Short 184 (8359)
Built under licence at Westland Aircraft Works Yeovil
22/02/1916 - Delivered by rail to the Isle of Grain
04/03/1916 - Accepted
30/03/1916 - To Killingholme then HMS Engadine
10/05/1916 - Back to Killingholme for storage
13/05/1916 - Back to HMS Engadine
16/05/1916 - To Dundee
26/05/1916 - Returned to HMS Engadine
31/05/1916 - Reconnoitred before the Battle of Jutland, F/Cdr FJ Rutland and Asst Payr GS Trewin RNR
23/08/1916 - To Dundee
07/09/1916 - To HMS Engadine
01/03/1917 - To Dundee
26/03/1917 - To HMS Engadine
07/05/1917 - To Dundee
28/06/1917 - To HMS Engadine
30/07/1917 - To Rosyth
16/09/1917 - To HMS Furious
23/09/1917 - To HMS Engadine
27/09/1917 - With the ship at Buncrana
19/11/1917 - With the ship to Liverpool
02/12/1917 - Packed at Buncrana
29/12/1917 - By now despatched to the Imperial War Museum
1940 - Damaged during German raid on London
1974 - At IWM outstation Duxford
28/01/1976 - Arrived on loan from IWM at FAAM
TECHNICAL DETAILS
Role - Two seat reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo carrying seaplane
Manufacturers - Westland Aircraft Works, Yeovil
Power Plant - One Sunbeam 225hp/240hp or 260hp
Wingspan - 63ft 6.25in
Length - 40ft 7.50in
Height - 13ft 6in
Weight - 5,363lb loaded
Max Speed - 88.50mph at 2,000ft (Sunbeam 260)
Duration - 2.75 hours endurance
Armament - One free mounted Lewis machine gun aft, and provision for one 14in torpedo or various bombs up to a maximum of 520lb