Supermarine Aircraft

Supermarine NightHawk 1916 R.J. Mitchell, who later designed the Spitfire, joined Supermarine in 1917. A racing design, ... read more ... Supermarine Sea Lion 1919 Supermarine Seal / Seagull 1922 read more ... Shortly after World War I, Supermarine received two Air Ministry contracts, one in 1921 for ... read more ... Supermarine Swan 1924 Supermarine Southampton 1925 First appearing in 1925, the Southampton was a wooden or metal-hulled (Mk I and Mk ... read more ... Supermarine S.5 1927 Supermarine S.6B 1931 Last of the line of Schneider Trophy racing seaplanes designed by R. J. Mitchell was the ... read more ... All-metal reconnaissance flying-boat developed from the Southampton and powered by two 391kW Rolls-Royce Kestrel IIIS ... read more ... Supermarine Scapa 1932 Supermarine Walrus 1933 One of the unsung heroes of World War II, the Supermarine Walrus amphibian was a private venture ... read more ... Issue of Specification F.7/30 in 1930 for a single-seat fighter led Supermarine to build its ... read more ... Supermarine 224 (F.7/30) 1934 Supermarine Stranraer 1935 Designed to the same specification, R. 24/31, as the Saro London, the Supermarine Stranraer twin-engine biplane flying-boat survived ... read more ... Without doubt the best known British aircraft of World War II, the Supermarine Spitfire originated from ... read more ... Supermarine Spitfire 1936 Supermarine Sea Otter 1938 The Sea Otter amphibious biplane was designed to replace the Walrus on reconnaissance and general ... read more ... The Seafire was a naval version of the Spitfire specially adapted for operation from aircraft ... read more ... Supermarine Seafire 1942 Supermarine 322 (S.24/37) 1943 Two prototypes, first flown in February 1943. No production. read more ... Conceived as a successor to the Spitfire, the Type 371 was projected from November 1942, ... read more ... Supermarine Spiteful 1944 Supermarine Attacker 1946 Originally conceived in 1944 as a land based jet fighter for the RAF, the Supermarine ... read more ... Development of a navalised Spiteful was pursued during 1945 to Specification N.5/45, and a contract ... read more ... Supermarine Seafang 1946 Supermarine 381 Seagull 1948 The first prototype flew on July 14, 1948. Did not entered production. Two built. read more ... The Swift was a single-seat swept-wing fighter powered by a Rolls-Royce Avon axial-flow turbojet engine. ... read more ... Supermarine Swift 1948 Supermarine 510 / 535 1948 During 1946, in response to a contract to build two prototypes of a single-seat high-speed ... read more ... Known originally as the Supermarine N.113, the Scimitar F.1 was a large single-seat, twin-engined naval ... read more ... Supermarine Scimitar 1951 Supermarine 508 / 529 1951 Responding to Admiralty interest in "undercarriage-less" aircraft suitable for operation from flexible decks on aircraft ... read more ...