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Specifications
Manufacturer: Supermarine
First flight: July 14, 1948
Retired: 1952
Primary user: Royal Navy
Number built: 2 (plus 1 uncompleted)
Crew: 3
Capacity: up to seven survivors (2 on bunks, one seated and four on "emergency stations" on floor)
Powerplant
Model: Rolls-Royce Griffon 29
Type: 60-degree V-12, liquid-cooled aero engine
Output: 1,815 hp (1,353 kW)
Propellers: 2 Rotol contra-rotating three-bladed propellors
Dimensions
Length: 44 ft 1½ in (13.46 m)
Wingspan: 52 ft 6 in (16.0 m)
Height: 15 ft 10½ in (4.84 m)
Wing area: 432 ft² (40.13 m²)
Weights
Empty weight: 10,510 lb (4,770 kg)
Loaded weight: 14,500 lb (6,587 kg)
Span with wings folded: 23 ft 6 in (7.17 m)
Performance
Maximum speed: 260 mph (226 knots, 418 km/h) at 11,800 ft (3,599 m)
Cruise speed: 131 mph (114 knots, 211 km/h) max range cruise
Range: 875 mi (761 nmi, 1,408 km)
Service ceiling: 23,900 ft (7,290 m)
Rate of climb: 1,515 ft/min (7.7 m/s) at 7,000 ft (2,133 m)
Sources:
Gunston, Bill - The Encyclodepia of the Worlds Combat aircraft, 1976, Chartwell Books, Inc., NY
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