Saunders-Roe Aircraft

There is a separate entry for Saunders-Roe company history.

Note: Built by S. E. Saunders.

Note: Built by Saunders-Roe.

Note: Built in collaboration with another manufacturer.

Saunders-Roe Aircraft
Model	Date	Detail
Flying Boats
Saunders: Kittiwake	1920	Seven-passenger amphibian.
Saunders: Valkyrie	1926	Patrol and general-purpose flying boat
Saunders: Medina	1926	Ten-passenger flying boat
Saunders: A.14	1928	Experimental flying boat.
Saunders: Severn	1932	Maritime patrol flying boat
A17 Cutty Sark		The A17 Cutty Sark was the new company's first design. It was a shoulder winged twin engined four seat amphibian monoplane with an all-metal hull and plywood covered wings. The above wing pylon mounted engines could easily be changed, and a variety of different engines were used to power Cutty Sarks, including 104 hp Cirrus-Hermes Mk 1s and 120 hp de Havilland Gipsy IIs
A19 Cloud	1933	Amphibian maritime trainer. Two crew with eight passengers. Powered by two 340 hp Armstrong Siddeley Motors Serval III or V. 17 aircraft produced.
A.21 Windhover	1930	Amphibious aircraft
A27 London	1936	Reconnaissance and general purpose biplane flying boat. Powered by two 920 hp Pegasus X engines. Military biplane flying boat but only 31 were built, entering service with the Royal Air Force in 1936.
A.29 Cloud Monospar	1934	Variant of the Saunders-Roe Cloud.
Saunders-Roe: A.33	1938	Prototype flying boat
A36 Lerwick	1938	Twin-engined maritime patrol monoplane flying boat. 21 built.
Saunders-Roe: Shrimp	1939	Research Aircraft.
Saunders-Roe: SR/A1	1947	Prototype flying boat fighter aircraft.
Saunders-Roe: Princess	1952	Flying boat airliner.
Saunders-Roe: Duchess	-	Also known as the model P.131. Design for a large jet-powered flying boat.
Land-based aircraft
Saunders: T.1	1917	The Saunders T.1 was the first aircraft built by the Saunders Company, a two-seat single-engined biplane with unusual monocoque fuselage construction. Only one was built.
A.22 Segrave Meteor	1917	The Saunders T.1 was the first aircraft built by the Saunders Company, a two-seat single-engined biplane with unusual monocoque fuselage construction. Designed by Sir Henry Segrave. Only one was built.
Saunders: A.10	1929	Private venture four-gun fighter.
Saunders-Roe: Mailplane	1932	Three-engined transport monoplane for 6 to 10 passengers.
Saunders-Roe: A.24M	1932	Three-engined transport monoplane for 6 to 10 passengers.
Saunders-Roe: SR.53	1957	British prototype interceptor aircraft of mixed jet and rocket propulsion developed for the Royal Air Force.
Saunders-Roe: SR.177	-	1950s project to develop a combined jet- and rocket-powered interceptor aircraft for the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.
Helicopters
Saunders: Helicogyre	-	1920s experimental helicopter designed by Vittorio Isaaco and built by S.E. Saunders Limited for the British Air Ministry.
Cierva: Air Horse	1948	Single-engine three-rotor helicopter
Saunders-Roe: Skeeter	1948	Two-seat training and scout helicopter
Saunders-Roe: P.531	1958	All-metal five-seat helicopter.
Hovercraft
SR.N1	1959	The first practical hovercraft.
SR.N2	1961	Following on from the SR.N1 research craft.
SR.N3	1963	A military version of the SR.N2.
SR.N4	1968	Also known as the Mountbatten class hovercraft. A large passenger and vehicle carrying hovercraft.
SR.N5	1964	Medium-sized hovercraft
SR.N6	1965	Also known as the Winchester class. A larger version of the SR.N5 series.
Saunders-Roe Aircraft

Hydrofoil

• R-103 - a 17 ton Hydrofoil for Royal Canadian Navy, Known as "Bras d'Or". Built in 1956 by Saunders-Roe, Anglesea

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Sources of Information

• The Encyclopedia of British Military Aircraft by Chaz Bowyer. Published in 1982. ISBN 1-85841-031-2
• [1] Wikipedia
• Warplanes of the World 1918-1939 by Michael J. H. Taylor. Published 1981. ISBN 0-7110-1078-1