Supermarine Seafang

Seafang
VB895, the prototype Seafang F.32
General information
TypeNaval fighter
National originUnited Kingdom
ManufacturerSupermarine
Primary userRoyal Navy
Number built18
History
First flight1946
Developed fromSupermarine Spiteful

The Supermarine Seafang was a British Rolls-Royce Griffon–engined fighter aircraft designed by Supermarine to Air Ministry specification N.5/45 for naval use. It was based on the Spiteful, which was a development of Supermarine's Griffon-engined Spitfire aircraft. By that time the Spitfire was a 10-year-old design in a period of rapid technical development in aviation. The Seafang was outmoded by jet aircraft, and only 18 were built.[1]

  1. ^ Price, 2001