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class="infobox-label">First flight</th><td class="infobox-data">14 February 1928</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Developed from</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Short_Singapore" title="Short Singapore">Short Singapore</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Variants</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Short_Rangoon" title="Short Rangoon">Short Rangoon</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Short_Kent" title="Short Kent">Short Kent</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Breguet_521" class="mw-redirect" title="Breguet 521">Breguet 521</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Short Calcutta</b> or <b>S.8</b> was a civilian <a href="/wiki/Biplane" title="Biplane">biplane</a> <a href="/wiki/Airliner" title="Airliner">airliner</a> <a href="/wiki/Flying_boat" title="Flying boat">flying boat</a> made by <a href="/wiki/Short_Brothers" title="Short Brothers">Short Brothers</a>. </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_S.8_Calcutta&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design and development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Calcutta biplane flying boat originated from an <a href="/wiki/Imperial_Airways" title="Imperial Airways">Imperial Airways</a> requirement to service the Mediterranean legs of its services to and from India. Derived from the <a href="/wiki/Short_Singapore" title="Short Singapore">Short Singapore</a> military flying boat, the Calcutta was noteworthy for being the first British <a href="/wiki/Stressed_skin" title="Stressed skin">stressed skin</a>, metal-hulled flying boat but was preceded by the German <a href="/wiki/Zeppelin-Lindau_Rs.IV" title="Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.IV">Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.IV</a>. It was equipped with three <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Jupiter" title="Bristol Jupiter">Bristol Jupiter</a> engines mounted between the wings. The two pilots flew the plane from an open cockpit while the <a href="/wiki/Radio_operator" title="Radio operator">radio operator</a> shared the main cabin with 15 passengers. </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_S.8_Calcutta&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Operational history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The S.8 Calcutta made its first flight on 14 February 1928, having been launched the previous day and left at its mooring overnight to assess the hull for signs of leakage. Shorts' Chief <a href="/wiki/Test_pilot" title="Test pilot">Test Pilot</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Lankester_Parker" title="John Lankester Parker">John Lankester Parker</a> was at the controls, with <a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">Major</a> <a href="/wiki/Herbert_G._Brackley" title="Herbert G. Brackley">Herbert G. Brackley</a> of Imperial Airways as co-pilot. On 15 March 1928, this aircraft (registered as <i>G-EBVG</i>) was delivered by Parker and Brackley to the <a href="/wiki/Marine_Aircraft_Experimental_Establishment" title="Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment">Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment</a>, Felixstowe, for its <a href="/wiki/Certificate_of_Airworthiness" class="mw-redirect" title="Certificate of Airworthiness">airworthiness</a> and sea handling checks; these were successfully completed on 27 July of the same year and the aircraft was flown back to Shorts on the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes_and_James,_p._227_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes_and_James,_p._227-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>G-EBVG</i> was handed over to Imperial Airways on 9 August 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The S.8 Calcutta was introduced in 1928 and was used by Imperial Airways flying the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a>-to-<a href="/wiki/Karachi" title="Karachi">Karachi</a> leg of the <a href="/wiki/UK" class="mw-redirect" title="UK">Britain</a>-to-<a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> route. </p><p>A total of seven aircraft were built. A military version of the Calcutta, originally known as the <i>Calcutta (Service type)</i>, was built as the <b><a href="/wiki/Short_Rangoon" title="Short Rangoon">Short Rangoon</a></b>. In <a href="/wiki/1924_in_aviation" title="1924 in aviation">1924</a>, a Calcutta was purchased by the <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> <a href="/wiki/Breguet_Aviation" title="Breguet Aviation">Breguet Company</a> from which they developed a military version for the French Navy known as the <b>Breguet S.8/2</b>, which was similar to the Rangoon version. Four aircraft were built under licence by Breguet at Le Havre. Breguet later developed an improved version, the <a href="/wiki/Breguet_521" class="mw-redirect" title="Breguet 521">Breguet 521 Bizerte</a>. </p><p>On 1 August 1928, Parker, accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Oswald_Short" title="Oswald Short">Oswald Short</a>, flew <i>G-EBVG</i> to <a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">Westminster</a>, setting it down on the <a href="/wiki/Thames" class="mw-redirect" title="Thames">Thames</a> between <a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_Bridge" title="Vauxhall Bridge">Vauxhall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lambeth_Bridge" title="Lambeth Bridge">Lambeth</a> Bridges; it was moored off the <a href="/wiki/Albert_Embankment" title="Albert Embankment">Albert Embankment</a> for three days for inspection by <a href="/wiki/Members_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Members of Parliament">Members of Parliament</a> (including the then <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer" title="Chancellor of the Exchequer">Chancellor of the Exchequer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>), members of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> and others.<sup id="cite_ref-Barnes_and_James,_p._227_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes_and_James,_p._227-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Accidents_and_incidents">Accidents and incidents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_S.8_Calcutta&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Accidents and incidents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>City of Rome</i> (registration G-AADN) made a forced landing in high winds and poor weather in the <a href="/wiki/Ligurian_Sea" title="Ligurian Sea">Ligurian Sea</a> off <a href="/wiki/La_Spezia" title="La Spezia">La Spezia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, during a scheduled passenger flight from <a href="/wiki/Naples_International_Airport" title="Naples International Airport">Naples International Airport</a> in <a href="/wiki/Naples" title="Naples">Naples</a>, Italy, to <a href="/wiki/Genoa_Cristoforo_Colombo_Airport" title="Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport">Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport</a> outside <a href="/wiki/Genoa" title="Genoa">Genoa</a>, Italy, on 26 October 1929. It sank during efforts to tow it to shore, killing all seven people on board.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>City of Khartoum</i> (G-AASJ) suffered a catastrophic failure of all three engines shortly before the end of its flight between <a href="/wiki/Crete" title="Crete">Crete</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Egypt" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexandria, Egypt">Alexandria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, just after nightfall on 31 December 1935. The pilot was the only survivor; nine passengers and three crew were killed either by the impact with water or by drowning when the aircraft was overwhelmed by heavy waves. An inquiry by the British Air Ministry found that the <a href="/wiki/Carburetor" title="Carburetor">carburettors</a> had been altered in a way which increased fuel consumption, resulting in the aircraft running out of fuel.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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_S.8_Calcutta&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt><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></dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Airways" title="Imperial Airways">Imperial Airways</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_S.8_Calcutta&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Specifications"><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_Calcutta_3-view_drawing_NACA_Aircraft_Circular_No.68.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Short_Calcutta_3-view_drawing_NACA_Aircraft_Circular_No.68.png/220px-Short_Calcutta_3-view_drawing_NACA_Aircraft_Circular_No.68.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="288" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Short_Calcutta_3-view_drawing_NACA_Aircraft_Circular_No.68.png/330px-Short_Calcutta_3-view_drawing_NACA_Aircraft_Circular_No.68.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Short_Calcutta_3-view_drawing_NACA_Aircraft_Circular_No.68.png/440px-Short_Calcutta_3-view_drawing_NACA_Aircraft_Circular_No.68.png 2x" data-file-width="2045" data-file-height="2678" /></a><figcaption>Short Calcutta 3-view drawing from NACA Aircraft Circular No.68</figcaption></figure> <p style="font-size: 90%; margin:0;"><i>Data from</i> British Civil Aircraft 1919-1972:Volume III <sup id="cite_ref-Jackson_V3_p140_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jackson_V3_p140-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<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>Capacity:</b> 15 passengers</li> <li><b>Length:</b> 66 ft 9 in (20.35 m)</li> <li><b>Wingspan:</b> 93 ft 0 in (28.35 m)</li> <li><b>Height:</b> 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)</li> <li><b>Wing area:</b> 1,825 sq ft (169.5 m<sup>2</sup>)</li> <li><b>Empty weight:</b> 13,845 lb (6,280 kg)</li> <li><b>Max takeoff weight:</b> 22,500 lb (10,206 kg)</li> <li><b>Fuel capacity:</b> 480 imp gal (580 US gal; 2,200 L)<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Powerplant:</b> 3 × <a href="/wiki/Bristol_Jupiter" title="Bristol Jupiter">Bristol Jupiter</a> IXF 9-cylinder <a href="/wiki/Radial_engine" title="Radial engine">radial engine</a>, 540 hp (400 kW) each</li></ul> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Performance</b></span> </p> <ul><li><b>Maximum speed:</b> 118 mph (190 km/h, 103 kn) <sup id="cite_ref-Barnes_p233_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Barnes_p233-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Cruise speed:</b> 97 mph (156 km/h, 84 kn)</li> <li><b>Range:</b> 650 mi (1,050 km, 560 nmi)</li> <li><b>Service ceiling:</b> 13,500 ft (4,100 m)</li> <li><b>Rate of climb:</b> 750 ft/min (3.8 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_S.8_Calcutta&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p> <b>Related development</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Short_Cromarty" title="Short Cromarty">Short Cromarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Felixstowe_F.5" title="Felixstowe F.5">Short S.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Singapore" title="Short Singapore">Short Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saunders_Severn" title="Saunders Severn">Saunders Severn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Rangoon" title="Short Rangoon">Short Rangoon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Kent" title="Short Kent">Short Kent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawanishi_H3K" title="Kawanishi H3K">Kawanishi H3K</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Breguet_521" class="mw-redirect" title="Breguet 521">Breguet 521 Bizerte</a></li></ul> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <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_S.8_Calcutta&action=edit&section=7" 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"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Barnes_and_James,_p._227-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Barnes_and_James,_p._227_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Barnes_and_James,_p._227_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBarnesJames1989">Barnes & James 1989</a>, p. 227</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBarnesJames1989">Barnes & James 1989</a>, p. 228</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bamuseum.com/museumhistory20-30.html">"History of the British Airways Museum."</a> <i>British Airways Archive and Museum Collection</i>. Retrieved: 1 February 2007.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19291026-0">Aviation Safety Network: Accident Description</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"Report of the investigation of the accident to the aircraft G-AASJ "City of Khartoum" off Alexandria on the 31st of December, 1935" (<a href="/wiki/Command_paper" title="Command paper">Cmd. 5220</a>), HMSO, 1936.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jackson_V3_p140-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jackson_V3_p140_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJackson1988">Jackson 1988</a>, p. 140</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBarnes1967">Barnes 1967</a>, p. 226</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Barnes_p233-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Barnes_p233_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBarnesJames1989">Barnes & James 1989</a>, p. 233</span> </li> </ol></div></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_S.8_Calcutta&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><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="CITEREFBarnes1967" class="citation book cs1">Barnes, C.H. 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aircraft</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pre-1921</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_No.1_biplane" title="Short No.1 biplane">Biplane No.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Biplane_No._2" title="Short Biplane No. 2">Biplane No.2</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_No._3_biplane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short No. 3 biplane (page does not exist)">Biplane No.3</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short-Wright_biplane&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short-Wright biplane (page does not exist)">Short-Wright biplane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunne_D.5" title="Dunne D.5">Dunne D.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27" title="Short S.27">Improved S.27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.27#Short_Triple_Twin" title="Short S.27">Triple-Twin</a></li> <li><a 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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 href="/wiki/Short_S.45" title="Short S.45">S.49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.45" title="Short S.45">S.50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.41" title="Short S.41">S.51</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.41" title="Short S.41">S.52</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.41" title="Short S.41">S.53</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.38" title="Short S.38">S.62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.80" title="Short S.80">S.80</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_S.81" title="Short S.81">S.81</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">'N' sequence:</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_Shirl" title="Short Shirl">N.1B</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Short_N.2A&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Short N.2A (page does not exist)">N.2A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_N.2B" title="Short N.2B">N.2B</a></li> <li><a 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">S.8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Rangoon" title="Short Rangoon">S.8/8</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Gurnard" 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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 href="/wiki/Short_Sturgeon" title="Short Sturgeon">S.38</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Short_Sturgeon" title="Short Sturgeon">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 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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 href="/wiki/Short_Sturgeon" title="Short Sturgeon">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 href="/wiki/Short_Sturgeon" title="Short Sturgeon">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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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 href="/wiki/Short_Sturgeon" title="Short Sturgeon">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 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