It was converted to a GA.11 for the Royal Navy, and was delivered in her new guise to Lossiemouth on 12th February 1963.
The aircraft was then assigned to RN 738 Sqn at RNAS Lossiemouth, then after 1964 at RNAS Brawdy.
During the late 1960's it was transferred to RN 764 Sqn and it returned to Lossiemouth and was painted in a superb extra dark sea grey colour scheme with white undersides, spine and drop tanks as '694/LM', it also wore the codes '690/LM' during its time with the Squadron. It seems likely that the aircraft remained with 764 Sqn until it disbanded in July 1972, and then went into store at Kemble. 

It was transferred to the FRADU on 6th March 1980 and given the call-sign '860' and tail code 'VL' It continued to serve with the Unit, until May 1995 when it took part in a 4-ship 'Goodbye FRADU Hunters' flypast over RNAS Yeovilton, en route to RAF Shawbury for storage. 

Remaining at Shawbury until November 2000, it was entered into the MoD aircraft auction held at Phillips in London.
Sold to Barry Pearson, XF300 left Shawbury on 14th February 2001 and was placed on the civilian register as G-BZPC.
The aircraft was re-sprayed to represent Hunter F.3 WB188 in 2001, with the intention of it re-enacting the WB188 airspeed record flight on its 50th anniversary in September 2003, but due to unserviceability it never happened.

During 2006, the aeroplane was moved by road to Kemble, where it is currently being assessed for restoration back to flying condition.

Hawker Hunter XE685 was built by Hawkers at Blackpool as an F.4 and delivered to the RAF on 18th July 1955.
First placed into the care of 33MU it was posted to the frontline, going first to No.93 (F) Squadron and then later with No.98 (F) Squadron, both of whom were based at RAF Jever. In 1960 most Hunter F4's were re-purchased by Hawker-Siddeley, and so XE685's RAF career came to an end. 

It was converted to a GA.11 variant and delivered to the Fleet Air Arm on 6th May 1963.
Assigned to RN 764 Sqn. based at RNAS Lossiemouth, XE685 was used for air warfare instructor training and conversion flights.
During 1966 the aircraft was loaned back to Hawkers and was involved in practice bombing trials.
It was fitted with four practice bomb carriers under the front fuselage and one under each pylon, this would enable it to carry eight 25lb bombs. Once the trials were over the jet was returned to Lossiemouth where it again took up its '693/LM' coding albeit only briefly as it was put into store at Kemble during the last months of 1966. 

In the early part of 1967 XE685 was issued to a new Unit, the Yeovilton Station Flight, and was given the new call-sign '708' and shore code 'VL.' It then returned to RN 764 Sqn for a third spell, coded '694/LM' and remained with the Squadron until it disbanded in 1972. It then made the move back to Yeovilton and joined the Air Direction Training Unit (ADTU) in 1973.
It was briefly coded '731/VL', but as a result of the FRU/ADTU merger it became part of the FRADU fleet as aircraft '861'. It then spent most of the next twenty years serving at Yeovilton with the FRADU, until 1994 when it was retired from service. 

It was sold at auction to Barry Pover, and registered to the Lightning Flying Club as G-GAII. Later incorporated into the Classic Jet Aircraft Company, XE685 made frequent airshow appearances between 1995 and 1998.
In 1999 she was flown to RAF St Mawgan for storage, and a year later was delivered to North Weald for its new owner where it was maintained by The Jet Centre. It was flown back to Exeter in June 2000 and was placed in store by the Hunter Flying Club and again offered for sale. 

During 2002 XE685 was acquired by a consortium led by two very proud former Hunter pilots, and a restoration programme was began to bring it back to flying condition. However before the project was completed, it was sold again into new ownership.

G-GAII was airborne again in February 2006, with ex-FRADU Chief pilot Brian Grant at its controls for the test flight.
During July it made an emotional return to RNAS Yeovilton and displayed at the Station's Air Day.

She was converted to a GA.11 for the Royal Navy and was delivered to the Admiralty at RNAS Lossiemouth on 2nd April 1963.
She was assigned originally to RN 738 Sqn at Lossiemouth and later Brawdy as '794/BY'.
During 1969 the aircraft moved to Lossiemouth and became part of RN 764 Sqn, firstly as '690/LM' and later '698/LM', and it remained in service until the Squadron disbanded in 1972.

It made the move to RNAS Yeovilton and joined the Air Direction Training Unit (ADTU) in the latter half of 1972 becoming aircraft '732' with a 'VL' shore code. Now a part of FRADU WV256's call-sign was changed to '862' at the end of 1973 and it spent the rest of its Royal Navy career at Yeovilton, in between periods of storage at Kemble and Shawbury. 

The jet was retired in early 1995 and flown to Shawbury in April for storage, where it remained for the next five years until being auctioned in November 2001.
Hammered down to Barry Pearson, it flew to Exeter Airport on 13th February 2001, as G-BZPB.
During May 2001 the aircraft was re-sprayed to represent the prototype P.1067 WB188 for the Hunter's 50th birthday celebrations, and it became a well known figure on the display circuit during 2001 and 2002. 

During 2006, the aeroplane was moved by road to Kemble, where it is currently being assessed for restoration back to flying condition.