Short Singapore 111 K 6912, K 6916 to 6918 1941 to 1943

Design:
Eustace, Horace & Oswald Short

Company:
Short

Wing Span:
90 ft 0 in 27.43 M

Wing Area:
1,465 sq ft 136.1 Sq M

Length:
64 ft 6 in 19.56 M

Height:
23 ft 7 in 7.19 M

Ceiling:
15,000 ft 4,570 M

Speed: at 2,000 ft
136 MPH 219 KPH 118 Kts

Range:
1,000 Miles 1,510 Km 870 NMl

T/O Weight:
32,390 lb 14,692 kg

Crew:
2 Pilot
1 Navigator
1 Flight Engineer
1 Signaller
1 Bomb Aimer

Role:
Maritime Patrol

Total Manufactured:
37

First Flight:
17 Aug 1926

Developed From:
Singapore 1

Armament:
1 .303 in Lewis in Bow
1 .303 in Lewis Amidships
1 .303 in Lewis Aft
Up to
1,100 lb 500 kg bombs under wing

Qty Served:
4

Years Served:
1941 to 1943

Tail Nos
K 6912, K 6916 to K 6918

ENGINE

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Qty:
4

Type:
Rolls Royce Kestrel 111

12 cylinder, in-line, 60^ vee, liquid cooled, supercharged

Bore:
5 in 127 mm

Stroke:
5.5 in 140 mm

Volume:
1296 cu in 21.24 L

Horse Power:
685 HP
Max RPM:
2,240 RPM

Fuel:
87 octane

First Run:
1926

Length:
74.61 in 1,895 mm

Width:
24.41 in 620 mm

Height:
35.63 in 905 mm

Weight:
957 lb 434 kg

Power to Weight Ratio
0.72 hp/lb 1.18 KW/Kg

Notes:
GR = General Reconnaissance
Sqn = Squadron

K 6912

Constructors No.: S 823
To Felixstowe UK 22 May 1936
To 230 Sqn 3 Aug 1936
Sent to Far East with Sqn 14 Oct 1936
Code letters NT – D
To 203 Sqn 29 Sep 1938
Rebuilt and test flown 21 Dec 1939
Left Aden for Singapore 7 May 1940
Code letters FV – V
To 205 Sqn, Singapore 15 May 1940

K 6912

To RNZAF as a stop gap measure until Catalinas
Were available from 14 Oct 1941
Ferried Singapore to Fiji 13 – 24 Dec 1941
Code letters OT - A
To 5 GR Sqn Laucala Bay Fiji
Final flight 16 Apr 1943
Withdrawn from service and scuttled in
300 ft of water in Laucala Bay Fiji

K 6916

Constructors No.: S 827
To 210 Sqn 31 Jul 1936
To 230 Sqn 17 Sep 1936
Sent to Far East with Sqn 14 Oct 1936
Code letter FV – J
To 205 Sqn, Singapre 29 Jun 1938

K 6916

To RNZAF as a stop gap measure until Catalinas
Were available from 14 Oct 1941
Ferried from Singapore to Fiji 16 Oct – 14 Nov 1941
To 4 GR Sqn
Code letter OT - D
To 5 GR Sqn Laucala Bay Fiji 18 Nov 1941
Struck submerged coral outcrop on take-off 18 Dec 1941
Cannibalized for spares

K 6917

Constructors No.: S 828
To 210 Sqn 27 Aug 1936
To 209 Sqn 19 Sep 1936
To 230 Sqn 13 Nov 1936
Sent to Far East with Sqn 14 Oct 1936
Code letter FV – K
To 205 Sqn 1 May 1938
To Aircraft Depot, Seletar, Singapore 11 Apr 1940
To 205 Sqn, Singapore 23 Apr 1940

K 6917

To RNZAF as a stop gap measure until Catalinas
Were available from 14 Oct 1941
Ferried from Singapore to Fiji 16 Oct – 17 Nov 1941
To 4 GR Sqn
Code letter OT – B
To 5 GR Sqn Laucala Bay Fiji 18 Nov 1941
Withdrawn from service, stripped of
Useful parts Nov 1942
Sold as a houseboat in Fiji

K 6918

Constructors No.: S 829
To 230 Sqn 7 Sep 1936
Sent to Far East with Sqn 14 Oct 1936
Code letter FV - L
To 205 Sqn 23 Jul 1938
To Aircraft Depot, Seletar, Singapore 11 May 1940
To 205 Sqn, Singapore 23 May 1940

K 6918

To RNZAF as a stop gap measure until Catalinas
Were available from 14 Oct 1941
Ferried from Singapore to Fiji 13 – 24 Dec 1941
Code letter OT – C
To 5 Sqn Laucala Bay Fiji
Final flight 8 Mar 1943
Withdrawn from use
Scuttled in 300 ft of water in Laucala Bay Fiji

5 GR Sqn Attacked Japanese Submarine and
Claimed as damaged 11 Jul 1942

Flown By:

4 GR Sqn Fiji
5 GR Sqn Laucala Bay Fiji

Unsourced photos through the Ohakea Museum

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