The Supermarine Seafang was a BritishRolls-Royce Griffon-engined fighter aircraft designed by Supermarine to Air Ministry specification N.5/45. It was essentially a Supermarine Spiteful which redesigned for Royal Navy use, with the addition of an arrestor hook. It first flew in 1946. In all, 18 were built, but some were never flown. Its low speed handling characteristics were not as good as they hoped, and Hawker Sea Fury was preferred. Rolls-Royce Griffon The Rolls-Royce Griffon was a 36. ... An A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-86 Sabre, P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang fly in formation during an air show at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. ... Supermarine was a British aircraft manufacturer. ... The Air Ministry was formerly a department of the United Kingdom Government, established in 1918 with the responsibility of managing the affairs of the (then newly formed) Royal Air Force. ... The Supermarine Spiteful was a British Rolls-Royce Griffon engined fighter aircraft designed by Supermarine to Air Ministry specification F.1/43 during World War II as a successor to the Spitfire The 494 mph Spiteful XVI RB518 In late 1942 it was feared that the Spitfire wings drag... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... Many aircraft that land on aircraft carriers are equipped with a simple piece of equipment called a tailhook. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Hawker Sea Furies in Canadian Navy livery. ...
Variants
Seafang F.Mk 31 - 10 built
Engine: Griffon 61
Seafang F.Mk 32 - 2 built
Engine: Giffon 89 - 2,350 HP
Folding wings.
Increased fuel capacity.
Dual contra-rotating 3 bladed propellers.
References
Supermarine-Spitfire.co.uk: The Seafang
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Supermarine had great plans for the Type 224, but because of its failure in every department, the company had to do something quick to be able to prove to the authorities that they were capable of producing a good hard working fighter aircraft.
Supermarine had for some time enjoyed success in aircraft design and with many aircraft bearing similarities to the Schneider successes including the 224, something different had to be designed.
Supermarine went back to the Mk I airframe for the prototype Mk V and and installed a more potent Merlin 45 engine that although rated at 1,185 horsepower, its combat rating at 9,250 ft was actually 1,470 hp.
The first Supermarine landplane to go into production was the famous Spitfire, which proved to be a successful design and, along with the Hawker Hurricane, entered into legend after its role in the Battle of Britain.
Other well-known planes from World War II were the Seafire (a naval version of the Spitfire) and the flying boat Supermarine Walrus.
The Supermarine main works was in Woolston, Southampton which led to the city being heavily bombed in 1940.
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