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Supermarine Seafire

 

Seafire III

 

Modification Purpose Deliveries Number of commissioned Discarding Differences from the previous modification
Spitfire Hooked fighter 1/1942 45 rebuilt from Spitfire Vb 1942 Spitfire Vb with arresting gear, Rolls-Royce Merlin 45 (1470 h. p.) or Merlin 46 (1415 h. p.), 2 x 20 guns, 4 x 7.7 MG, 227-kg bomb
Seafire Ib fighter 5/1942 - 1943 116 rebuilt from Spitfire Vb 1945 naval avionics
Seafire IIc fighter 5/1942 - 1943 262 catapulting gear
Seafire LIIc fighter 3/1943 - 1943 110 Rolls-Royce Merlin 32 (1645 h. p.), 549 km/h, many had shortened wings
Seafire LRIIc fighter-reconnaissance 1943 24 rebuilt from Seafire LIIc photo camera
Seafire III fighter 4/1943 - 7/1945 103 1954 Rolls-Royce Merlin 55 (1470 h. p.), folding wings
Seafire LIIIc fighter 4/1943 - 7/1945 1031 Rolls-Royce Merlin 55M (1585 h. p.), many had shortened wings
Seafire FRIII fighter-reconnaissance 1943 129 Rolls-Royce Merlin 32 (1645 h. p.), 2 photo cameras
Seafire XV (Seafire F.15) fighter 8/1945 - 1945 390 Rolls-Royce Griffon VI (1850 h. p.), 630 km/h
Seafire XVII (Seafire F.17) fighter 11/1945 232 extended range
Seafire 45 (Seafire F.45) fighter 1946 - 1947 50 Rolls-Royce Griffon 61 (2050 h.p.) or Giffon 85 (2050 h. p., double screw), 4 x 20 guns, 454 kg bombs, fixed wings
Seafire 46 (Seafire FR.46) fighter-reconnaissance 1947 24 photo camera
Seafire 47 (Seafire FR.47) fighter-reconnaissance 1/1948 - 3/1949 140 Griffon 87 or Griffon 88 (2375 h. p.), double screw, extended range, folding wings, 680 km/h, 1500 km, additionally 16  27-kg rockets, photo camera

 

Modification Seafire LIIIc

Seafire XV

Wing span, m

 11.23

11.23

Length, m

 9.12

9.12

Height, m

 3.02 3.02

Wings area, m2

 22.48 22.48

Empty mass, kg

 2258

2267

Full flying-off mass, kg

 3465

2911
Engine 1 Rolls-Royce Merlin 55M 1 Rolls-Royce Griffon VI
Power, h. p. 1585 1850
Maximal speed, km/h 594 630
Cruise speed, km/h    
Flying range, km 1170 1024
Vertical speed, m/s 27.55 27.55
Maximal altitude, m 11125 11125
Complement 1 1
Armament 2 x 20 Hispano guns, 4 x 7.7 Browning MG, 227 kg bombs (1 õ 227-kg) 2 x 20 Hispano guns, 4 x 7.7 Browning MG, 227 kg bombs (1 õ 227-kg)

Seafire FR.47

 

© Ivan Gogin, 2007