Short Sunderland Aircraft
Sunderland V, Duxford | |
Production Details | |
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Design Company: |
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First Flight: |
16 October 1937 |
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Sunderland Prototype: |
1 - Short Brothers, Rochester |
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Sunderland I: |
74 - Short Brothers, Rochester |
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Sunderland II: |
23 - Short Brothers, Rochester 15 - Short & Harland, Belfast 20 - Blackburn Aircraft, Dumbarton |
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Sunderland III: |
216 - Short Brothers, Rochester 35 - Short Brothers, Windermere 69 - Short & Harland, Belfast 160 - Blackburn Aircraft, Dumbarton |
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Sunderland IV: |
2 - Short Brothers, Rochester |
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Sunderland V: |
17 - Short Brothers, Rochester 48 - Short & Harland, Belfast 60 - Blackburn Aircraft, Dumbarton |
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Seaford: |
8 - Shorts, Rochester |
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Sandringham: |
29 - converted from Sunderland |
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Type Specification | |
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Applies to: |
Short S-25 Sunderland III |
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Type: |
Four engined reconnaissance flying boat |
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Wing: |
High wing cantilever monoplane. All metal structure |
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Hull: |
All metal structure |
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Tail Unit: |
Cantilever monoplane type. Fin and tailplane metal covered. The movable surfaces are fabric covered aft of the leading edge |
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Landing Gear: |
None |
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Power Plant: |
Four Bristol Pegasus XVIII nine cylinder radial air cooled engines, each rated at 1,065 hp. De Havilland three bladed metal airscrews |
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Accommodation: |
The hull is divided into two decks. On the upper deck is the control cabin accomodating two pilots, a radio operator, a navigator and an engineer. In the extreme nose is the bomb aimers position and nose gun turret |
Armament: |
Eight 0.303 in machine guns in three Fraser-Nash turrets, one in the nose, one amidships and one in the extreme tail, the last armed with four guns. Bombs, depth-charges carried on railed rackswhich may be wound out from interior of hull |
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Dimensions | |
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Span: |
112 ft 9.5 in |
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Length: |
85 ft 4 in |
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Height: |
32 ft 10.5 in |
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Wing Area: |
1,487 sq ft |
Weights | |
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Empty: |
34,500 lb |
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Loaded: |
58,000 lb |
Performance | |
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Max Speed: |
210 mph at 6,500 ft |
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Rate of Climb: |
720 ft/min at sea level |
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Service Ceiling: |
16,000 ft |
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Range: |
2,900 miles |
Preserved in British Museums | |
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Sunderland V: |
ML796 - Imperial War Museum, Duxford Aerodrome - Display ML824 - Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon - Display |
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Sandringham 4: |
VH-BRC - Solent Sky, Southampton - Display |
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