Sopwith Snipe

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biplane fighter aircraft single-seat aircraft

The Sopwith Snipe was a British single-seat biplane fighter aircraft introduced near the end of World War I as an improved, more powerful replacement for earlier Sopwith designs.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sopwith Snipe canonical 6
Sopwith Snipe (early prototypes) 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biplane ⓘ
fighter aircraft ⓘ
single-seat aircraft ⓘ
aircraftType fighter ⓘ
airfoil Sopwith high-lift section ⓘ
armament 2 × fixed forward-firing .303 in Vickers machine guns ⓘ
up to 4 × 25 lb bombs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedAs improved successor to the Sopwith Camel ⓘ
emptyWeight 1456 lb ⓘ
660 kg ⓘ
enginePower 230 hp ⓘ
engineType rotary engine ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1917-10-24 ⓘ
fuselageConstruction wooden structure with fabric covering ⓘ
grossWeight 1995 lb ⓘ
905 kg ⓘ
height 2.90 m ⓘ
9 ft 6 in ⓘ
introduced 1918 ⓘ
landingGear fixed tailskid landing gear ⓘ
length 19 ft 10 in ⓘ
6.05 m ⓘ
manufacturer Sopwith Aviation Company ⓘ
maximumSpeed 121 mph ⓘ
195 km/h ⓘ
notableEvent William George Barker earned the Victoria Cross flying a Sopwith Snipe on 27 October 1918 ⓘ
notablePilot William George Barker ⓘ
numberBuilt 497 ⓘ
operator Brazilian Army Aviation ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army Air Service ⓘ
Polish Air Force ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
powerplant 1 × Bentley BR2 rotary engine ⓘ
primaryUser Royal Air Force ⓘ
productionStatus mass-produced ⓘ
range 300 mi ⓘ
480 km ⓘ
replaced Sopwith Camel ⓘ
replacedBy Gloster Grebe ⓘ
retired 1927 ⓘ
serviceCeiling 25000 ft ⓘ
7620 m ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tailplane ⓘ
usedInConflict Polish–Soviet War ⓘ
Russian Civil War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
wingConfiguration biplane ⓘ
wingspan 31 ft 1 in ⓘ
9.47 m ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sopwith Camel → successor → Sopwith Snipe ⓘ
Sopwith Aviation Company → notableProduct → Sopwith Snipe ⓘ
Bentley BR1 → aircraftApplication → Sopwith Snipe ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sopwith Snipe (early prototypes)
Herbert Smith → designed → Sopwith Snipe ⓘ
Herbert Smith → notableWork → Sopwith Snipe ⓘ
Sopwith Dolphin → successor → Sopwith Snipe ⓘ
No. 208 Squadron RAF → aircraftOperated → Sopwith Snipe ⓘ