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===Coastal Command variants=== ;Type 429 Wellington General Reconnaissance (GR) Mark VIII: Mark IC conversion for [[Coastal Command]] service. Roles included reconnaissance, anti-submarine and anti-shipping attack. A Coastal Command Wellington was the first aircraft to be fitted with the anti-submarine [[Leigh light]]. A total of 307 were built at Weybridge, 58 fitted with the Leigh light. ;Type 458 Wellington GR Mark XI: Maritime version of B Mark X with an ordinary nose turret and mast radar [[ASV Mark II radar]] no waist guns, 180 built at Weybridge and Blackpool.{{Sfn|Bowman|2011|p=60}} ;Type 455 Wellington GR Mark XII: Maritime version of B Mark X armed with [[torpedo]]es (two 18-inch carried under wings). Redesigned nose to accommodate centrimetric [[ASV Mark III radar]] which had a radome in the chin position rather use than external aerials. Twin flexible machine guns in a clear canopy replaced the front turret. Leigh light in bomb bay. Hercules VI or XVI engines. 58 built at Weybridge and Broughton in Flintshire.{{Sfn|Bowman|2011|p=60}} ;Type 466 Wellington GR Mark XIII: Maritime version of B Mark X with an ordinary nose turret and mast radar ASV Mark II instead of chin radome, no waist guns. Hercules XVII engines of 1,735 hp. 844 built β 2 at Weybridge and rest at Blackpool.{{Sfn|Bowman|2011|p=62}} ;Type 467 Wellington GR Mark XIV: Maritime version of B Mark X with a chin radome housing the ASV Mark III [[radar]] and [[RP-3]] explosive [[rocket]] rails under the wings. Hercules XVII engines 841 built at Weybridge, Broughton and Blackpool.
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