Short Singapore

Singapore
Singapore Mark III, K8565 'Q'. of No. 4 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit, April 1941
General information
TypeMilitary flying boat
ManufacturerShort Brothers
StatusPhased out of service
Primary usersRoyal Air Force
Number built37
History
Manufactured1934–1937
Introduction date1935
First flight17 August 1926 (Mk.I) 15 June 1934 (Mk.III)
RetiredRetired by RAF in 1941, last flight flown by RNZAF in 1942
Developed fromShort Cromarty

The Short Singapore was a British multi-engined biplane flying boat built after the First World War. The design was developed into two four-engined versions: the prototype Singapore II and production Singapore III. The latter became the Royal Air Force's main long-range maritime patrol flying boat of the 1930s and saw service against the Japanese with the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the Second World War.