Seaplane | |
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Wight Type 840 on anti-submarine patrol 1915 | |
Role | Biplane floatplane |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | J Samuel White & Company Limited (Wight Aircraft) |
Designer | Howard T Wight |
Introduction | 1915 |
Retired | 1917 |
Primary user | Royal Navy |
Number built | 52 |
The Wight Seaplane was a British twin-float seaplane produced by J Samuel White & Company Limited (Wight Aircraft). It was also known as the Admiralty Type 840.
Designed by Howard T Wright and built by the aircraft department of the shipbuilding company J Samuel White & Company Limited, the Wight Seaplane was a slightly smaller version (61 ft (18.59 m) span) of the Wight Pusher Seaplane. The aircraft was a conventional two-float seaplane with tandem open cockpits and a nose-mounted 225 hp (168 kW) Sunbeam engine. Fifty-two aircraft were built and delivered, and an extra 20 were produced as spares production being undertaken by Portholme Aviation and William Beardmore & Co., Ltd. [1]
The Wight Seaplane served with the RNAS at Dundee Felixstowe, Scapa Flow and Gibraltar, being used for anti-submarine patrols between 1915 and 1917. [2]
Data from The British Bomber since 1914 [1]
General characteristics
Performance
Armament
Related development
*The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
Seaplane | |
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Wight Type 840 on anti-submarine patrol 1915 | |
Role | Biplane floatplane |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | J Samuel White & Company Limited (Wight Aircraft) |
Designer | Howard T Wight |
Introduction | 1915 |
Retired | 1917 |
Primary user | Royal Navy |
Number built | 52 |
The Wight Seaplane was a British twin-float seaplane produced by J Samuel White & Company Limited (Wight Aircraft). It was also known as the Admiralty Type 840.
Designed by Howard T Wright and built by the aircraft department of the shipbuilding company J Samuel White & Company Limited, the Wight Seaplane was a slightly smaller version (61 ft (18.59 m) span) of the Wight Pusher Seaplane. The aircraft was a conventional two-float seaplane with tandem open cockpits and a nose-mounted 225 hp (168 kW) Sunbeam engine. Fifty-two aircraft were built and delivered, and an extra 20 were produced as spares production being undertaken by Portholme Aviation and William Beardmore & Co., Ltd. [1]
The Wight Seaplane served with the RNAS at Dundee Felixstowe, Scapa Flow and Gibraltar, being used for anti-submarine patrols between 1915 and 1917. [2]
Data from The British Bomber since 1914 [1]
General characteristics
Performance
Armament
Related development
*The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.