Classic Combat Aircraft     |   home
                                                  
Fairey Barracuda
The first monoplane torpedo bomber of the RN. It was said that the Barracuda was designed by a committee and built in a madhouse. In fact, it was not that bad an aircraft, but early versions were seriously underpowered, and it was certainly ugly. The Barracuda was a shoulder-wing design with large slotted Fairey-Youngman flaps and a T-tail.

                          

Type: Torpedo bomber

Power plant One water-cooled Rolls-Royce Merlin 32 inline engine  

Wingspan 47.6 ft 14.50 m

Length 40 ft 12.18 m

Height 15 ft 4.58 m

Weight 14,080 LB 6,386 kg

Speed 210 mph 338 km/h

Ceiling 21,600 ft 6,585 m

Range 724 mi 1,165 km

Armament 2x 7.7mm machine gun; 744 kg torpedo or bombs

Crew Three