Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle - Specifications (ST Mk I)

Specifications (ST Mk I)

Data from The Unloved Albemarle

General characteristics

• Crew: 4
• Capacity: 10 paratroopers in ST
• Payload: 4,000 lb freight (1,820 kg)
• Length: 59 ft 11 in (18.26 m)
• Wingspan: 77 ft 0 in (23.47 m)
• Height: 15 ft 7 in (4.75 m)
• Wing area: 804 ft² (74.6 m²)
• Empty weight: 25,347 lb (10,270 kg)
• Loaded weight: 36,500 lb (16,556 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 36,500 lb (16,590 kg)
• Powerplant: 2 × Bristol Hercules XI radial engine, 1,590 hp (1,190 kW) each
• Propellers: De Havilland hydromatic propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 230 kn (265 mph, 426 km/h) at 10,500 ft (3,200 m)
• Cruise speed: 148 kn (170 mph, 274 km/h)
• Stall speed: 61 kn (70 mph, 113 km/h)
• Range: 1,300 mi (2,092 km)
• Service ceiling: 18,000 ft (5,486 m)
• Rate of climb: 980 ft/min (5.0 m/s)

Armament

• Guns:
  
  • 4 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine guns in dorsal turret.
  • 2 × .303 in (7.7 mm) machine guns in ventral turret (first prototype only)
• Bombs: Internal bomb bay for 4,500 lb (2,041 kg) of bombs