]], [[895 Naval Air Squadron|895]]<ref>British Naval Aircraft Since 1912, Owen Thetford1962, Putnam & Co. Ltd., p.96</ref> Naval Air Squadrons based on the light fleet carrier {{HMS|Albion|R07|6}} and fleet carrier {{HMS|Eagle|R05|6}}. The Anglo-French invasion, codenamed [[Operation Musketeer (1956)|Operation Musketeer]], began on 31 October 1956 signalling the beginning of the Suez War. The Sea Venoms launched many sorties, bombing a variety of targets in Egypt in the process.

Sea Venoms also saw service during conflicts in the Middle East.

By 1959, the Sea Venom began to be replaced in Royal Navy service by the de Havilland Sea Vixen, an aircraft that also had the distinctive twin-boom tail. The Sea Venom would be withdrawn from frontline service soon afterwards. The type continued to fly with second line FAA units until the last were withdrawn in 1970.

===Service with other nations===
[[File:RN-RAN Sea Venoms (P00444-037).jpg|thumb|Royal Navy Sea Venom aircraft being handed over to the Royal Australian Navy, ca. 1955]]

Thirty-nine Sea Venom FAW.53s saw service with the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN), replacing the [[Hawker Sea Fury]]. The Sea Venom entered service in 1956 and, during its service with the RAN, operated off the aircraft carrier [[HMAS Melbourne (R21)|HMAS ''Melbourne'']]. It was taken out of first-line service in 1967, replaced by the American [[McDonnell Douglas A-4G Skyhawk]].

From 1957 to 1961, French Navy Aquilons took part in counter-insurgency operations in Algeria.<ref>Oliver, D. British Combat Aircraft in action since 1945 1987 p86 {{ISBN|071101678X}}</ref> They were withdrawn from service in 1965.

==Variants==

===Sea Venom===
;DH.112 Sea Venom NF.20
:Prototype Sea Venom, based on Venom NF.2.,<ref name="Jackson 87 p479">Jackson 1987, p. 479.</ref><ref name="Sturv AEp81-2">Sturtivant 1990, pp. 81–82.</ref> three-built.
;FAW.20
:Initial production aircraft, based on Venom NF.2A. 4,850 lbf (21.6 kN) Ghost 103 turbojet engine, AI Mk 10 (US SCR 720) radar.<ref name="Sturv AEp83">Sturtivant 1990, p.83</ref> 50 built.<ref name="Jackson 87 p479"/>
;FAW.21
:Improved version, equivalent to Venom NF.3. 4,950 lbf (22.1 kN) Ghost 104 engine, AI Mk 21 (US APS-57) radar, strengthened long-stroke undercarriage.<ref name="Sturv AEp86">Sturtivant 1990, p. 86.</ref><ref name="Mason Fighter p363"/> 167 built.
;ECM.21
:Six FAW.21s modified from 1957 for ECM purposes. No armament.<ref name="Sturv AEp89-0">Sturtivant 1990, pp. 89–90.</ref> 
;FAW.22
:More powerful (5,300 lbf (23.6 kN)) Ghost 105 engine, giving improved high-altitude performance.<ref name="Sturv AEp88">Sturtivant 1990, p. 88.</ref> 39 new built.<ref name="Mason Fighter p363"/>
;ECM.22
:Equivalent of ECM.21, based on FAW.22
;FAW.53 
:Australian designation for the Sea Venom FAW.21. 39 built.<ref name="Sturv AEp83"/>

===SNCASE Aquilon===
[[File:DH.112 Aquilon 203 53 Lorient 30.05.73 edited-2.jpg|thumb|French-built Aquilon 203 displayed at [[Lorient South Brittany Airport]] in 1973]]
[[SNCASE]] (Sud-Est) license-built 101 Sea Venom FAW.20 as the '''Aquilon''' for the French Navy.
*'''Aquilon 20''' – 4 examples assembled from the parts provided by de Havilland plus 25 locally built.
* '''Aquilon 201''' – Three prototypes built in France.
* '''Aquilon 202''' – Two-seat version with ejection seats, an American AN/APQ-65 radar and air-conditioning. 25 built.
* '''Aquilon 203''' – Single-seat version with an American AN/APQ-94 radar and equipped with racks for air-to-air missiles. Prototype converted from Aquilon 202 plus 40 built.
* '''Aquilon 204''' – Two-seat training version without guns. 6 Converted from Aquilon 20.

==Operators==
[[File:De-Havilland Sea Venom WZ-931 right front.JPG|thumb|Sea Venom WZ931 at the [[South Australian Aviation Museum]] Port Adelaide]]

===Sea Venom operators===

;{{AUS}}
* [[Royal Australian Navy]] [[Fleet Air Arm (RAN)|Fleet Air Arm]]
**[[723 Squadron RAN|723 Squadron]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://seapower.navy.gov.au/history/squadron-histories/723-squadron-history|title = 723 Squadron History}}</ref>
**[[724 Squadron RAN|724 Squadron]] FAW.53 (1955-73){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=46}}
**[[805 Squadron RAN|805 Squadron]] FAW.53 (1958-63){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=144}}
**[[808 Naval Air Squadron|808 Squadron]] FAW.20 & FAW.53 (1955-58){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=155}}
;{{UK}}
* [[Royal Navy]] - [[Fleet Air Arm]]{{sfn|Thetford|1991|p=112}}
**[[700 Naval Air Squadron]] FAW.20 & FAW.21 (1956-61){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=16}}
**[[736 Naval Air Squadron]] FAW.21 (1957){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=58}}
**[[738 Naval Air Squadron]] FAW.21 (1957-60){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=62}}
**[[750 Naval Air Squadron]] FAW.21 & FAW.22 (1960-70){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=71}}
**[[751 Naval Air Squadron]] FAW.21ECM (1957-58){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=72}}
**[[766 Naval Air Squadron]] FAW.20 & FAW.21 (1955-60){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=83}}
**[[787 Naval Air Squadron]] FAW.21 (1955-56){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=110}}
**[[809 Naval Air Squadron]] FAW.20 & FAW.21 (1954-59){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=158}}
**[[831 Naval Air Squadron]] FAW.21ECM & FAW.22ECM (1958-66){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=238}}
**[[890 Naval Air Squadron]] FAW.20 & FAW.21 (1954-55 & 1956){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=317}}
**[[891 Naval Air Squadron]] FAW.20, FAW.21 & FAW.22 (1954-61){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=319}}
**[[892 Naval Air Squadron]] FAW.21 (1955-56){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=321}}
**[[893 Naval Air Squadron]] FAW.21 & FAW.22 (1956-60){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=325}}
**[[894 Naval Air Squadron]] FAW.21 & FAW.22 (1957-60){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=327}}
**Airwork FAW.20, FAW.21 & FAW.22 (1955-70){{sfn|Sturtivant|Ballance|1994|p=448}}

===Aquilon operators===
;{{FRA}}
* [[French Navy]] [[French Naval Aviation|Aviation Navale]]
** Flottille 11F
** Flottille 16F

==Surviving aircraft==
[[File:De Havilland Sea Venom FAW21 (5781125953).jpg|thumb|A Sea Venom at [[Imperial War Museum Duxford]] in 2011]]

;Australia
* WZ898/WZ910 – FAW.53 on static display at the [[Queensland Air Museum]] in [[Caloundra, Queensland]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuskelly |first1=Ron |title=de Havilland Sea Venom F.A.W. Mk 53 WZ898 C/N 12755 |url=http://qam.com.au/qam-content/aircraft/sea-venom-wz910/WZ910.htm |website=Queensland Air Museum |access-date=19 October 2020 |date=3 November 2019}}</ref>
* WZ901 – FAW.53 on static display at the [[Australian National Aviation Museum]] at [[Melbourne, Victoria]].<ref>{{cite web |title=De Havilland Sea Venom |url=http://www.aarg.com.au/de-havilland-sea-venom.html |website=Australian National Aviation Museum |access-date=19 October 2020 |archive-date=5 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605174213/http://www.aarg.com.au/de-havilland-sea-venom.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ADF-Serials" />
* WZ910 – FAW.53 on static display at the Queensland Air Museum in Caloundra, Queensland.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cuskelly |first1=Ron |title=de Havilland Sea Venom F.A.W. Mk 53 WZ910 C/N 12767 |url=http://qam.com.au/qam-content/aircraft/sea-venom-wz910/WZ910.htm |website=Queensland Air Museum |access-date=19 October 2020 |date=16 November 2017}}</ref>
* WZ931 – FAW.53 on static display at the [[South Australian Aviation Museum]] in [[Port Adelaide, South Australia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Sea Venom |url=http://www.saam.org.au/our-collection/our-aircraft/sea-venom |website=South Australian Aviation Museum |access-date=19 October 2020 |archive-date=18 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018023847/http://www.saam.org.au/our-collection/our-aircraft/sea-venom/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="ADF-Serials" />
* WZ937 – FAW.53 on static display at the [[Fleet Air Arm Museum (Australia)|Fleet Air Arm Museum]] in [[Nowra, New South Wales]].<ref name="ADF-Serials">{{cite web |last1=Geale |first1=Bob |last2=Masterson |first2=Dave |last3=Cowan |first3=Brendan |last4=Edwards |first4=Martin |title=RAN N4 de Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom FAW.20 & FAW.53 |url=http://www.adf-serials.com.au/n4.htm |website=ADF-Serials |access-date=19 October 2020 |date=23 February 2018}}</ref>

;France
* 53 – Aquilon 203 on display at the Museum of Naval Aeronautics in [[Rochefort, Charente-Maritime]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Our hangars |url=http://www.anaman.fr/mus%C3%A9e |website=National Association of the Museum of Naval Aeronautics |access-date=19 October 2020 |language=fr |archive-date=20 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020105713/https://www.anaman.fr/mus%C3%A9e/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

;Malta
* XG691 – FAW.22 is being restored at the [[Malta Aviation Museum]] in [[Ta' Qali|Ta' Qali, Attard]].<ref>{{cite web |title=de Havilland Sea Venom FAW Mk22 - XG691 |url=http://www.maltaaviationmuseum.com/de-havilland-sea-venom-faw22 |website=Malta Aviation Museum |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>

;Poland
* XG613 – FAW.21 on static display at the [[Polish Aviation Museum]] in [[Kraków|Kraków, Lesser Poland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aeroplane: De Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom |url=http://muzeumlotnictwa.pl/zbiory_sz.php?ido=279&w=a |website=Polish Aviation Museum |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.21, s/n XG613 RN, c/n 12904 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=57600 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>

;United Kingdom
* WM571 - ECM.21 on rebuild to ground running status at Classic British Jets Collection Bruntingthorpe

* WW138 – FAW.21 on static display at the [[Fleet Air Arm Museum]] in [[Yeovilton, Somerset]].<ref>{{cite web |title=de Havilland Sea Venom FAW21 (WW138) |url=http://www.fleetairarm.com/exhibit/de-Havilland-Sea-Venom-FAW21-WW138/6-30-86.aspx |website=Fleet Air Arm Museum |access-date=19 October 2020 |archive-date=24 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124171708/https://www.fleetairarm.com/exhibit/de-havilland-sea-venom-faw21-ww138/6-30-86.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* WW145 – FAW.22 on static display at the [[National Museum of Flight]] in [[East Fortune|East Fortune, East Lothian]].<ref>{{cite web |title=de Havilland Sea Venom |url=http://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-flight/things-to-see-and-do/explore-the-hangars/military-aircraft/sea-venom |website=National Museums Scotland |access-date=19 October 2020 |archive-date=23 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023205815/https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-museum-of-flight/things-to-see-and-do/explore-the-hangars/military-aircraft/sea-venom |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - de Havilland Sea Venom FAW.22, s/n WW145 RN |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=86442 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>
* WW217 – FAW.22 on static display at the [[Newark Air Museum]] in [[Newark-on-Trent]], Nottinghamshire.<ref>{{Cite book|author= Heeley, Howard |year= 2009 |title= Newark Air Museum Guide Book |publisher= Newark (Notts & Lincs) Air Museum Ltd |isbn= 978-0-9500341-2-6 }}</ref>
* XG680 – FAW.22 on static display at the [[North East Land, Sea and Air Museums]] in [[Sunderland]], Tyne and Wear.<ref>{{cite web |title=Navy Romney |url=http://www.nelsam.org.uk/Exhibits/Navy |website=North East Land, Sea and Air Museums |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>
* XG730 – FAW.22 is being restored at the [[de Havilland Aircraft Museum]] in [[London Colney|London Colney, Hertfordshire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=de Havilland DH112 Sea Venom FAW.22 |url=http://www.dehavillandmuseum.co.uk/aircraft/de-havilland-dh112-sea-venom-faw-22 |website=de Havilland Aircraft Museum |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - de Havilland Venom FAW.22, s/n XG730 RAF, c/n 121131 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=16234 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>
* XG737 – FAW.22 is being restored at the [[East Midlands Aeropark]] in [[Castle Donington, Leicestershire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=de Havilland Sea Venom FAW22 |url=http://www.eastmidlandsaeropark.org/aeropark-exhibits/14-exhibits/45-xg737.html |website=East Midlands Aeropark |access-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>

==Specifications (Sea Venom FAW.22)==
[[File:De Havilland Sea Venom FB20 3-view silhouette.jpg|thumb|Sea Venom FAW.20 3-view drawings]]
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==See also==
{{Portal|UK|Aviation}}
{{aircontent
|see also=
|related=
* [[de Havilland Sea Vixen]]
* [[de Havilland Vampire]]
* [[de Havilland Venom]]

|similar aircraft=
* [[Avro Canada CF-100 Canuck]]
* [[Douglas F3D Skyknight]]
* [[Hawker Sea Hawk]]
* [[Lockheed F-94 Starfire]]
* [[McDonnell F2H Banshee]]
* [[Northrop F-89 Scorpion]]

|lists=
* [[List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm]]
* [[List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force]]
* [[List of fighter aircraft]]
}}

==References==
===Notes===
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
{{Commons category|De Havilland DH.112 Sea Venom}}
{{Refbegin}}
* Green, William. ''The World's Fighting Planes''. London: Macdonald, 1964.
* Gunston, Bill. ''Fighters of the Fifties''. Cambridge, UK: Patrick Stephens Limited, 1981. {{ISBN|0-85059-463-4}}.
* Mason, Francis K. ''The British Fighter since 1912''. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1992. {{ISBN|1-55750-082-7}}.
* {{cite book |last=Jackson |first=A. J. |title=de Havilland Aircraft since 1909 |location=London |publisher=Putnam |year=1978 |isbn=0-370-30022-X }}
* Jackson, A. J. ''de Havilland Aircraft since 1909''. London: Putnam, Third edition, 1987. {{ISBN|0-85177-802-X}}.
* Sturtivant, Ray. "De Havilland's Sea Venom...a Naval Twin Boomer". ''[[Air International]]'',  Vol 39. No 2, August 1990, pp.&nbsp;81–90. ISSN 0306-5634.
*{{cite book |last1=Sturtivant|first1=Ray|last2=Ballance|first2=Theo|title=The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm |year=1994 |publisher=Air-Britain (Historians)|location=[[Tonbridge]], UK |isbn=0-85130-223-8  }}
* Thetford, Owen. ''British Naval Aircraft 1912–58.'' London: Putnam Publishing, 1958.
*{{cite book |last1=Thetford |first1=Owen |title=British Naval Aircraft since 1912 |year=1991 |publisher=Putnam Aeronautical Books, an imprint of Conway Maritime Press Ltd |location=London, UK |isbn=0-85177-849-6}}
* Wilson, Stewart. ''Sea Fury, Firefly and Sea Venom in Australian Service''. Weston Creek, ACT, Australia: Aerospace Publications, 1993. {{ISBN|1-875671-05-6}}.
* Winchester, Jim, ed. "De Havilland Sea Vixen." ''Military Aircraft of the Cold War (The Aviation Factfile)''. Rochester, Kent, UK: The Grange plc., 2006. {{ISBN|1-84013-929-3}}.
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