British anti-submarine airplane
Short SB.6 Seamew
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The Short SB.6 Seamew was a British aircraft designed in 1951 by David Keith-Lucas of Shorts as a lightweight anti-submarine platform to replace the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA)'s Grumman Avenger AS 4 with the Reserve branch of the service. It first flew on 23 August 1953, but, due to poor performance coupled with shifting defence doctrine, it never reached service and only 24 production aircraft had flown before the project was cancelled.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Short Brothers
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- First flight
- 1953-08-23
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 120 kt
- Max speed
- 205 kt
- Range
- 650 nm
- Service ceiling
- 5,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,600 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 15,000 lb
- Empty weight
- 9,795 lb
- Powerplant
- Armstrong Siddeley Mamba turboprop
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 2
- Length
- 41 ft
- Wingspan
- 55 ft
- Height
- 13 ft
- Number built
- 26
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.