Supermarine Seafire

The Supermarine Seafire was a naval version of the Supermarine Spitfire specially adapted for operation from aircraft carriers. The name Seafire was arrived at by collapsing the longer name Sea Spitfire.

Supermarine Seafire F Mk XVII - G-KASX - Kennet Aviation - United Kingdom Supermarine Seafire F Mk XVII G-KASX - SX336/105 = Supermarine Seafire 1
Supermarine Seafire F Mk XVII - G-KASX - Kennet Aviation - United Kingdom Supermarine Seafire F Mk XVII - G-KASX - Kennet Aviation - United Kingdom Supermarine Seafire F Mk XVII - 2
Supermarine Seafire FR 47 VP461 178/P 800 Naval Air Squadron HMS Triumph off North Korea, August 1950 - The Seafire FR.3
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Supermarine Seafire of the same company (Airfix) and in scale 1:48: Supermarine Seafire FR Mk.5
Supermarine Seafire of the same company (Revell) and in scale 1:32: Supermarine Seafire Mk.6
Supermarine Seafire SP325, Wildboarclough, south east of Macclesfield. = 16 July 1949. Two pilots with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve were on a formation flying exercise.7

Made by Supermarine.

It is the successor of the Supermarine Spitfire .

Supermarine Seafire was a single-seat, single-engine, carrier-based fighter-bomber used by the B...8
The Supermarine Seafire was a naval version of the Supermarine Seafire specially adapted for operation from aircraft carriers.9
The Supermarine Seafire was a single-seat, single-engine, carrier-based fighter-bomber used by the British Fleet Air Arm during the Korean War.10
The Supermarine Seafire was a successful adaption of the iconic Spitfire and progressed through a succession of marks with Merlin and Griffon engines.11
The Supermarine Seafire was an adaptation of the Spitfire airframe for aircraft carrier operations.12
Torch to Iceberg: The Supermarine Seafire at War - You can also read the entire PDF article as it appears in AEROPLANE, August 2010 13
More Users
Air Corps (Ireland)
French Navy
Royal Canadian Navy
Jet Or Prop
prop
Height Alt
3.86 m
Predecessor
Supermarine Spitfire
Length Alt
9.21 m
Max Takeoff Weight Main
7640.0
Power Alt
1182.0
Range Main
513 mi
Max Speed Alt
578.0
Type Of Prop
liquid-cooled V-12
Max Speed Main
359 mph
See Also
*Supermarine Spitfire (early Merlin powered variants)*Supermarine Spitfire (late Merlin powered variants)* British military history of World War II
Developed From
Supermarine Spitfire
Height Main
347.98
Max Speed More
at 5
100 ft
Cruise Speed Main
218 mph
Max Takeoff Weight Alt
3565.0
Ceiling Main
32000.0
Number Built
2334
Crew
one
Span Main
1122.68
Cruise Speed Alt
350.0
Area Main
242.1
Primary user
Span Alt
11.23 m
Plane Or Copter?
Engine(prop)
Rolls-Royce Merlin
Manufacturer
Climb Rate Main
114.0
Power Main
1
585 hp
Number Of Props
1
Climb Rate Alt
1
525 m
Length Main
30
Area Alt
22.5 m²
Range Alt
825.0
Similar Aircraft
* Hawker Sea Hurricane* Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Related
* Supermarine Spitfire* Supermarine Seafang
Empty Weight Main
6204.0
Ceiling Alt
9
753 m
Empty Weight Alt
2814.0
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