 They remained aboard "Blake" until her disposal in 1979, the squadron was then assigned to HMS "Hermes" for the first quarter of 1980.The squadrons aircraft had been upgraded with the Westland Sea King HAS.1 in December 1972, followed by the HAS.2 version and then the HS.Mk.5 in December 1980.It was then assigned to in early 1981; on 6 March 1981 the squadron suffered a tragedy when two of its aircraft had a mid-air collision, five of the eight crew members were killed.