Seabrook armoured lorry | |
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Type | Armoured car |
Place of origin | United Kingdom & United States |
Service history | |
In service | 1915–1918 |
Used by | Royal Naval Air Service & British Army |
Wars | First World War |
Production history | |
Designer | Charles Samson |
Designed | 1914 |
Manufacturer | Portholme Aerodrome Limited |
Produced | 1915 |
No. built | 30 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 10 long tons (10 t) |
Length | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
Width | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
Height | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
Crew | 6–9 |
Armour | .31 in (7.9 mm) |
Main armament | QF 3-pounder (47 mm) Vickers |
Secondary armament | 2 or 4 x .303 in (7.7 mm) Maxim or Vickers machine guns |
Engine | 4-cylinder Continental 32 hp (24 kW) |
Drive | Wheeled 4x2 |
Operational range | 100 mi (160 km) |
Maximum speed | 20 mph (32 km/h) |
References | Foss[1] & White.[2] |
The Seabrook armoured lorry was a British heavy armoured car built on the chassis of an American 5-ton truck which saw service with the Royal Naval Air Service during the First World War.