Short Sandringham - Variants

Variants

Sandringham 1

Full civil conversion of Sunderland 3 for BOAC, accommodating 24 day or 16 sleeper passengers, and powered by four 1,030 hp (768 kW) Bristol Pegasus 38 engines. One built.

Sandringham 2

Civil conversion of Sunderland 5 for Argentine airline Dodero, accommodating 45 day passengers. Powered by four R-1830-92 engines, three conversions.

Sandringham 3

Conversion of Sunderland 5 with dining room and galley on upper deck and seats for 21 on lower deck. Two converted.

Sandringham 4

Four converted for TEAL of New Zealand (Tasman class). Seating for 30 passengers. Two were sold to Qantas and operated by them between 1950 and 1955.

Sandringham 5

Nine converted for BOAC (Plymouth class), accommodating 22 day or 16 sleeper passengers. Three of these were sold to Qantas which operated them between 1951 and 1955.

Sandringham 6

Radar equipped aircraft for Norwegian airline DNL. 37 passengers. Five converted.

Sandringham 7

Thirty seat aircraft for BOAC (Bermuda class). Three converted.

Islander

An addition civil conversion by Ansett official described as a Sunderland Mark V (Modified).