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For the 1927 Fleet reconnaissance biplane, see <a href="/wiki/Short_S.6_Sturgeon" title="Short S.6 Sturgeon">Short S.6 Sturgeon</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248642317">.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .infobox-above{line-height:1.6em;background-color:#eee}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .infobox-header{border-top:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1;line-height:23px;background-color:#eee}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption-left .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption-left .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft-caption-left .infobox-label{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-full-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .mergedbottomrow .infobox-label{border-bottom:1px solid #a2a9b1}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .infobox-label{width:30%;padding-right:3px}.mw-parser-output .ib-aircraft .infobox-data{width:50%}}</style><table class="infobox ib-aircraft vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above">Sturgeon</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Short_Sturgeon_S.A.1_T_Mk.1_prototype.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Short_Sturgeon_S.A.1_T_Mk.1_prototype.jpg/300px-Short_Sturgeon_S.A.1_T_Mk.1_prototype.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Short_Sturgeon_S.A.1_T_Mk.1_prototype.jpg/450px-Short_Sturgeon_S.A.1_T_Mk.1_prototype.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Short_Sturgeon_S.A.1_T_Mk.1_prototype.jpg/600px-Short_Sturgeon_S.A.1_T_Mk.1_prototype.jpg 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="438" /></a></span> <div class="ib-aircraft-caption">Sturgeon Mk.1 torpedo bomber prototype</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">General information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Torpedo_bomber" title="Torpedo bomber">Torpedo bomber</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Photo-reconnaissance" class="mw-redirect" title="Photo-reconnaissance">Reconnaissance bomber</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Target_tug" title="Target tug">Target tug</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">Anti-submarine aircraft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_manufacturer" title="Aerospace manufacturer">Manufacturer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Short_Brothers" title="Short Brothers">Short Brothers</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Primary user</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Number built</th><td class="infobox-data">28</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First flight</th><td class="infobox-data">7 June 1946</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Short Sturgeon</b> was a planned <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> carrier-borne <a href="/wiki/Photo-reconnaissance" class="mw-redirect" title="Photo-reconnaissance">reconnaissance bomber</a> whose development began during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> with the S.6/43 requirement for a high-performance <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_bomber" title="Torpedo bomber">torpedo bomber</a>, which was later refined into the S.11/43 requirement which was won by the Sturgeon. With the end of the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">war in the Pacific</a> production of the aircraft carriers from which the Sturgeon was intended to operate was suspended and the original reconnaissance bomber specification was cancelled. </p><p>The Sturgeon was then redesigned as a target tug which saw service with the fleet for a number of years. Later, the basic Sturgeon design was reworked as a prototype <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine</a> aircraft. The many modifications that resulted turned the promising design into a "hapless and grotesque-looking hybrid."<sup id="cite_ref-Winchester_2005,_p._50._1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winchester_2005,_p._50.-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design_and_development">Design and development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_Sturgeon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The development process leading to the S.38 Sturgeon began with the 1943 S.6/43 requirement for a high-performance torpedo bomber with a <a href="/wiki/Bomb_bay" title="Bomb bay">bomb bay</a> that could accommodate six 500-pound (230 kg) <a href="/wiki/Aerial_bomb" title="Aerial bomb">bombs</a> or any of the current standard <a href="/wiki/Aerial_torpedo" title="Aerial torpedo">aerial torpedoes</a>, operating from <a href="/wiki/Audacious-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Audacious-class aircraft carrier"><i>Audacious</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/Centaur-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Centaur-class aircraft carrier"><i>Centaur</i></a>-class <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carriers</a>. A maximum all-up-weight of 24,000 lb (11,000 kg) was specified. Short Brothers were not invited to respond to S.6/43, but the preliminary responses from the other participating manufacturers indicated that a twin-engined design meeting all requirements was likely to weigh in excess of 24,000 lbs, while a single-engined design was unlikely to exceed the performance of in-service aircraft. </p><p>S.6/43 was allowed to proceed, and there are indications<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes_1989,_p._413._2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes_1989,_p._413.-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that Shorts submitted two uninvited tenders, a single-engined <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Centaurus" title="Bristol Centaurus">Bristol Centaurus</a> design and a twin-<a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Merlin" title="Rolls-Royce Merlin">Rolls-Royce Merlin</a> design. However, none of the original S.6/43 submissions was adopted and no reference to the Shorts submissions has been located in the official documentation.<sup id="cite_ref-Buttler_2004,_p._156._3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buttler_2004,_p._156.-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Focus instead shifted to splitting the requirements, with the torpedo bomber requirement becoming O.5/43, eventually leading to the <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Spearfish" title="Fairey Spearfish">Fairey Spearfish</a>, while S.11/43 was written for a reconnaissance aircraft able to operate as a bomber.<sup id="cite_ref-Buttler_2004,_p._153._4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buttler_2004,_p._153.-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/List_of_Air_Ministry_Specifications" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Air Ministry Specifications">Specification S.11/43</a> called for the design and construction of a twin-engine <a href="/wiki/Naval_aviation" title="Naval aviation">naval</a> <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance_aircraft" title="Reconnaissance aircraft">reconnaissance aircraft</a> for visual and <a href="/wiki/Photo-reconnaissance" class="mw-redirect" title="Photo-reconnaissance">photographic reconnaissance</a> and shadowing, by day or night, and also able to operate as a bomber. The specification included a maximum all-up weight of 24,000 lb, height (stowed) of 17 ft (5.2 m), length of 45 ft (13.7 m) and a wingspan of 60 ft (18.3 m) (spread) / 20 ft (6.1 m) (folded). Powered <a href="/wiki/Folding_wing" title="Folding wing">wing-folding</a> was also required. </p><p>Shorts submitted the twin-Merlin S.38 Sturgeon as their tender to S.11/43, while <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Whitworth" title="Armstrong Whitworth">Armstrong Whitworth</a> proposed the twin-Merlin powered AW.54. After the AW.54 was criticized for lack of power, the AW.54A with two <a href="/wiki/Metropolitan-Vickers_F.2#F.3" title="Metropolitan-Vickers F.2">MetroVick F.3</a> <a href="/wiki/Turbojet" title="Turbojet">turbojets</a> was submitted. Submissions were also made by <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Aircraft" title="Blackburn Aircraft">Blackburn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Aviation_Company" title="Fairey Aviation Company">Fairey</a> (also with twin-Merlin designs) and by <a href="/wiki/Westland_Aircraft" title="Westland Aircraft">Westland</a> with a mixed-power design comprising a <a href="/wiki/Pratt_%26_Whitney_R-4360_Wasp_Major" title="Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major">Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major</a> radial in the nose and a <a href="/wiki/Halford_H.1" class="mw-redirect" title="Halford H.1">Halford H.1</a> turbojet in the tail. On 19 October 1943, Shorts received the "Instruction to Proceed" and an order for three prototypes <a href="/wiki/British_military_aircraft_designation_systems" title="British military aircraft designation systems">designated</a> Sturgeon S.1, with military serials <i>RK787</i>, <i>RK791</i> and <i>RK794</i> assigned. The final tailored S.11/43 requirements followed in February 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-Buttler_2004,_p._157._5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buttler_2004,_p._157.-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The pilot's cockpit was a sub-assembly bolted to the front of the <a href="/wiki/Spar_(aviation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Spar (aviation)">spar</a>, placing him level with the leading edge of the wing, the navigator was behind the centre section of the wing and the radio operator — separated from the navigator by his equipment — behind him. The navigator and radio operator entered through a door, which acted as a ladder when opened, in the starboard side with their seats being offset to port. The cameras were installed in the fuselage behind the radio operator.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the Sturgeon's unfortunate failings was in placement of controls. The fire extinguisher switch was located next to the cockpit switches required for firing the engine starter cartridges, resulting in some inadvertent mishaps and some unintended hilarity for ground crews.<sup id="cite_ref-Winchester_2005,_p._51._7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winchester_2005,_p._51.-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Armament would be two <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning" title="M2 Browning">0.5 in (12.7 mm) Browning</a> <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine guns</a> in the nose with a 1,000-pound (450 kg) <a href="/wiki/Aerial_bomb" title="Aerial bomb">bomb</a> or two 500-pound bombs or four 250-pound (110 kg) <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charges</a> carried in the bomb bay <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 16 underwing 60-pound (27 kg) <a href="/wiki/RP-3" title="RP-3">RP-3 rockets</a> carried under the wings. ASV <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> was fitted and two F.52 cameras and a single F.24 camera were carried for the reconnaissance role. Normal fuel load was 410 imperial gallons (1,900 L; 490 US gal), but for reconnaissance missions a 180-imperial-gallon (820 L; 220 US gal) long-range fuel tank could be carried in the bomb bay.<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes_1989,_p._414._9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes_1989,_p._414.-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first Short Sturgeon I <i>RK787</i> flew at <a href="/wiki/Rochester_Airport_(England)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rochester Airport (England)">Rochester Airport</a> on 7 June 1946, proving to have excellent handling and appearing at <a href="/wiki/Farnborough_Airshow" class="mw-redirect" title="Farnborough Airshow">Farnborough</a> in July. By this time, Shorts had adopted the <a href="/wiki/Society_of_British_Aerospace_Companies" title="Society of British Aerospace Companies">S.B.A.C</a> universal designation system and the S.38 was re-designated the S.A.1.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Flight_deck" title="Flight deck">Deck</a> landing trials were successfully completed in 1947. The contract was reassigned from Short Brothers to Short Brothers & Harland and the incomplete aircraft were moved to <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a> where the second prototype, <i>RK791</i>, flew from <a href="/wiki/Electoral_wards_of_Belfast" title="Electoral wards of Belfast">Sydenham</a>, Belfast on 18 May 1948. <i>RK791</i> competed in the <a href="/wiki/Air_League" title="Air League">Air League</a> Challenge Cup Race of 1949 with an average <a href="/wiki/Airspeed" title="Airspeed">speed</a> of 295 mph. </p><p>With the end of the Second World War and the suspension of the <i>Audacious</i> and <i>Centaur</i>-class carriers the Royal Navy no longer had the platforms from which the Sturgeon was intended to operate and the requirement for the Sturgeon S.1 was cancelled. The production order for 30 aircraft was reduced to 23 and changed to a variant reworked under Q.1/46 to accommodate a largely shore-based <a href="/wiki/Target_tug" title="Target tug">target tug</a> role as the S.39 (later re-indexed as the S.A.2) Sturgeon TT.2. The third prototype, <i>RK794</i>, was completed to TT.2 standard with a new serial, <i>VR363</i>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Short_sturgeon-long-nose.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Short_sturgeon-long-nose.jpg/220px-Short_sturgeon-long-nose.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Short_sturgeon-long-nose.jpg/330px-Short_sturgeon-long-nose.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Short_sturgeon-long-nose.jpg/440px-Short_sturgeon-long-nose.jpg 2x" data-file-width="482" data-file-height="150" /></a><figcaption>Sturgeon TT.2</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Short_Sturgeon_TT2_profile_drawing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Short_Sturgeon_TT2_profile_drawing.jpg/220px-Short_Sturgeon_TT2_profile_drawing.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Short_Sturgeon_TT2_profile_drawing.jpg/330px-Short_Sturgeon_TT2_profile_drawing.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Short_Sturgeon_TT2_profile_drawing.jpg/440px-Short_Sturgeon_TT2_profile_drawing.jpg 2x" data-file-width="476" data-file-height="188" /></a><figcaption>Sturgeon TT.2</figcaption></figure> <p>The TT.2 was a large, but clean-looking twin-engined, mid-wing <a href="/wiki/Cantilever" title="Cantilever">cantilever</a> <a href="/wiki/Monoplane" title="Monoplane">monoplane</a> design with a distinctively elongated glazed nose in its target tug configuration. The all-metal <a href="/wiki/Monocoque" title="Monocoque">monocoque</a> fuselage was built in four sections ending at a cantilever <a href="/wiki/Tailplane" title="Tailplane">tailplane</a> with single fin and rudder. <a href="/wiki/Rudder" title="Rudder">Rudder</a> and tailplanes were fabric covered. The <a href="/wiki/Wing" title="Wing">wing</a> design featured a swept <a href="/wiki/Leading_edge" title="Leading edge">leading edge</a> and taper on outboard sections, and wing folds outboard of the twin Merlin 140 <a href="/wiki/Reciprocating_engine" title="Reciprocating engine">engines</a> driving <a href="/wiki/Contra-rotating" title="Contra-rotating">contra-rotating</a> <a href="/wiki/Propeller_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Propeller (aircraft)">propellers</a> (which allowed shorter blades and the Merlins to be mounted closer to the centreline). The main <a href="/wiki/Landing_gear" title="Landing gear">wheels</a> retracted rearwards into the engine <a href="/wiki/Nacelle" title="Nacelle">nacelles</a> while the tail wheel retracted forwards into the fuselage. <a href="/wiki/Radiator_(engine_cooling)" title="Radiator (engine cooling)">Radiators</a> were mounted in the leading edge between the nacelles and the <a href="/wiki/Fuselage" title="Fuselage">fuselage</a>. </p><p>The Sturgeon's post-war role began as a naval <a href="/wiki/Liaison_aircraft" title="Liaison aircraft">liaison</a> and <a href="/wiki/Target_tug" title="Target tug">target tug</a> aircraft with modifications to the nose, lengthened to provide a manned camera position forward of the propeller <a href="/wiki/Arc_(geometry)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arc (geometry)">arcs</a>, and a <a href="/wiki/Winch" title="Winch">winch</a> system. The <a href="/wiki/Aircrew" title="Aircrew">crew</a> of two included the pilot and the all-purpose "observer" who had to perform the functions of navigator, wireless operator, target operator and camera operator, for which the fuselage was deepened to allow the observer to crawl beneath the pilot's position, moving between stations in the nose and rear fuselage.<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes_1989,_p._414._9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes_1989,_p._414.-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1953, with the abandonment of throw-off target practice, the requirement for the camera nose disappeared and five TT.2s were converted into the S.B.9 Sturgeon TT.3 variant with a nose profile similar to that of the S.1. </p><p>The penultimate and last Sturgeons were rebuilt in 1949 as prototypes for the S.B.3, a proposed <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine</a> aircraft to M.6/49, powered by two <a href="/wiki/Armstrong_Siddeley_Mamba" title="Armstrong Siddeley Mamba">Armstrong Siddeley Mamba</a> AS Ma3 <a href="/wiki/Turboprop" title="Turboprop">turboprops</a> of 1,147 <a href="/wiki/Horsepower#Shaft_horsepower" title="Horsepower">shaft horsepower</a> (855 <a href="/wiki/Kilowatt" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilowatt">kW</a>) driving two four-bladed propellers. The engine exhausts were directed downwards instead of to the rear. Another major modification was the grafting on of a gigantic bulbous nose that housed two <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> operators in stations forward of the engines and the radar itself, below. Acute problems arising from the modifications led to the demise of the project, namely, "the efflux from the Mamba turboprops seriously destabilized the aircraft at some power settings and destroyed the good handling characteristics. It proved impossible to trim for safe flight on one engine which was a necessity for long endurance on anti-submarine patrols."<sup id="cite_ref-Winchester_2005,_p._50._1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winchester_2005,_p._50.-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sturgeon_SB3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c0/Sturgeon_SB3.jpg/220px-Sturgeon_SB3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c0/Sturgeon_SB3.jpg/330px-Sturgeon_SB3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c0/Sturgeon_SB3.jpg/440px-Sturgeon_SB3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="632" data-file-height="322" /></a><figcaption>Short SB.3 ASW variant (WF632)</figcaption></figure> <p>Two <b>S.B.3</b> prototypes were ordered with the first, <i>WF632</i> flying on 8 December 1950 at Belfast. The design proved extremely difficult to <a href="/wiki/Flight_dynamics_(aircraft)" class="mw-redirect" title="Flight dynamics (aircraft)">trim</a> when flying on one engine and so unstable that no effort was made to resolve these problems; consequently, the project was cancelled before the second prototype, <i>WF636</i> flew. Both aircraft had very short lives, being scrapped in 1951. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operational_history">Operational history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_Sturgeon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The main production variant, the TT.2 naval target tug spent most of its life with <a href="/wiki/728_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="728 Naval Air Squadron">No. 728 Squadron</a> at Hal Far, <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>. The type was also operated by <a href="/wiki/771_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="771 Naval Air Squadron">No. 771 Squadron</a> at <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Air_Station_Ford" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Naval Air Station Ford">RNAS Ford</a> in 1950–1954. Their primary role as a target tug included towing targets for ground-to-air firing practice, photographic marking of ground-to-air firing, target towing for air-to-air practice by night and day, "throw-off" target practice and radar calibration. </p><p>All existing Sturgeon TT.2s were planned to be modified to a TT.3 standard during the early 1950s, however the conversion programme was halted after five aircraft. The extended TT.2 nose with its synchronised photographic equipment and crew station was removed and replaced by a smaller streamlined nose cone. With the change from <a href="/wiki/Flight_deck" title="Flight deck">carrier operations</a> to ground bases, all deck-landing equipment was also eliminated as well as the wing being modified to have a manual folding gear in place of the TT.2's hydraulic system. </p><p>One TT.2 (<i>VR363</i>), piloted by "Jock" Eassie, was briefly utilised as a <a href="/wiki/Glider_aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Glider aircraft">glider</a> tug in <a href="/wiki/Flight_test" title="Flight test">flight tests</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Short_SB.1" title="Short SB.1">Short SB.1</a>. This experimental "<a href="/wiki/Tailless_aircraft" title="Tailless aircraft">tailless</a>" glider, designed by <a href="/wiki/David_Keith-Lucas" title="David Keith-Lucas">David Keith-Lucas</a> and Professor <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_T._R._Hill" title="Geoffrey T. R. Hill">Geoffrey T. R. Hill</a>, was built by Shorts as a private research venture to test the concept of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Aero-isoclinic&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aero-isoclinic (page does not exist)">aero-isoclinic</a> wing. The first towed launch of the SB.1 piloted by Shorts' Chief Test Pilot, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Brooke-Smith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Brooke-Smith (page does not exist)">Tom Brooke-Smith</a>, took off from <a href="/wiki/RAF_Aldergrove" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF Aldergrove">RAF Aldergrove</a> on 30 July 1951. The SB.1 was towed behind to a 10,000 ft <a href="/wiki/Altitude" title="Altitude">altitude</a> with the flight completed successfully.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the second flight of the day, the tow rope was extended and Brooke-Smith experienced the problems inherent in flying a light aircraft in the turbulence caused by the towing aircraft. Brooke-Smith had to cast off at low altitude and while attempting to side-slip out of the wake, struck the ground "nose-down" at 90 mph, injuring himself seriously and damaging the aircraft. With the extensive damage to the Short SB.1 necessitating a rebuild, the decision to power the modified glider (redesignated the <a href="/wiki/Short_SB.4_Sherpa" title="Short SB.4 Sherpa">Short SB.4 Sherpa</a>) meant the end of the use of the Sturgeon tow aircraft in the programme.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_Sturgeon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sturgeon_S.1">Sturgeon S.1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_Sturgeon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sturgeon S.1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>Carrier-borne strike aircraft, one completed at Shorts, Rochester before production moved to Belfast. Three prototypes were ordered but the third was completed as the TT.2 prototype. The production contract for 30 S.1s to build at Rochester was cancelled.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sturgeon_TT.2">Sturgeon TT.2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_Sturgeon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sturgeon TT.2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>Target tugs, two prototypes and 23 production aircraft ordered to be built at Belfast; some later converted to the TT.3 standard.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sturgeon_TT.3">Sturgeon TT.3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_Sturgeon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Sturgeon TT.3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>Revised target tug variant, five modified at Rochester from TT.2s.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="S.B.3">S.B.3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_Sturgeon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: S.B.3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>Prototype anti-submarine aircraft built in Belfast. Two prototypes ordered with the first flying on 12 August 1950 and then demonstrated at the 1950 <a href="/wiki/Society_of_British_Aerospace_Companies" title="Society of British Aerospace Companies">Society of British Aerospace Companies</a>' (SBAC) <a href="/wiki/Farnborough_Airshow" class="mw-redirect" title="Farnborough Airshow">Farnborough Airshow</a>; the second example was completed but never flown.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jet_Sturgeon_night_fighter">Jet Sturgeon night fighter</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_Sturgeon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Jet Sturgeon night fighter"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>Drawings exist for a Sturgeon variant modified with two Rolls Royce AJ.40 turbofans in place of the Merlins and armed with four 20mm Hispano cannon. This was linked to the 1945 decision by the Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Air) to order the evaluation of a Sturgeon night fighter derivative with improved performance as a low-risk alternative to the development of the <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Hornet" title="De Havilland Hornet">De Havilland Sea Hornet NF.21</a> under N.21/45. As the Sea Hornet NF.21 was successful, no detailed development followed.<sup id="cite_ref-Buttler_2004,_p._179._13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Buttler_2004,_p._179.-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operators">Operators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_Sturgeon&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="_United_Kingdom"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_Sturgeon&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: United Kingdom"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/703_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="703 Naval Air Squadron">703 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/728_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="728 Naval Air Squadron">728 Naval Air Squadron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/771_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="771 Naval Air Squadron">771 Naval Air Squadron</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications_(Short_S.B.9_Sturgeon_TT.3)"><span id="Specifications_.28Short_S.B.9_Sturgeon_TT.3.29"></span>Specifications (Short S.B.9 Sturgeon TT.3)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_Sturgeon&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Specifications (Short S.B.9 Sturgeon TT.3)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Short_Sturgeon_3-view_silhouette.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Short_Sturgeon_3-view_silhouette.jpg/220px-Short_Sturgeon_3-view_silhouette.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Short_Sturgeon_3-view_silhouette.jpg/330px-Short_Sturgeon_3-view_silhouette.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Short_Sturgeon_3-view_silhouette.jpg/440px-Short_Sturgeon_3-view_silhouette.jpg 2x" data-file-width="577" data-file-height="632" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p style="font-size: 90%; margin:0;"><i>Data from</i> The World's Worst Aircraft.,<sup id="cite_ref-Winchester_2005,_p._50._1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Winchester_2005,_p._50.-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Aircraft of the World,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JAWA47_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JAWA47-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>General characteristics</b></span> </p><ul><li><b>Crew:</b> 3</li> <li><b>Length:</b> 44 ft (13 m)</li> <li><b>Wingspan:</b> 59 ft 11 in (18.26 m)</li> <li><b>Height:</b> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>13 ft <span class="frac">2<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> in (4.026 m)</li> <li><b>Wing area:</b> 518.4 sq ft (48.16 m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(aeronautics)" title="Aspect ratio (aeronautics)">Aspect ratio</a>:</b> 6.4</li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Airfoil" title="Airfoil">Airfoil</a>:</b> root:<a href="/wiki/NACA_airfoil" title="NACA airfoil">NACA 64<sub>2</sub>215.3</a>; tip:NACA 64<sub>2</sub>215.6</li> <li><b>Empty weight:</b> 16,967 lb (7,696 kg)</li> <li><b>Gross weight:</b> 18,126 lb (8,222 kg)</li> <li><b>Max takeoff weight:</b> 21,700 lb (9,843 kg)</li> <li><b>Fuel capacity:</b> 410 imp gal (490 US gal; 1,900 L) fuel in four wing tanks, plus an optional auxiliary bomb bay tank of 180 imp gal (220 US gal; 820 L); 22 imp gal (26 US gal; 100 L) oil per engine</li> <li><b>Powerplant:</b> 2 × <a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Merlin_140" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolls-Royce Merlin 140">Rolls-Royce Merlin 140</a> V-12 liquid-cooled piston engines, 2,080 hp (1,550 kW) each at 2,000 ft (610 m)</li> <li><b>Propellers:</b> 6-bladed Rotol, 10 ft (3.0 m) diameter contra-rotating constant-speed fully feathering propellers with wooden blades</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Performance</b></span> </p> <ul><li><b>Maximum speed:</b> 366 mph (589 km/h, 318 kn)</li> <li><b>Cruise speed:</b> 312 mph (502 km/h, 271 kn)</li> <li><b>Range:</b> 1,600 mi (2,600 km, 1,400 nmi)</li> <li><b>Service ceiling:</b> 35,200 ft (10,700 m)</li> <li><b>Rate of climb:</b> 2,330 ft/min (11.8 m/s)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_Sturgeon&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p> <b>Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Brigand" title="Bristol Brigand">Bristol Brigand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Hornet" title="De Havilland Hornet">de Havilland Hornet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XTB2F" title="Grumman XTB2F">Grumman XTB2F</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grumman_XTSF" title="Grumman XTSF">Grumman XTSF</a></li></ul> <p> <b>Related lists</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Fleet_Air_Arm" title="List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm">List of aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_carrier-based_aircraft" title="List of carrier-based aircraft">List of carrier-based aircraft</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_Sturgeon&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Winchester_2005,_p._50.-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Winchester_2005,_p._50._1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Winchester_2005,_p._50._1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Winchester_2005,_p._50._1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Winchester 2005, p. 50.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Barnes_1989,_p._413.-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Barnes_1989,_p._413._2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Barnes 1989, p. 413.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Buttler_2004,_p._156.-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Buttler_2004,_p._156._3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Buttler 2004, p. 158.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Buttler_2004,_p._153.-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Buttler_2004,_p._153._4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Buttler 2004, p. 153.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Buttler_2004,_p._157.-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Buttler_2004,_p._157._5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Buttler 2004, p. 157.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Flight</i> 1946, p. 425.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Winchester_2005,_p._51.-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Winchester_2005,_p._51._7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Winchester 2005, p. 51.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>Flight</i> 14 November 1946, pp. 522–523.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Barnes_1989,_p._414.-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Barnes_1989,_p._414._9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barnes_1989,_p._414._9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Barnes 1989, p. 414.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1946/1946%20-%201341.html">"Short SA.1."</a> <i>Flight</i>, 1946. Retrieved: 16 January 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gunston 1977, p. 512.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gunston 1977, p. 513.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Buttler_2004,_p._179.-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Buttler_2004,_p._179._13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Buttler 2004, p. 179.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sturtivant and Balance 1994, p. 363.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Green and Pollinger 1955, p. 168.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-JAWA47-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-JAWA47_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBridgman1947" class="citation book cs1">Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1947). <i>Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947</i>. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. pp. 73c–74c.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jane%27s+all+the+World%27s+Aircraft+1947&rft.place=London&rft.pages=73c-74c&rft.pub=Sampson+Low%2C+Marston+%26+Co&rft.date=1947&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShort+Sturgeon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_Sturgeon&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Barnes, C. H. <i>Shorts Aircraft Since 1900</i>. London: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1989. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85177-819-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-85177-819-4">0-85177-819-4</a></li> <li>Buttler, Tony. "Anti-Submarine Insurance: The Portly Short SB.3". <i><a href="/wiki/Air_Enthusiast" title="Air Enthusiast">Air Enthusiast</a></i> No. 107, September/October 2003. pp. 70–73. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/search?fq=x0:jrnl&q=n2:0143-5450">0143-5450</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFButtler1999" class="citation journal cs1">Buttler, Tony (November–December 1999). "A Near Class Act: Shorts' Frustrated Sturgeion". <i>Air Enthusiast</i> (84): 66–71. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0143-5450">0143-5450</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Air+Enthusiast&rft.atitle=A+Near+Class+Act%3A+Shorts%27+Frustrated+Sturgeion&rft.issue=84&rft.pages=66-71&rft.date=1999-11%2F1999-12&rft.issn=0143-5450&rft.aulast=Buttler&rft.aufirst=Tony&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShort+Sturgeon" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Buttler, Tony. <i>British Secret Projects: Fighters and Bombers 1935–1950</i>. Leicester, UK: Midland Publishing, 2004. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85780-179-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-85780-179-2">1-85780-179-2</a></li> <li>Buttler, Tony. <i>X-Planes of Europe II: Military Prototype Aircraft from the Golden Age 1946–1974</i>. Manchester, UK: Hikoki Publications, 2015. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-90210-948-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-90210-948-0">978-1-90210-948-0</a></li> <li>Green, William and Gerald Pollinger. <i>The Aircraft of the World</i>. London: Macdonald, 1955.</li> <li>Gunston, Bill. "Short's Experimental Sherpa." <i>Aeroplane Monthly,</i> Vol. 5, no. 10, October 1977, pp. 508–515</li> <li>Gunston, Bill. "Sturgeon." <i>Aeroplane Monthly</i>, Volume 6, No. 10, October 1978.</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1946/1946%20-%202080.html">"Short Sturgeon."</a> <i>Flight</i>, 17 October 1946, pp. 422–425</li> <li>Sturtivant, Ray and Theo Balance. <i>The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm</i>. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians), 1994. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85130-223-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-85130-223-8">0-85130-223-8</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWarner2002" class="citation magazine cs1">Warner, Guy (July–August 2002). "From Bombay to Bombardier: Aircraft Production at Sydenham, Part One". <i><a href="/wiki/Air_Enthusiast" title="Air Enthusiast">Air Enthusiast</a></i>. No. 100. pp. 13–24. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0143-5450">0143-5450</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Air+Enthusiast&rft.atitle=From+Bombay+to+Bombardier%3A+Aircraft+Production+at+Sydenham%2C+Part+One&rft.issue=100&rft.pages=13-24&rft.date=2002-07%2F2002-08&rft.issn=0143-5450&rft.aulast=Warner&rft.aufirst=Guy&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AShort+Sturgeon" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Winchester, Jim, ed. "Short Sturgeon". <i>The World's Worst Aircraft: From Pioneering Failures to Multimillion Dollar Disasters</i>. 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S.27">S.26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27" title="Short S.27">S.27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27" title="Short S.27">S.28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27" title="Short S.27">S.29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27" title="Short S.27">S.32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27" title="Short S.27">S.33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27" title="Short S.27">S.34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27" title="Short S.27">S.35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.36" title="Short S.36">S.36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.38" title="Short S.38">S.38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27" title="Short S.27">S.39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.41" title="Short S.41">S.41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27" title="Short S.27">S.43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27" title="Short S.27">S.44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.36" title="Short S.36">S.45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.45" title="Short S.45">S.48</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Short_Cromarty" title="Short Cromarty">N.3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Admiralty Types:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27#Short_Triple_Twin" title="Short S.27">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.41#Variants" title="Short S.41">42</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Admiralty_Type_74" title="Short Admiralty Type 74">74</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Admiralty_Type_81" title="Short Admiralty Type 81">81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Admiralty_Type_166" title="Short Admiralty Type 166">135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Type_827" title="Short Type 827">136</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Admiralty_Type_166" title="Short Admiralty Type 166">166</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Type_184" title="Short Type 184">184</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Type_827" title="Short Type 827">301</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Type_320" title="Short Type 320">310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Type_320" title="Short Type 320">320</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Type_827" title="Short Type 827">827</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Type_827" title="Short Type 827">830</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Post-1921<br />sequence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Short_Cockle" title="Short Cockle">S.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felixstowe_F.5" title="Felixstowe F.5">S.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Springbok" title="Short Springbok">S.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Satellite" title="Short Satellite">S.4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Singapore" title="Short Singapore">S.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.6_Sturgeon" title="Short S.6 Sturgeon">S.6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Mussel" title="Short Mussel">S.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.8_Calcutta" title="Short S.8 Calcutta">S.8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Rangoon" title="Short Rangoon">S.8/8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Gurnard" title="Short Gurnard">S.10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Valetta" title="Short Valetta">S.11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Singapore" title="Short Singapore">S.12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sarafand" title="Short Sarafand">S.14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_H3K" title="Kawanishi H3K">S.15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Scion" title="Short Scion">S.16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Kent" title="Short Kent">S.17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Scylla" title="Short Scylla">L.17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Knuckleduster" title="Short Knuckleduster">S.18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Singapore" title="Short Singapore">S.19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Mayo_Composite" title="Short Mayo Composite">S.20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Mayo_Composite" title="Short Mayo Composite">S.21</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Scion_Senior" title="Short Scion Senior">S.22</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Empire" title="Short Empire">S.23</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_S.23/37&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short S.23/37 (page does not exist)">S.24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sunderland" title="Short Sunderland">S.25</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.26" title="Short S.26">S.26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27" title="Short S.27">S.27</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_S.28&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short S.28 (page does not exist)">S.28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Stirling" title="Short Stirling">S.29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Empire" title="Short Empire">S.30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Stirling" title="Short Stirling">S.31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.32" title="Short S.32">S.32</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Empire" title="Short Empire">S.33</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_B.1/39&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short B.1/39 (page does not exist)">S.34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Shetland" title="Short Shetland">S.35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Stirling" title="Short Stirling">S.36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Stirling" title="Short Stirling">S.37</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">S.38</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">S.39</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Shetland" title="Short Shetland">S.40</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_N.7/46&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short N.7/46 (page does not exist)">S.41</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sperrin" title="Short Sperrin">S.42</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_SA.5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short SA.5 (page does not exist)">S.43</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sealand" title="Short Sealand">S.44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Seaford" title="Short Seaford">S.45 (I)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Solent" title="Short Solent">S.45 (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_S.46&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short S.46 (page does not exist)">S.46</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_S.47&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short S.47 (page does not exist)">S.47</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_X.30/46&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short X.30/46 (page does not exist)">S.48</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Tucano" title="Short Tucano">S.312</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Society_of_British_Aerospace_Companies#SBAC_aircraft_designations" title="Society of British Aerospace Companies">S.B.A.C</a><br />sequence</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">SA.1</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">SA.2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_N.7/46&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short N.7/46 (page does not exist)">SA.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sperrin" title="Short Sperrin">SA.4</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_SA.5&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short SA.5 (page does not exist)">SA.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sealand" title="Short Sealand">SA.6</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_S.46&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short S.46 (page does not exist)">SA.7</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_S.47&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short S.47 (page does not exist)">SA.8</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_X.30/46&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short X.30/46 (page does not exist)">SA.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_SB.1" title="Short SB.1">SB.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sealand" title="Short Sealand">SB.2</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">SB.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_SB.4_Sherpa" title="Short SB.4 Sherpa">SB.4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_SB.5" title="Short SB.5">SB.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Seamew" title="Short Seamew">SB.6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sealand" title="Short Sealand">SB.7</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_SB.8&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short SB.8 (page does not exist)">SB.8</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">SB.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_SC.1" title="Short SC.1">SC.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Seamew" title="Short Seamew">SC.2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_P.D.16&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short P.D.16 (page does not exist)">SC.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">SC.4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Belfast" title="Short Belfast">SC.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">SC.6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_SC.7_Skyvan" title="Short SC.7 Skyvan">SC.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_SC.1" title="Short SC.1">SC.8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">SC.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">SD.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_AQM-37_Jayhawk" title="Beechcraft AQM-37 Jayhawk">SD.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_330" title="Short 330">SD.3-30/330</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_360" title="Short 360">SD.3-60/360</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Names</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Short_Belfast" title="Short Belfast">Belfast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Bomber" title="Short Bomber">Bomber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Empire" title="Short Empire">'C-Class'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.8_Calcutta" title="Short S.8 Calcutta">Calcutta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Springbok" title="Short Springbok">Chamois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Cockle" title="Short Cockle">Cockle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Cromarty" title="Short Cromarty">Cromarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Crusader" title="Short Crusader">Crusader</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Empire" title="Short Empire">Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Folder" title="Short Folder">'Folder'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.26" title="Short S.26">'G-Class'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnosspelius_Gull" title="Gnosspelius Gull">Gnosspelius Gull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Gurnard" title="Short Gurnard">Gurnard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Kent" title="Short Kent">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Knuckleduster" title="Short Knuckleduster">Knuckleduster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Mayo_Composite" title="Short Mayo Composite">Mercury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Mayo_Composite" title="Short Mayo Composite">Maia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Mussel" title="Short Mussel">Mussel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Nimbus" title="Short Nimbus">Nimbus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Rangoon" title="Short Rangoon">Rangoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sandringham" title="Short Sandringham">Sandringham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sarafand" title="Short Sarafand">Sarafand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Satellite" title="Short Satellite">Satellite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Scion" title="Short Scion">Scion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Scion_Senior" title="Short Scion Senior">Scion Senior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Scylla" title="Short Scylla">Scylla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Seaford" title="Short Seaford">Seaford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sealand" title="Short Sealand">Sealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Seamew" title="Short Seamew">Seamew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Shirl" title="Short Shirl">'Shamrock'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_SB.4_Sherpa" title="Short SB.4 Sherpa">Sherpa (SB.4)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_C-23_Sherpa" title="Short C-23 Sherpa">Sherpa (C-23)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Shetland" title="Short Shetland">Shetland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Shirl" title="Short Shirl">Shirl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sporting_Type" title="Short Sporting Type">'Shrimp'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Silver_Streak" title="Short Silver Streak">Silver Streak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Singapore" title="Short Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_SC.7_Skyvan" title="Short SC.7 Skyvan">Skyvan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Solent" title="Short Solent">Solent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sperrin" title="Short Sperrin">Sperrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sporting_Type" title="Short Sporting Type">Sporting Type</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Springbok" title="Short Springbok">Springbok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Stirling" title="Short Stirling">Stirling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.6_Sturgeon" title="Short S.6 Sturgeon">Sturgeon (I)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sturgeon (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sunderland" title="Short Sunderland">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27#Short_Tandem_Twin" title="Short S.27">Tandem-Twin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Triple_Tractor" title="Short Triple Tractor">Triple-Tractor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27#Short_Triple_Twin" title="Short S.27">Triple-Twin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Tucano" title="Short Tucano">Tucano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Valetta" title="Short Valetta">Valetta</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By type</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Airships:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/R31-class_airship" title="R31-class airship"><i>R31</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R31-class_airship" title="R31-class airship"><i>R32</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R38-class_airship" title="R38-class airship"><i>R38</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bombers:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Short_Bomber" title="Short Bomber">Bomber</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Seamew" title="Short Seamew">Seamew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Shirl" title="Short Shirl">Shirl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sperrin" title="Short Sperrin">Sperrin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Stirling" title="Short Stirling">Stirling</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sturgeon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Experimental:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Short_Stirling" title="Short Stirling">M4 scale Stirling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gnosspelius_Gull" title="Gnosspelius Gull">Gnosspelius Gull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_SB.1" title="Short SB.1">SB.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_SB.4_Sherpa" title="Short SB.4 Sherpa">SB.4 Sherpa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_SB.5" title="Short SB.5">SB.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_SC.1" title="Short SC.1">SC.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra" title="English Electric Canberra">SC.9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Silver_Streak" title="Short Silver Streak">Silver Streak</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fighters:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Short_Gurnard" title="Short Gurnard">Gurnard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Gliders:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Short_Nimbus" title="Short Nimbus">Nimbus</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Racers:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Short_Crusader" title="Short Crusader">Crusader</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Maritime patrol &<br />reconnaissance:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Short_Empire" title="Short Empire">Empire/'C-Class'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.26" title="Short S.26">'G-Class'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Singapore" title="Short Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Rangoon" title="Short Rangoon">Rangoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sarafand" title="Short Sarafand">Sarafand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Shetland" title="Short Shetland">Shetland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Springbok" title="Short Springbok">Springbok</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.6_Sturgeon" title="Short S.6 Sturgeon">Sturgeon (I)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sturgeon (II)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sunderland" title="Short Sunderland">Sunderland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Seaford" title="Short Seaford">Seaford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Trainers:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27" title="Short S.27">S.27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27" title="Short S.27">Improved S.27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.38" title="Short S.38">S.38</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sturgeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Tucano" title="Short Tucano">Tucano</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transports<br />& airliners:</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Short_330" title="Short 330">330</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_360" title="Short 360">360</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Belfast" title="Short Belfast">Belfast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Empire" title="Short Empire">Short Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.26" title="Short S.26">G-Class</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sunderland#Post-war_civilian_use" title="Short Sunderland">Hythe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Kent" title="Short Kent">Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Mayo_Composite" title="Short Mayo Composite">Short-Mayo Composite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sandringham" title="Short Sandringham">Sandringham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Scion" title="Short Scion">Scion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Scion_Senior" title="Short Scion Senior">Scion Senior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Scylla" title="Short Scylla">Scylla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sealand" title="Short Sealand">Sealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Shetland" title="Short Shetland">Shetland</a></li> <li><a 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