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The Grain Griffin was a British carrier based reconnaissance aircraft developed and built by the RNAS Marine Experimental Depot Port Victoria during the First World War. A development of the unsuccessful Sopwith B.1 bomber the Grain Griffin was a two-seat single-engined biplane that was built in small numbers for Britain's Royal Naval Air Service being used operationally during the British intervention in the Russian Civil War.

Made by Port Victoria Marine Experimental Aircraft Depot.

It is the successor of the Sopwith B.1 .

Jet Or Prop
prop
Height Alt
3.05 m
Predecessor
Sopwith B.1
Length Alt
8.38 m
Power Alt
172.0
Lists
*List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service
Loaded Weight Main
2858.0
Max Speed Alt
6750.0
Type Of Prop
nine-cylinder air-cooled rotary engine
Loading Main
6
Power/mass Main
288.0
Developed From
Sopwith B.1
Power/mass Alt
Height Main
304.8
Max Speed Main
98
Ceiling Main
16500.0
Number Built
8
Crew
Two
Max Speed More
at 6
500 ft
Span Main
1295.4
Area Main
506.0
Primary user
Span Alt
12.96 m
Plane Or Copter?
Engine(prop)
Bentley BR2
Manufacturer
National Origin
United Kingdom
Loaded Weight Alt
1299.0
More Performance
955.0
Number Of Props
1
Guns
1
Empty Weight Alt
761.0
Length Main
838.2
Area Alt
47.0 m²
Power Main
230 hp
Related
*Sopwith B.1
Empty Weight Main
1675.0
Ceiling Alt
5
030 m
Category
Loading Alt
28

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