English Electric English Electric Kingston Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

English Electric Company Ltd

First Flight:

Autumn 1924

Kingston:

1 - English Electric Co Ltd

Kingston Mk 1:

4 - English Electric Co Ltd

Kingston Mk 2:

1 - English Electric Co Ltd

Kingston Mk 3:

1 - English Electric Co Ltd

Type Specification

Applies to:

English Electric P.5 Kingston Mk 1

Type:

Coastal patrol and anti submarine flying boat

Wing:

Unequal span three bay biplane

Hull:

Wooden hull beneath lower wing

Tail Unit:

Braced monoplane tailplane mounted mid way up the fin. Split elevators and balanced rudder

Landing Gear:

None

Power Plant:

Two 450 hp Napier Lion IIb engines mounted between wings

Accommodation:

Crew of six, pilot, observer, three gunners, engineer. Three open cockpits forward of wings for front gunner, pilot and observer. Engineers station inside fuselage. Rear gunners in nacelles aft of engines

Armament:

Single Lewis guns at each gun position. Two 520 lb bombs carried either side of the hull

Span:

85 ft 6 in

Length:

52 ft 9 in

Height:

20 ft 11 in

Wing Area:

1282.5 sq ft

Empty:

8,739 lb

All-up:

14,508 lb

Speed at Sea Level:

105 mph

Climb to 1000 ft:

2 min 17 sec

Service Ceiling:

9,060 ft

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