Specifications (Albacore)
Data from The British Bomber since 1914
General characteristics
- Crew: Three
- Length: 39 ft 10 in (12.14 m)
- Wingspan: 50 ft 0 in (15.24 m)
- Height: 14 ft 2 in (4.62 m)
- Wing area: 623 ft² (57.9 m²)
- Empty weight: 7,250 lb (3,295 kg)
- Loaded weight: 10,460 lb (4,755 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 12,600 lb (5,727 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Taurus II (Taurus XII) 14-cylinder radial engine, 1,065 hp (1,130 hp) (794 kW (840 kw))
Performance
- Maximum speed: 140 kn (161 mph, 259 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 122 kn (140 mph, 225 km/h) (maximum cruise)
- Stall speed: 47 kn (54 mph, 87 km/h) (flaps down)
- Range: 817 nmi (930 mi, 1,497 km) (with torpedo)
- Service ceiling: 20,700 ft (6,310 m)
- Climb to 6000 ft 8 min
Armament
- Guns:
- 1 × fixed, forward-firing .303 in (7.7 mm) machine gun in starboard wing
- 1 or 2 × .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers K machine guns in rear cockpit.
- Bombs: 1 × 1,670 lb (760 kg) torpedo or 2,000 lb (907 kg) bombs
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