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The Supermarine Seafang was a British Rolls-Royce Griffon–engined fighter aircraft designed by Supermarine to Air Ministry specification N.5/45 for naval use. It was based on the Spiteful, which was a development of Supermarine's Griffon-engined Spitfire aircraft. By that time the Spitfire was a 10-year-old design in a period of rapid ...
The article says both Spiteful and Attacker were to N.5/45. Seems to contradict, no? Can somebody check & correct? Trekphiler 20:35, 8 March 2008 (UTC) []. They both were - the Seafang (a navalised Spiteful) was the official Supermarine entry for N.5/45 but the experimental jet-engined Jet Spiteful (Attacker) was developed and subsequently ordered in place of the Seafang.
Data from General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 39 ft 9 in (12.12 m) Wingspan: 43 ft 6 in (13.26 m) Wing area: 335 sq ft (31.1 m 2) Gross weight: 17,250 lb (7,824 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Rolls-Royce Eagle H-24 liquid-cooled piston engine, 3,550 hp (2,650 kW) Propellers: 8-bladed contra-rotating constant-speed propeller See also Related development Supermarine Seafang Supermarine Attacker ...
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Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer. It is most famous for producing the Spitfire fighter plane during World War II.It also built a range of seaplanes and flying boats, winning the Schneider Trophy for seaplanes with three wins in a row in 1927, 1929 and 1931.
Joseph Smith CBE (25 May 1897 – 20 February 1956) was an English aircraft designer who took over as Chief Designer for Supermarine upon the death of R. J. Mitchell and led the team responsible for the subsequent development of the Supermarine Spitfire. [1]
Pages in category "Supermarine aircraft" ... Supermarine Seafang; Supermarine Seafire; Supermarine Seagull (1921) Supermarine Seagull (1948) Supermarine Seal II;
The final fully navalised F Mk 32 version differed in that it had folding wingtips, a "sting"-type arrester hook, and two three-blade contra-rotating propellers. However, only the two prototypes (VB893 and VB895) are known to have been completed. With the introduction of the Supermarine Attacker from August 1951, the need for the Seafang ...