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Blackburn Shark
| Crew | 3 |
| Dimensions | 35'3" by 46' by ?? 10.7m by 14.0m |
| Wing area | 489 square feet 45.4 square meters |
| Weight | 4039-8050 lbs 1832-3651 kg |
| Maximum speed | 150 mph 241 km/h |
| Service ceiling | 16,000 feet 4900 meters |
| Power plant | 1 760 hp (567 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Tiger VI driving a
three-bladed propeller |
| Armament | 1 0.303
Vickers fixed nose machine gun 1 0.303 Lewis flexible rear cockpit machine gun |
| External stores | 1 torpedo or 1 2000lb (910 kg) bomb |
| Range | 625 miles 1006 km |
The Blackburn Shark was a biplane
torpedo bomber that was
hopelessly obsolete by the start of the Pacific war. A few
were still on duty
in second-line units, such as Canadian
coastal patrol squadrons, which used aircraft manufactured under license at the Boeing plant in Vancouver.
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