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Supermarine Seagull / Walrus

 

Walrus I

 

Modification Purpose Deliveries Number of commissioned Discarding Differences from the previous modification
Seagull II reconnaissance 1930 - 1935 26 till 1939 Napier Lion IIB (492 h. p.)
Seagull V reconnaissance 1935 - 1936 24 6/1946 metal construction, Bristol Pegasus IIM2 (620 h. p.)
Walrus I reconnaissance / SAR 1936 - 1943 655 6/1946 folding wings
Walrus II reconnaissance / SAR 1943 - 1944 191 6/1946 wooden wings, Bristol Pegasus VI (750 h. p.)

 

Modification

Walrus II

Wing span, m

13.97

Length, m

11.35

Height, m

4.65

Wings area, m2

56.67

Empty mass, kg

2223

Full flying-off mass, kg

3600

Engine 1 Bristol Pegasus VI
Power, h. p. 750
Maximal speed, km/h 217
Cruise speed, km/h 189
Flying range, km 966
Vertical speed, m/s  
Maximal altitude, m 5210
Complement 3 - 4
Armament 2 - 3 õ 7.7 Vickers K MG, 272 kg bombs or 2 MkVIII DCs

 

 

Walrus I

 

© Ivan Gogin, 2007