The Hawker Sea Fury was a British fighter aircraft designed and manufactured by Hawker. It was the last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy, and also one of the fastest production single piston-engined aircraft ever built.
- Role: Naval fighter-bomber
- Manufacturer: Hawker
- First flight: 1 September 1944 (Fury), 21 February 1945 (Sea Fury)
- Introduction: October 1945 (FAA), 1947 (RCN)
- Retired: 1953 (FAA), 1955 (RNVR), 1956 (RCN), 1957 (MLD), 1968 Burmese Air Force
- Produced: 1945–55
- Number built: 864
- Developed from: Hawker Tempest
Military operators
- Australia
- Burma
- Canada
- Cuba
- Egypt
- Germany
- Iraq
- Netherlands
- Pakistan
- United Kindom
Specifications (FB 11)
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 34 ft 8 in (10.56 m)
- Wingspan: 38 ft 43⁄4 in (11.69 m)
- Height: 15 ft 101⁄2 in (4.84 m)
- Wing area: 280 ft2 (26.01 m2)
- Empty weight: 9,240 lb (4,191 kg)
- Loaded weight: 12,350 lb (5,602 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 14,650 lb (6,645 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Centaurus 18 18-cylinder twin-row radial engine, 2,480 hp (1,850 kW) (take-off)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 460 mph (400 knots, 740 km/h) at 18,000 ft (5,500 m)
- Range: 700 mi (609 nmi, 1,126 km) with internal fuel; 1,040 mi (904 nmi, 1,674 km) with two drop tanks
- Service ceiling: 35,800 ft (10,910 m)
- Rate of climb: 4,320 ft/min (21.9 m/s)
Armament
- Guns: 4 × 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano Mk V cannon
- Rockets: 12× 3 in (76.2 mm) rockets or
- Bombs: 2,000 lb (907 kg) of bombs
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