Beardmore W.B.III

WB.III
General information
TypeCarrier-based fighter
ManufacturerWilliam Beardmore and Company
Primary userRoyal Navy
Number built100
History
First flight1917[1]
Developed fromSopwith Pup

The Beardmore WB.III was a British carrier-based fighter biplane of World War I. It was a development of the Sopwith Pup that Beardmore was then building under licence, but was specially adapted for shipboard use.

  1. ^ Sharpe, Michael (2000). Biplanes, triplanes, and seaplanes. London: Friedman/Fairfax. p. 75. ISBN 1-58663-300-7.