Supermarine Seafire

E51140

carrier-based fighter aircraft military aircraft naval fighter aircraft

The Supermarine Seafire was a British naval fighter aircraft, essentially a carrier-capable adaptation of the famous Spitfire, used by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm during World War II.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Seafire Mk 45	1
Seafire Mk 46	1
Seafire Mk 47	1
Seafire Mk IB	1
Seafire Mk IIC	1
Seafire Mk III	1
Seafire Mk XV	1
Seafire Mk XVII	1
Supermarine Spitfire family	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	carrier-based fighter aircraft ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ naval fighter aircraft ⓘ
aircraftFamily	Supermarine Seafire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Supermarine Spitfire family
armament	.303 inch Browning machine guns ⓘ 20 mm Hispano cannon ⓘ bombs ⓘ rockets ⓘ
basedOn	Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
crew	1 ⓘ
designedFor	aircraft carrier operations ⓘ
designer	R. J. Mitchell ⓘ
era	World War II era ⓘ
feature	arrestor hook ⓘ folding wings ⓘ strengthened undercarriage ⓘ
firstFlight	1942 ⓘ
introduced	1942 ⓘ
manufacturer	Supermarine ⓘ
notableVariant	Supermarine Seafire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seafire Mk 45 Supermarine Seafire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seafire Mk 46 Supermarine Seafire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seafire Mk 47 Supermarine Seafire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seafire Mk IB Supermarine Seafire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seafire Mk IIC Supermarine Seafire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seafire Mk III Supermarine Seafire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seafire Mk XV Supermarine Seafire self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Seafire Mk XVII
powerplant	Rolls-Royce Griffon ⓘ surface form: Rolls-Royce Griffon engine Rolls-Royce Merlin ⓘ surface form: Rolls-Royce Merlin engine
primaryUser	Fleet Air Arm ⓘ surface form: Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm
retired	1950s ⓘ
role	fighter ⓘ fighter-bomber ⓘ
successor	Hawker Sea Fury ⓘ
usedBy	Fleet Air Arm ⓘ French Navy ⓘ Royal Canadian Navy ⓘ Royal Navy ⓘ Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
usedInOperation	Allied landings in Italy ⓘ Allied landings in Sicily ⓘ Operation Torch ⓘ
usedInTheater	Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean theatre of World War II Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific theatre of World War II
wingConfiguration	low-wing monoplane ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Supermarine Seafire → aircraftFamily → Supermarine Seafire self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supermarine Spitfire family

Supermarine → notableProduct → Supermarine Seafire ⓘ