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  • Sopwith Bat Boat
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  • The Sopwith Bat Boats were British flying boats designed and built from 1912 to 1914. A single-engined pusher biplane, the Bat Boat was the first successful flying boat and amphibious aircraft built in the United Kingdom, with examples used by the Royal Navy and by Greece and Germany.
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Endurance
  • 16200.0
climb rate ftmin
  • 500
eng1 type
  • 14
Introduced
  • 1913
primary user
Type
  • Flying Boat
wing area sqft
  • 600
height m
  • 3.050000
span m
  • 16.460000
Manufacturer
empty weight lb
  • 2300
length m
  • 11.130000
max speed mph
  • 70
National Origin
First Flight
  • 1913
more users
cruise speed mph
  • 55
gross weight lb
  • 3120
prime units?
  • imp
Retired
  • 1915
Crew
  • 2
Number Built
  • 6
eng1 name
eng1 hp
  • 200
ref
  • British Flying Boats
eng1 number
  • 1
abstract
  • The Sopwith Bat Boats were British flying boats designed and built from 1912 to 1914. A single-engined pusher biplane, the Bat Boat was the first successful flying boat and amphibious aircraft built in the United Kingdom, with examples used by the Royal Navy and by Greece and Germany.