Vickers Type 253

Type 253
Role Multi-role military
National origin United Kingdom
Manufacturer Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd
Designer R.K.Pierson & Barnes Wallis
Retired 16 August 1934
Number built 1

The Vickers Type 253 was a single-engined two-seat biplane general-purpose military machine built to a 1930 government specification. It won a production contract, but this was transferred to the same company's monoplane equivalent, the Wellesley. Only one Type 253 was built.