Mann Egerton Type B

Type B
Role Maritime patrol seaplane
Manufacturer Mann Egerton and Company
First flight 1916
Primary user Royal Naval Air Service
Number built 15
Developed from Short Type 184

The Mann Egerton Type B was a 1910s British maritime patrol aircraft developed from the Short Type 184 by Mann Egerton and Company of Norwich.

Design and development

Mann Egerton were given a contract in 1915 to build the Short Type 184, a two-seat reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo carrying seaplane. As a result of experience gained with the Short 184 contract the company developed an improved version. The most noticeable difference was an increase of span of the upper wing.

Operational history

The Royal Naval Air Service operated all fifteen Type Bs on patrol duties.

Operator

 United Kingdom

Specifications

Data from The British Bomber since 1914 [1]

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. Mason 1994, p.72.

See also


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