Singapore | |
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General information | |
Type | Military flying boat |
Manufacturer | Short Brothers |
Status | Phased out of service |
Primary users | Royal Air Force |
Number built | 37 |
History | |
Manufactured | 1934–1937 |
Introduction date | 1935 |
First flight | 17 August 1926 (Mk.I) 15 June 1934 (Mk.III) |
Retired | Retired by RAF in 1941, last flight flown by RNZAF in 1942 |
Developed from | Short 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.