Aircraft Data Sheet: Short 184 (1916)
First flight: | |
Span: | 19.36m/63ft 6ins |
Length: | 12.38m/40ft 7ins |
Max weight: | 2,313kg/5,100lb |
Max level speed: | 65knots/121kph |
Power plant: | One 225shp/168kW Sunbeam inline |
Total built: | 12 (Westland built) |
Designed by Short Brothers as a torpedo carrying seaplane, Short 184s were the first aircraft to be built at Yeovil with a contract to build 12 aircraft. Completed aircraft were delivered by rail to Hamble on the Solent for final assembly and test. A Westland built Short 184 served with the fleet at Jutland, the remains of this aircraft are on view in the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, Somerset.