Sopwith Cuckoo

The Sopwith T.1 Cuckoo was a British biplane torpedo bomber used by the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) and its successor organization the Royal Air Force (RAF). The T.1 was the first landplane specifically designed for carrier operations but it was completed too late for service in the First World War. After the Armistice the T.1 was named the Cuckoo.

Sopwith Cuckoo (Designed for HMS Argus) June 1917 HMS Furious with Sopwith Camels ready for takeoff Standard J-1 Trainer (1,600 built in U.S.1
using the Sopwith Cuckoo carrier-borne torpedo-bomber was considered and rejected—but it was not long before such a technique was adopted.2
The british Sopwith Cuckoo is well known for beeaing able to drop a torpedo.3
Enlarge pictureA Sopwith Cuckoo dropping a torpedo—one of the first torpedo bombers Enlarge pictureA Heinkel He 115 torpedo bomber seaplane Enlarge pictureA Fairey Swordfish with a torpedo 4

Made by Sopwith Aviation Company.

One thing you might be interested in is that the Sopwith Cuckoo, which you mention in relation to the aircraft carrier Argus, was designed specifically to carry out an attack on the High Seas Fleet in its 5
Sopwith Cuckoo in 1916, with an IOC by the spring of 1918.6
(The Sopwith Cuckoo was a pure torpedo plane, it did not have any bombing capability.7
The Sopwith Cuckoo, which was specifically designed to be a carrier borne torpedo bomber, was just entering RAF service at the end of WWI.8
Height Main
325.12
Height Alt
3.25 m
Length Alt
8.68 m
Jet Or Prop
prop
Lists
*List of aircraft of the Royal Air Force*List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service
Range Main
291.0
Loaded Weight Main
3883.0
Max Speed Alt
92
Type Of Prop
V8 engine
Introduced
1918
Max Speed Main
105.5 mph
Ceiling Main
12100.0
Number Built
232
Crew
one
pilot
Retired
1923
Armament
* 1× 18 inch Mk. IX torpedo
Area Main
566.0
Primary user
Royal Air Force
Span Alt
14.25 m
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Power Alt
149.0
Engine(prop)
Sunbeam Arab
Manufacturer
Sopwith Aviation Company
Loaded Weight Alt
1765.0
Power Main
200 hp
Number Of Props
1
Empty Weight Alt
1000.0
Length Main
868.6800000000001
Span Main
1424.9399999999998
Area Alt
52.6 m²
Range Alt
20100.0
Related
*Sopwith B.1
Empty Weight Main
2199.0
Ceiling Alt
3
690 m
Category
British bomber aircraft 1910-1919
Military aircraft of World War I
Sopwith aircraft

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