Short Type 184
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Short Type 184 was a British two-seat reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo carrying folder seaplane designed by Short Brothers. An urgent requirement by the British Admiralty for a torpedo-carrying seaplane was met by a design by Horace Short of Short Brothers, Rochester, England. The first aircraft flew in early 1915 and 936 aircraft were built by ten different British aircraft companies, making it the most successful of Shorts'' pre-World War II aircraft. In Augu...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Short Type 184 was a British two-seat reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo carrying folder seaplane designed by Short Brothers. An urgent requirement by the British Admiralty for a torpedo-carrying seaplane was met by a design by Horace Short of Short Brothers, Rochester, England. The first aircraft flew in early 1915 and 936 aircraft were built by ten different British aircraft companies, making it the most successful of Shorts'' pre-World War II aircraft. In August 1915, a Short 184 of piloted by Flight Commander Charles H. K. Edmonds from HMS Ben-my-Chree operating in the Aegean became the first aircraft in the world to attack an enemy ship with an air-launched torpedo.
