Supermarine Seafire Aircraft

Production Details

Design Company:

Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers) Ltd

First Flight:

7 January 1942

Seafire I:

136 - Converted from Spitfire VB by Air Service Training, Hamble 30 - Converted from Spitfire VB by Vickers-Armstrongs Supermarine, South Marston

Seafire F.II:

202 - Supermarine 110 - Westland Aircraft 60 - Converted from Spitfire VC

Seafire III:

900 - Westland Aircraft 350 - Cuncliffe-Owen

Seafire F.XV:

6 - Vickers-Armstrongs (Supermarine) 134 - Cuncliffe-Owen 250 - Westland Aircraft

Seafire F/FR.XVII:

20 - Cuncliffe-Owen 213 - Westland Aircraft

Seafire F.45:

51 - Supermarine, South Marston

Seafire F.46:

26 - Supermarine, South Marston

Seafire F.47:

90 - Supermarine, South Marston

Type Specification

Applies to:

Supermarine Seafire F.XV

Type:

Single seat naval fighter

Wing:

Low-wing cantilever monoplane, all metal

Fuselage:

All metal monocoque

Tail Unit:

Cantilever monoplane type, all metal

Landing Gear:

Retractable type, retractable tailwheel

Power Plant:

One 1,750 hp Rolls-Royce Griffon VI driving a 10 ft 5 in diameter four blade propeller

Accommodation:

Single seat for pilot in enclosed cockpit over trailing edge of wing

Armament:

Two 20 mm Hispano Cannon and four 0.303 in machine guns in the wings

Span:

36 ft 10 in

Length:

32 ft 3 in

Height:

10 ft 8.5 in

Wing Area:

242 sq ft

Tare:

6,300 lb

Loaded:

8,000 lb

Max Speed:

392 mph

Initial Rate of Climb:

4,000+ ft/min

Service Ceiling:

35,500 ft

Range:

430 mph

Preserved in British Museums

Seafire F.17:

SX137 - Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton Airfield - Display

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