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United Kingdom - naval aviation
Sea Hurricane IIC
Modification | Purpose | Deliveries | Number of commissioned | Discarding | Differences from the previous modification |
Hurricat (Sea Hurricane IA) | fighter | early1941 - 10/1941 | few | late 1941 | without arresting gear, Rolls-Royce Merlin III (1030 h.p.), 8 x 7.7 MG |
Sea Hurricane IB | fighter - bomber | 7/1941 - 2/1942 | circa 300 | 9/1944 | arresting gear |
Hooked Hurricane II | fighter - bomber | late 1941 | 25 | Rolls-Royce Merlin 20 (1280 h. p.), lengthened hull | |
Sea Hurricane IC | fighter-bomber | 2/1942 - summer 1943 | circa 250 - 450 | lengthened wings, 4 x 20 guns | |
Sea Hurricane IIC | fighter-bomber | 5/1942 - summer 1943 | 81 | catapulting gear absent | |
Sea Hurricane XIIA | fighter-bomber | 1943 - 1944 | 50 | Rolls-Royce Merlin 29 (1300 h. p.), 12 x 7.7 MG |
Modification |
Sea Hurricane IIC |
Wing span, m |
12.19 |
Length, m |
9.83 |
Height, m |
3.99 |
Wings area, m2 |
23.92 |
Empty mass, kg |
2600 |
Full flying-off mass, kg |
3500 |
Engine | 1 Rolls-Royce Merlin 20 |
Power, h. p. | 1280 |
Maximal speed, km/h | 530 |
Cruise speed, km/h | 476 |
Flying range, km | 740 |
Vertical speed, m/s | |
Maximal altitude, m | 9500 |
Complement | 1 |
Armament | 4 x 20 Hispano guns, 454 kg bombs (2 õ 227-kg) |
Sea Hurricane IA
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