Short Sunderland Mk I

E620148

flying boat military aircraft

The Short Sunderland Mk I was the initial production version of the British four‑engined flying boat used primarily for long‑range maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare during World War II.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Short Sunderland (early prototypes and variants)	1
Short Sunderland Mk I canonical	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	flying boat ⓘ military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration	flying boat hull ⓘ high-wing monoplane ⓘ
aircraftFamily	Short Sunderland NERFINISHED ⓘ
airframeMaterial	all-metal construction ⓘ
armament	bombs ⓘ defensive machine guns ⓘ depth charges ⓘ
category	patrol flying boat ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
crew	about 10 ⓘ
designedBy	Short Brothers design team ⓘ
designedFor	long-range operations over water ⓘ
developedFrom	Short Empire flying boat NERFINISHED ⓘ
engineType	radial piston engine ⓘ
enteredService	1938 ⓘ
era	1930s aircraft ⓘ World War II aircraft ⓘ
firstFlight	1937 ⓘ
introducedAs	initial production version of the Short Sunderland series ⓘ
landingCapability	water landing only ⓘ
manufacturer	Short Brothers NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	heavy defensive armament for a flying boat of its era ⓘ
numberOfEngines	4 ⓘ
operator	Coastal Command of the Royal Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryMission	convoy escort ⓘ oceanic reconnaissance ⓘ submarine hunting ⓘ
propulsion	four radial piston engines driving propellers ⓘ
role	anti-submarine warfare ⓘ long-range maritime patrol ⓘ
serviceBranch	RAF Coastal Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Short Sunderland Mk II NERFINISHED ⓘ Short Sunderland Mk III NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal New Zealand Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	Atlantic patrols ⓘ Mediterranean patrols ⓘ anti-shipping patrols ⓘ search and rescue missions ⓘ
usedInConflict	World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War

Referenced by (2)

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

Short Sunderland → hasVariant → Short Sunderland Mk I ⓘ

Bristol Pegasus radial engine → usedInAircraft → Short Sunderland Mk I ⓘ

subject surface form: Bristol Pegasus

this entity surface form: Short Sunderland (early prototypes and variants)