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The Sopwith Bat Boats were British flying boats designed and built from 1912 to 1914. A single-engined pusher biplane the Bat Boat was the first successful flying boat and amphibious aircraft built in the United Kingdom with examples used by the Royal Navy and by Greece and Germany.

Sopwith Bat Boat - first UK flying boat July . Avro 504 - saw combat service in the War I, 8,000 built as trainers.1
Boeing Trainer, Sopwith Bat Boat, Stinson Model "O", RAF S.E.1, S.E.4 and S.E.4A, RWD-4 Lightplane, UT-1 Sport Trainer, Hickman Pac-Mag and "Toucan" Homebuilt. Softbound, 8½"x11", 36 pages.2
purchase of a Sopwith Bat Boat for the RNAS.3

Made by Sopwith Aviation Company.

amphibious Sopwith Bat Boat on 8th July 1918, successfully winning the Mortimer Singer prize of 500 Pounds, making it one 4
The Sopwith Bat Boats were British flying boats designed and built from 1912 to 1914.5
* Sopwith Bat Boat— flying boat (1913) * Supermarine Air Yacht — flying boat (1931) * Supermarine Baby — fighter flying boat (1917) 6
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Hellenic Navy
Kaiserliche Marine
Jet Or Prop
prop
Height Alt
3.05 m
Length Alt
11.13 m
Power Alt
149.0
Lists
*List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service*List of seaplanes and amphibious aircraft
Loaded Weight Main
3120.0
Max Speed Alt
61
Type Of Prop
water-cooled radial engine
Introduced
1913
Max Speed Main
70 mph
Height Main
304.8
Cruise Speed Main
55 mph
Number Built
6
Crew
2
Retired
1915
Loaded Weight Alt
1418.0
Cruise Speed Alt
48
Area Main
600.0
Primary user
Span Alt
16.46 m
Plane Or Copter?
Engine(prop)
Salmson
Manufacturer
First Flight
1913
Origin
United Kingdom
National Origin
United Kingdom
Climb Rate Main
500.0
More Performance
16200.0
Number Of Props
1
Climb Rate Alt
2.5 m-s
Length Main
1112.52
Span Main
1645.92
Area Alt
55.8 m²
Empty Weight Main
2300.0
Power Main
200 hp
Empty Weight Alt
1045.0
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