Supermarine Seafang
E45435
The Supermarine Seafang was a late-World War II British naval fighter aircraft developed as a carrier-capable, high-performance evolution of the Spitfire line, intended for service with the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Seafire FR Mk 47 | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British military aircraft
ⓘ
carrier-based fighter aircraft ⓘ naval fighter aircraft ⓘ single-seat fighter ⓘ |
| aircraftType | piston-engined fighter ⓘ |
| armament | 20 mm cannon ⓘ |
| category |
World War II British fighter aircraft
ⓘ
carrier-based aircraft ⓘ prototype aircraft ⓘ |
| configuration |
low-wing monoplane
ⓘ
single-engine ⓘ |
| conflictContext | World War II ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 1 ⓘ |
| designedBy | Supermarine design team ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Fleet Air Arm
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
aircraft carrier operations ⓘ |
| designedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| designLineage |
Supermarine Spitfire
ⓘ
surface form:
Spitfire family
|
| developedFrom |
Supermarine Spiteful
ⓘ
Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ |
| developmentReason | to provide a high-performance carrier fighter for the Fleet Air Arm ⓘ |
| engineType | Rolls-Royce Griffon ⓘ |
| enteredService | never entered full operational service ⓘ |
| era | late World War II ⓘ |
| firstFlight | 1946 ⓘ |
| intendedRole | high-performance evolution of the Spitfire line for naval use ⓘ |
| landingGear | retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Supermarine ⓘ |
| navalFeatures |
arrestor hook
ⓘ
folding wings ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 18 ⓘ |
| postwarUse | evaluation only ⓘ |
| powerplant |
Rolls-Royce Griffon
ⓘ
surface form:
Rolls-Royce Griffon 89
Rolls-Royce Griffon ⓘ
surface form:
Rolls-Royce Griffon 90
|
| primaryUser |
Royal Navy
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Navy (intended)
|
| propulsion | contra-rotating propeller ⓘ |
| replacedBy |
de Havilland Sea Hornet
ⓘ
early jet fighters of the Fleet Air Arm ⓘ |
| role |
carrier-based fighter
ⓘ
interceptor ⓘ |
| status |
not mass-produced
ⓘ
prototype ⓘ |
| successorTo | Supermarine Seafire ⓘ |
| tailConfiguration | conventional tail ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Fleet Air Arm
ⓘ
Royal Navy ⓘ |
| wingDesign | laminar-flow wing ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Seafire FR Mk 47