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Hawker / Armstrong-Whitworth Sea Hawk

 

Sea Hawk FGA.6

 

Modification Purpose Deliveries Number of commissioned Discarding Differences from the previous modification
Sea Hawk F.1 fighter 3/1953 - 1953 100 12/1960 Rolls-Royce Nene 101 (2207 kgf), 4 x 20 guns
Sea Hawk F.2 fighter 1953 - 1954 40 minor alterations
Sea Hawk FB.3 fighter-bomber 1954 - 1954 116 2 armament load points, 4 x 20 guns, 2 227-kg bombs or 8 11.5-kg rockets
Sea Hawk FGA.4 fighter-bomber 8/1954 - 12/1954 97 4 armament loading points, 4 x 20 guns, 4 227-kg bombs or 16 11.5-kg rockets or 4 mines
Sea Hawk FB.5 fighter-bomber 1955 50 rebuilt from Sea Hawk FB.3 2 armament loading points, Nene 103 (2450 kgf), 4 x 20 guns, 2 227-kg bombs or 8 11.5-kg rockets
Sea Hawk FGA.6 fighter-bomber 1955 - 1956 86 4 armament loading points, 4 x 20 guns, 4 227-kg bombs or 16 11.5-kg rockets or 4 mines

 

Modification

Sea Hawk FGA.6

Wing span, m

11.89

Length, m

12.09

Height, m

2.64

Wings area, m2

25.83

Empty mass, kg

5993

Full flying-off mass, kg

7355

Engine 1 Rolls-Royce Nene 103
Force, kgf 2450
Maximal speed, km/h 969
Cruise speed, km/h  
Flying range, km 2250
Vertical speed, m/s 29.0
Maximal altitude, m 13565
Complement 1
Armament 4 x 20 Hispano Mk5 guns, 908 kg of combat loading on 4 wing points (4 227-kg bombs or 16 11.5-kg rockets or 4 mines or 4 napalm tanks)

Sea Hawk FB.3

 

© Ivan Gogin, 2007