The Short S. 19 Singapore name was given to developments of the original long range record breaking long range prototype. The Singapore III achieved significant production becoming the Royal Air Force's main long range biplane maritime patrol flying boat of the 1930s, and seeing service against the Japanese with the Royal New Zealand Air Force. The Kestrel was a 700 hp (520 kW) V-12 aircraft engine from Rolls-Royce, their first cast-block engine and the pattern for most of their future piston-engine designs. ... The Royal Air Force (often abbreviated to RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) is the air force arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. ...

Short Singapore I

Heavily staggered biplane with single fin and rudder, powered by two Rolls-Royce H 10 800hp engines. The type did not enter production, but was used by Alan Cobham to circumnavigate Africa, 1927-28. Sir Alan Cobham (May 6, 1894- October 21, 1973) - British Aviation Pioneer. ... Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ...

Short Singapore II

A developed version with 4 engines, mounted in tractor/pusher pairs, the single example of which was first flown 1930.

Short Singapore III

The definitive version, with 4 engines and twin fins. In 1933 the British Air Ministry ordered 4 flying boats based upon the Singapore II for trials with squadrons under specification R 3/33. Theses aircraft had all metal hulls, with fabric covered metal flying surfaces. Singapores proved surprisingly tough; after the type was retired by the RNZAF the kiwis attempted to crush one with a bulldozer, only to see the dozer drive the length of the lower wing without making an impression. They were powered by four 675 h.p. Rolls-Royce Kestrel IX mounted between the wings in two tandem push pull pairs, similar to the Singapre IIs. The crew of 6 were located in a central cabin, and fore, aft and midships open vickers or lewis gun positions. A long range fuel tank could be carried externally on the dorsal hull. The first Short Singapore III flew on 15 June 1934. Although obsolescent by the time the first aircraft entered service with No. 210 Squadron RAF in January 1935, the type arrived just in time to benefit from the arms race of the late 1930s and 37 were built. Production terminated in June 1937. The Royal New Zealand Air Force or RNZAF is the air operations arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. ... A bulldozer is a powerful crawler (caterpillar tracked tractor) equipped with a blade. ...

No. 230 Squadron RAF was the first squadron deployed, to Alexandria in 1935. During 1937 the Singapores of No. 209 Squadron RAF and 210 Squadron moved from Malta to Algeria as part of an international effort to prevent gun running during the Spanish Civil War. No. ... Antiquity and modernity stand cheek-by-jowl in Egypts chief Mediterranean seaport Located on the Mediterranean Sea coast, Alexandria Αλεξάνδρεια (in Arabic, الإسكندرية, transliterated al-ʼIskandariyyah) is the chief seaport in Egypt, and that countrys second largest city, and the capital of the Al Iskandariyah governate. ... The Spanish Civil War (July 1936–April 1939) was a conflict in which the incumbent Second Spanish Republic and left-wing groups fought against a right-wing nationalist rebellion led by Generalisimo Francisco Franco, who succeeded in overthrowing the Republican government and establishing a dictatorship. ...

Replacement of the Singapore with the Short Sunderland was well underway by the outbreak of World War II, however 19 survivors saw limited service in secondary theatres, mainly in a training role. The last RAF unit operating the type was No. 205 squadron RAF in, appropriately enough, Singapore which relinquished its aircraft in October 1941. Four 205 squadron aircraft found their way to No. 5 Squadron RNZAF in Fiji, for use against German raiders. When Japan attacked in December, the New Zealand aircraft found themselves in the front line. They accounted for a Japanese submarine and conducted several air sea rescues before being replaced by Consolidated Catalinas. The Sunderland, S.25, was a flying boat patrol bomber, developed for the Royal Air Force by Short Brothers, based on their successful S.23 Empire flying boats, the flagship of Imperial Airways. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War (sometimes WW2 or WWII), was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as... At the outbreak of hostilities in the Pacific, operated Short Singapores from Fiji against Japan on maratime patrol and antisubmarine duties. ... The PBY Catalina was the definitive air-sea rescue aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s. ...

No Singapores are known to have survived.