de Havilland Sea Hornet

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carrier-based fighter aircraft naval aircraft twin-engined fighter aircraft

The de Havilland Sea Hornet was a British twin-engined, carrier-capable fighter aircraft developed in the 1940s as a high-performance naval adaptation of the Hornet.

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Label Occurrences
de Havilland Hornet 1
de Havilland Hornet family 1
de Havilland Sea Hornet canonical 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf carrier-based fighter aircraft ⓘ
naval aircraft ⓘ
twin-engined fighter aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
twin-engine piston monoplane ⓘ
aircraftFamily de Havilland Sea Hornet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: de Havilland Hornet family
armament 20 mm cannon ⓘ
bombs ⓘ
rockets ⓘ
conflictService early Cold War period ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designedAs high-performance naval adaptation of the Hornet ⓘ
designedBy de Havilland design team ⓘ
designedFor carrier operations ⓘ
designedToReplace earlier piston-engined naval fighters ⓘ
developedFrom de Havilland Sea Hornet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: de Havilland Hornet
developedInDecade 1940s ⓘ
engineType liquid-cooled V-12 piston engine ⓘ
era post–Second World War ⓘ
feature arrestor hook ⓘ
folding wings ⓘ
strengthened undercarriage ⓘ
firstFlight 1945 ⓘ
introduced late 1940s ⓘ
landingGear retractable tailwheel undercarriage ⓘ
manufacturer de Havilland Aircraft Company ⓘ
material mixed wood-and-metal construction ⓘ
navalizationFeature corrosion protection for maritime environment ⓘ
numberOfEngines 2 ⓘ
powerplant Rolls-Royce Merlin ⓘ
surface form: Rolls-Royce Merlin engine
primaryUser Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
surface form: Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
role fighter ⓘ
fighter-bomber ⓘ
reconnaissance aircraft ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
takeoffAndLanding arrested landing ⓘ
catapult-assisted takeoff ⓘ
usedBy Fleet Air Arm ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ
wingType folding wing for carrier stowage ⓘ

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

Supermarine Seafang → replacedBy → de Havilland Sea Hornet ⓘ
de Havilland Sea Hornet → developedFrom → de Havilland Sea Hornet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: de Havilland Hornet
de Havilland Sea Hornet → aircraftFamily → de Havilland Sea Hornet self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: de Havilland Hornet family