Saro Lerwick Aircraft

Lerwick

Production Details

Design Company:

Saunders-Roe Limited

First Flight:

November 1938

S.36 Lerwick:

21 - Saunders-Roe Limited

Type Specification

Applies to:

Saunders-Roe S.36 Lerwick

Type:

Monoplane flying boat

Wing:

High wing cantilever monoplane with parallel chord centre section and tapering outer wings of metal construction

Hull:

All metal hull with single step

Tail Unit:

Cantilever monoplane tail on fuselage with single fin and rudder

Landing Gear:

None

Power Plant:

Two 1,375 hp Bristol Hercules HE.1M fourteen cylinder radial piston engines in nacelles on wing

Accommodation:

Total crew of six, three crew on enclosed flight deck comprising pilot, copilot and engineer with 3 gunners

Armament:

One 0.303 in Vickers in bow turret, two Browning in dorsal turret and four Browning in tail turret. Four 500 lb bombs or four depth charges

Span:

80 ft 10 in

Length:

63 ft 7.5 in

Height:

20 ft

Wing Area:

845 sq ft

Normal:

28,400 lb

Maximum:

33,200 lb

Max Speed:

214 mph

Initial Rate of Climb:

880 ft/min

Service Ceiling:

14,000 ft

Range:

1,540 miles

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