Blackburn Shark / B-6
Страна: Великобритания
Год: 1933


Двух- или трехместный торпедоносец, бомбардировщик, разведывательный самолет корабельного или наземного базирования
Описание:
Shark / B-6
Blackburn В-6 Shark
Flight, May 1934
THE BLACKBURN T.S.R.
Flight, June 1934
Blackburn B. 6
Flight, December 1934
THE BLACKBURN "SHARK"
Flight, March 1935
THE BLACKBURN T.S.R. SEAPLANE
Flight, May 1935
A NEW BLACKBURN "G.P."
Фотографии

Shark / B-6

Разведчик, бомбардировщик и торпедоносец. Одномоторный цельнометаллический биплан. Шасси сменное: колеса или два поплавка. Создан в КБ "Блэкберн эйрплейн энд мотор компани" (с 1936 г. именовалась "Блэкберн эйркрафт") как палубный бомбардировщик-торпедоносец. Опытным образцом "Шарка" являлся самолет В-6 (Т.9), впервые поднявшийся в воздух 24 августа 1933 г. на колесах. С декабря 1934 г. "Шарк" серийно строился на заводах "Блэкберн" в Бру и Дамбартоне, а с июля 1939 г. - также на предприятии фирмы "Боинг оф Кэнеда" в Ванкувере. Всего выпустили 265 экз. (в т.ч. 17 в Канаде).
На поплавки "Шарк" впервые поставили в апреле 1935 г., превратив его в катапультный разведчик для крупных боевых кораблей. С мая 1935 г. часть самолетов стала собираться на поплавковом шасси.
"Шарк" состоял на вооружении в Великобритании с мая 1935 г., в Канаде и Португалии - с 1936 г.
Экипаж - 3 чел. Двигатель - в зависимости от модификации. Вооружение 2x7,69, бомбы до 750 кг или одна торпеда (680 кг).
Серийно выпускались следующие модификации:
   - "Шарк" I (Т.9) с мотором "Тайгер" IV;
   - "Шарк" II (Т.9А) с мотором "Тайгер" VIC; экспортные самолеты модификации НА имели дополнительные бензобаки;
   - "Шарк" III (T.9B) с закрытой кабиной; машины канадской постройки с мотором "Пегасус" IX, последние самолеты - с округлым рулем поворота.
С июля 1938 г. завод в Дамбартоне дорабатывал "Шарк" II под стандарт модификации III.
Поплавковые самолеты "Шарк" появились на линкорах и крейсерах британского флота с начала 1937 г., но уже с ноября начали заменяться более современными типами машин. С ноября 1937 г. их стали использовать для буксировки мишеней для тренировки зенитчиков. На береговых базах "Шарк" служили до начала Второй мировой войны. В июне 1940 г. как разведчики и самолеты связи они участвовали в организации эвакуации английских войск из Дюнкерка. Небольшое количество машин этого типа действовало с Мальты в начале обороны острова, а также отражало высадку японского десанта в Малайе в декабре 1941 г.
Канадские "шарки" с сентября 1939 г. патрулировали побережье Британской Колумбии. В октябре 1942 г. "Шарк" III атаковал немецкую подлодку.
Производство самолетов прекратили в Англии в декабре 1937 г., в Канаде - в апреле 1940 г. Британский флот снял "Шарк" с вооружения в 1942 г. В Канаде они до 1944 г. эксплуатировались как учебные. В июне 1944 г. канадцы передали самолеты англичанам; их использовал учебный центр на о. Тринидад.


"Шарк" III||
Размах:||14,02 м
Длина:||11,71 м
Моторы, количество х мощность:||1х 746 л. с.
Взлетная масса, максимальная:||3750 кг
Максимальная скорость:||230 км/ч
Практический потолок:||4650 м
Дальность:||1835 км (с дополнительным баком)

Blackburn В-6 Shark

Самолет В-6, построенный в инициативном порядке на конкурс в соответствии с требованиями S.15/33, имел в основе конструкцию бомбардировщика-торпедоносца В-3 той же компании, спроектированного под требования М.1/30 и поднятого впервые в воздух 24 февраля 1933 года. Прототип В-6 совершил свой первый полет на полгода позже, 24 августа 1933 года, а в ноябре того же года был передан в А&АЕЕ (Управление испытаний самолетов и авиационного вооружения). В начале следующего года прошли испытания, в ходе которых самолет сажали на палубу авианосца "Корейджес", а в августе 1934 года был размещен заказ на 16 самолетов для авиации Королевских ВМС.
   Прототип был оснащен двумя поплавками и удачно прошел испытания на воде. Последовали контракты, в соответствии с которыми компания "Blackburn" отдельными партиями поставила авиации британского флота 238 самолетов как с поплавковым шасси (гидросамолет), так и с обычным шасси для базирования на аэродромах.
   Как и его прототип, Shark Mk I был оснащен одним звездообразным двигателем Armstrong Siddeley Tiger IV мощностью 710 л. с. Двигатель Tiger VI использовался и для Shark Mk II, выпуск которого начался в 1936 году, а на следующей серийной модификации, Shark Mk III, устанавливался двигатель Bristol Pegasus III мощностью 800 л. с. Было поставлено 95 машин модели Shark Mk III.
   Когда Shark был заменен в морской авиации на знаменитый самолет Fairey Swordfish, оставшиеся машины поступили в тыловые подразделения, а несколько самолетов переделали в буксировщики мишеней.
   Шесть гидросамолетов Shark Mk IIA были приобретены португальскими ВМС, самолеты доставили заказчику в марте 1936 года. Последним зарубежным покупателем данного самолета стала Канада, купившая в 1936 году семь Shark Mk II для Канадских Королевских ВВС. Успех машин был таков, что "Boeing Aircraft of Canada", дочерняя компания всемирно знаменитого сегодня американского концерна, получила право на лицензионную сборку этих самолетов в Ванкувере, где построили 17 самолетов Shark Mk III с двигателями Pegasus IX мощностью 840 л.с. Самолеты Shark канадского производства использовались до 1944 года, когда с эксплуатации был снят последний самолет.


ТАКТИКО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКИЕ ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКИ

   Blackburn Shark Mk II (торпедоносец наземного базирования)

   Тип: двух- или трехместный торпедоносец, бомбардировщик, разведывательный самолет корабельного или наземного базирования
   Силовая установка: один звездообразный двигатель Armstrong Siddeley Tiger VI мощностью 760 л.с. (567 кВт)
   Летные характеристики: максимальная скорость на уровне моря 241 км/ч; крейсерская скорость на оптимальной высоте 190 км/ч; начальная скороподъемность 273 м/мин; практический потолок 4875 м; дальность полета 1006 км
   Масса: пустого 1832 кг; максимальная взлетная 3651 кг
   Размеры: размах крыла 14,02 м; длина 10,74 м; высота 3,68 м; площадь крыльев 45,43 мг
   Вооружение: один 7,7-мм пулемет Vickers на неподвижной установке в передней части фюзеляжа и один 7,7-мм пулемет Lewis или Vickers на подвижной установке в задней кабине, плюс одна 680-кг торпеда или 907 кг бомб на внешней подвеске.

Flight, May 1934

THE BLACKBURN T.S.R.
Bristol "Pegasus" 9 cylinder or Siddeley "Tiger" 14 cylinder engine available.

   DESIGNED for work such as torpedo-dropping, Fleet spotting, and Fleet reconnaissance, the new Blackburn B.6 is an unequal-span biplane with folding wings. A twin-float undercarriage can be substituted for the wheels, and the machine operated as a seaplane. When used as a landplane the machine is fitted with wheel brakes and a tracking tail wheel to facilitate ground handling. The fuselage is of metal monocoque construction, and is designed to accommodate a crew of two or three, according to the military duties undertaken. The power plant may be either a Bristol "Pegasus" or a Siddeley "Tiger." The machine has been tested with both types. The photographs show the "Tiger" version. An unusual feature is the wing bracing.

Flight, June 1934

Blackburn B. 6
  
   Belonging to the class known as T.S.R. (Torpedo, Spotter, Reconnaissance), this Blackburn machine has been designed for torpedo operation, bombing, Fleet gunnery, spotting and reconnaissance. As it is intended to operate from an aircraft carrier, the machine has folding wings so that it can be housed in a relatively small space. If desired, a float chassis can be substituted for the wheel undercarriage. The fuselage is of metal monocoque construction, and accommodation can be provided for a crew of two or three, according to the duties to be undertaken. The wing span is 46 ft., and the engine a Siddeley "Tiger" of 670-700 b.h.p.

Flight, December 1934

THE BLACKBURN "SHARK"
A General-purpose Coastal Protection Aeroplane for Torpedo Operation, Bombing, Fleet Gunnery Spotting and Reconnaissance: Adaptability as a Ship-plane, Landplane, or Seaplane

   DEVELOPED from the Blackburn T.S.R., which has performed so well in Service trials, the new “Shark” not only appears to be extremely effective for the purposes for which it is designed, but also embodies many unusually interesting features.
   It is a strut-braced biplane of sesquiplane form, with a monocoque light alloy fuselage having cockpit accommodation for two or three persons according to the work upon which the machine is to be employed. The engine can be either the Armstrong Siddeley "Tiger" of 700 h.p. or the Bristol "Pegasus III M" of 690 h.p. The normal land undercarriage is in two widely spread and entirely separate halves, allowing ample room for the stowage of a torpedo, and a twin-float undercarriage has been designed to be interchangeable.
   The “Shark” is truly a general-purpose machine for coastal protection. As a torpedo-bomber it can carry a torpedo or a load of bombs weighing about 1,500 lb. (680 kg), a crew of two, and fuel for about 625 miles (1 005 km) as a land machine, or 548 miles (882 km) as a seaplane. When it is used as a Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance machine no bombs are carried, and with a crew of three, the fuel load will suffice for 792 miles (1 274 km) as a landplane and 690 miles (1 110 km) as a seaplane, while if it is desired still further to increase the range an additional tank may be slung in the torpedo crutches, putting the mileage up to 1,130 miles (1 820 kin) and 990 miles (1 590 km.) respectively.
   It will be seen that the "Shark" embodies in itself the desiderata of several types of aircraft, and it is, therefore, not only economical from the point of view of initial outlay, but also from that of maintenance, and, furthermore, because of the large load it carries.
   Apart from those already mentioned, the "Shark" possesses several important features which make it particularly attractive for use with the Fleet. As the machine is designed for use on an aircraft carrier, outlook is important and the sesquiplane arrangement of the wings provides it, at the same time giving rapid acceleration and excellent control at low speeds. Good take-off and slow landing characteristics are provided by an arrangement which allows of drooping the ailerons so that they have the same effect as wing flaps.
   The wings fold, and this manoeuvre is made more rapid by having a hydraulic pump in each bottom centre plane, by means of which the wing root locking pins securing both the upper and lower wing spars to the centre section spars can be withdrawn or engaged simultaneously by the operation of one hand lever.
   The fuselage is perhaps the most interesting part of the whole machine. As the aircraft is for shipboard use there are fittings for catapult launching and for arresting gear, while slinging gear is provided for launching or taking on board as a seaplane.
   The whole of the fuselage is constructed of Alclad with built-up transverse watertight frames, light longitudinal stringers and a covering of riveted sheet forming a monocoque structure. The most important part about the fuselage is that practically the whole of it is divided into watertight compartments, so that in case of forced landing at sea it would float.
   The mainplanes have stainless steel tubular spars, drawn by Boulton Paul of their patent interlocking section. In the top planes the spars have tubular booms and plate webs, but the bottom planes the spars are of the figure of eight type. Throughout, the ribs are of light alloy. The wing tips are separate detachable sections which can be replaced in case of damage. The ailerons have steel tubular spars and light alloy ribs, and are Frise balanced. The wings may be folded with the bomb load in place. The tail plane, elevators and rudder are of similar construction with steel tube spars and duralumin ribs, and, like all the covered surfaces, are covered with doped fabric. The fin is a separate structure of Alclad, with a light alloy framework.
   The main fuel supply is carried in two duralumin tanks riveted on the de Bergue system, mounted in separate compartments in front of the pilot; these compartments are watertight. A third tank is carried as reserve in the front of the fuselage top decking.
   From these details it will be seen that the Blackburn "Shark" sets a new standard in the construction of seagoing aircraft. It is a design which should be both easy to maintain and eminently suitable for Service use, particularly owing to the wide range of duties for which it has been designed and on which it may be employed.

Flight, March 1935

THE BLACKBURN T.S.R. SEAPLANE
Interesting Features in Design of Floatplane Version of "Shark"

   WHEN Flight described the Blackburn "Shark” in the issue of December 13, 1934, it was mentioned that this machine can be supplied as a seaplane. Our photograph shows the machine as it appears with float undercarriage, and the sketches indicate some unusual features. The floats are not "handed," that is to say, the same float can be used on port and starboard sides, this being made possible by the adoption of a special joint, shown in one of the sketches.
   Water rudders are fitted to the heels of the floats, and are so arranged that they are kept in the "down" position by springs, but if any obstacle is struck by a rudder, the rudder immediately springs up into a raised position. The rudders, incidentally, are hydraulically operated.

Flight, May 1935

A NEW BLACKBURN "G.P."
Another Contribution to the Growing "General-purpose" List: Interesting Wing Arrangement of "Tiger"-engined Biplane

   GRADUALLY the list of new aeroplanes in the "General Purpose" class grows. Already several have been described and/or illustrated in Flight, including the Armstrong-Whitworth, the Westland, the Handley Page, and the Fairey. To the list has now been added the new Blackburn G.P. machine.
   I t is interesting to see how the various designers attack the problem. Although all the new General Purpose machines which have been illustrated so far have the one thing in common - that they are fitted with radial air-cooled engines - they differ considerably in their general conception and still more in their detail design. For example, the Westland and Handley Page designers chose the monoplane type of wing arrangement. The others have elected to follow the older and well-tried biplane type. It is a requirement of a General Purpose aeroplane that it must be able to carry a very large load, and it is not, therefore, surprising that the majority of designers have chosen the biplane, as it is easier to achieve a reasonably low wing loading with the extra wing area which the biplane provides.
   In the Blackburn General Purpose aeroplane something of a compromise in wing arrangement has been made in that the lower wing is of considerably smaller chord and span than the upper. In conjunction with the large cut-outs in the trailing edges, this form of biplane, which approaches the so-called "sesquiplane" arrangement, probably comes very close to monoplane efficiency combined with an excellent view for the crew, while the biplane bracing results in a relatively low wing weight.
   An examination of the accompanying Flight photographs of the machine shows that the wing bracing of the Blackburn G.P. is somewhat unusual. Instead of the orthodox vertical or nearly vertical interplane struts and streamline wire bracing, the wings of this machine are rigidly braced by sloping interplane struts, the lift of the lower wing being taken by one large strut which runs from lower front spar to upper rear spar The normal interplane struts are of "N" formation and provide the torsion or incidence bracing. Frise-type ailerons are fitted on upper and lower wings, and the upper wing is provided with automatic wing tip slots. The tail surfaces are of orthodox design, but it will be observed that the elevators are provided with trailing-edge tabs.
   The fuselage has smooth metal skin covering and is of good aerodynamic shape, the form being streamline and the Armstrong Siddeley "Tiger" engine enclosed in a long-chord cowling ring.
   A "split" undercarriage is, of course, used to give space for the bombs and/or torpedo carried under the fuselage. The wheels are not enclosed in "spats," but it will be noted that where the three undercarriage struts meet the wheel a very large fairing is used in order to avoid interference drag. A castering tail wheel is used instead of a skid.
   Of the extensive military equipment carried little may be said, but it will be observed that provision is made for carrying offensive armament in the form of bombs and/or a torpedo, and that navigation lights are carried. The defensive armament includes the usual synchronised machine guns for the pilot, mounted under the deck fairing, and a swivelling gun for the air gunner, who is protected against the slipstream by a flared-out cockpit coaming.
Blackburn T.S.R. (Armstrong-Siddeley "Tiger" engine).
Another view of the wing bracing is obtainable in the side elevation.
Blackburn "G.P."
The Blackburn G.P. machine is almost a "sesquiplane" in that the lower wing is much smaller than the upper. Note the unusual wing bracing.
The nose of the Blackburn "Shark" "Tiger"-engined T.S.R. biplane, showing how the 18-inch torpedo is carried and how the 760 h.p. 14-cylinder Tiger is fitted with the long-chord Siddeley cowling.
NOTEWORTHY: A three-quarter front view of the "Shark," which shows clearly the strut bracing of the wings.
The first production Blackburn Shark, K4349, the aircraft in which Menzies made a skilful forced landing in a field during a ferry flight in December 1934.
The first torpedo spotter reconnaissance machine to go into service with the R.A.F. is the Blackburn Shark (760 h.p. Tiger).
Английский разведчик-торпедоносец Блэкберн «Шарк» на колесном шасси. Юго-Восточная Азия. Фото предвоенных лет
THE BLACKBURN T.S.R.: The letters stand for torpedo, spotting, reconnaissance and the engine is a Siddeley "Tiger."
THE SAME - BUT DIFFERENT. The version of the Blackburn Shark T.S.R. to be flown at the Hatfield Display on Monday, will differ somewhat from that now in service with the Fleet Air Arm. The engine is a 600 h.p. Pegasus III and cockpit enclosures are incorporated - and very neatly too, judging from this photograph.
The Blackburn "Shark" Torpedo-Spotter-Reconnaissance Biplane (Armstrong Siddeley "Tiger" engine).
A flight of Skuas over Lee-on-the-Solent. In the foreground are Sharks.
(Top) Two Blackburn Sharks of the T.S.R. squadrons. Coming up astern is an impressive formation of fleet fighters - Hawker Ospreys and Nimrods. (Lower picture) "Long lines of British and foreign warships appeared out of the haze." The aircraft carriers are distinguishable.
A Swordfish and a Shark dip over the troop transport bearing R.A.F. units to eastern parts.
FOR ROYAL REVIEW: H.M.S. Courageous, which, together with Glorious and Furious, will be among the 277 vessels assembled at Spithead for the Royal Review to-day, Thursday. The aircraft is a Blackburn Shark T.S.R. with Siddeley Tiger engine.
Прототип самолета модели Shark, изображенный здесь, был в основном идентичен серийным машинам модификации Mk I. Обратите внимание на подвешенную под фюзеляжем 680-кг торпеду.
"The aircraft to be flown-off are brought up on the lifts from the hangars below decks and are ranged up behind each other on the flight deck. Often two or more squadrons are so ranged up at the same time." Sharks and Baffins are seen in this striking photograph taken on board H.M.S. Courageous.
BLACKBURN SHARK: Torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance (Tiger VI engine - 810 h.p. at 5,000ft.); span, 46ft.; gross weight, 7,870 lb.; max. speed, 152 m.p.h. at 5,500ft.
BASKING SHARKS: Egyptian sunlight lends a particular charm to this view of Blackburn Shark T.S.R.s (Siddeley Tiger VI engine) from H.M.S. Courageous over Aboukir, the coastal town and R.A.F. base near Alexandria.
Blackburn Shark torpedo spotter reconnaissance machines of the Fleet Air Arm with a Blackburn Baffin torpedo bomber beyond.
A unique formation of eight Service types which are normally to be found at Gosport. They are, reading from the top of the picture, Vildebeest, Osprey, Shark, Tutor, Avro 504N, Swordfish, Nimrod and Magister.
The Blackburn Shark is seen just before touching down and engaging its arrester hook with the transverse wires on the deck.
The white cross shows on the carrier's superstructure, signifying "O.K. to land on"; the Shark noses in for the landing, touches down; the deck landing officer raises his flags ("Arrester gear successfully engaged"); the Shark decelerates rapidly; handling crews shepherd her to the lift; latch pins are withdrawn, the wings fold back; and down goes the Blackburn into the bowels of the "Courageous."
GOSPORT CAMEO: A Blackburn Shark (Siddeley Tiger) and a Vickers Vildebeest (Bristol Pegasus) used for development work with torpedoes at Gosport. Both types (classed officially as torpedo bombers), although well established in service, are still in quantity production. Certain Vildebeests are receiving Perseus sleeve-valve engines.
Observers studying courses, with a Shark waiting in the background.
Lighter-and-heavier-than-air Day in the big hangar at Cardington. In this non-stop variety picture are barrage balloons, a Blenheim and a Battle (left), a new Hind Trainer (foreground), Hector, Shark, Swordfish and Cloud (right), not to mention other less discernible aircraft and a goodly proportion of the population of Bedfordshire.
Similar in that both were built with a watertight monocoque fuselage, the Shark (shown) and the M.1/30A, employed, respectively, the Siddeley Tiger and the Rolls-Royce Buzzard.
The Blackburn T.S.R. Seaplane. The engine is a Siddeley "Tiger" of 700 h.p.
The Blackburn Shark T.S.R. is also shown in its floatplane form.
The Blackburn Shark (Tiger Engine) which is being supplied to the Royal Air Force for the Fleet Air Arm.
In the foreground may be seen one with the external auxiliary tank under the fuselage.
Portuguese Shark seaplane carrying six bombs underwing.
REPULSIVE ARMAMENT: A Fairey Swordfish and a Blackburn Shark are now carried on the battle cruiser Repulse. They are housed in special hangars, one of which is visible in this view.
One of the Portuguese Sharks with full bomb load.
Английский разведчик-торпедоносец Блэкберн «Шарк» на поплавковом шасси. Юго-Восточная Азия. Фото предвоенных лет
One of the Blackburn "Shark" (Armstrong Siddeley "Tiger") of the Portuguese Naval Air Service, in the harbour of Bom Successo, the Naval Air Station of Lisbon.
"WHERE THE LEAN FIN DOGS THE BOAT" (Kipling). The boat which this Shark dogs may be under the water or on the water; for torpedo work, spotting for guns, and general reconnaissance are all within the Blackburn's powers. It is seen on the waters of Gibraltar Harbour.
THE WINGED SHADOW: The shadow of a Blackburn Shark floatplane (Siddeley Tiger VI) flits symbolically over the bows of H.M.S. Nelson. This picture was taken from another F.A.A. machine as the Nelson was steaming into Weymouth Bay with the rest of the Home Fleet in readiness for the King's visit to the Fleet last Monday.
"Шарк" II, доработанный под стандарт модификации III с установкой фонаря кабины
A Blackburn Shark III floatplane as adopted by the Royal Canadian Air Force for general-purpose work.
A Blackburn Shark III floatplane of the Royal Canadian Air Force. This type is fitted with a Bristol Pegasus engine and cockpit enclosure.
The close-up view shows how the wings can be folded with bombs in place. The engine is a Bristol Pegasus IX (785 h.p. max. at 6,500ft.) which drives a wooden airscrew with detachable blades.
In the view of the tail may be seen the "trimming tabs" on the trailing edge of the elevator.
THE NEST: The space under the fuselage of the Blackburn G.P. machine where bombs and torpedos are carried. In the view on the right can be seen the muff around the exhaust pipe from which heated air is led to the cockpits.
The Blackburn torpedo gear as fitted to the Shark.
The rear portion of the fuselage without its outer plating.
Fuselage construction at the tail.
A close-up of the bottom front spar fitting, showing the hydraulically operated pin. The lever is half hidden behind the undercarriage leg.
Juvenile interest in the Lewis gun on a Blackburn "Shark" T.S.R. machine at Gosport.
An observer tries the highspeed Vickers-Berthier gun on one of the Sharks
An anonymous Blackburn Shark makes its presence felt on the bridge.
This dramatic three-picture sequence shows Blackburn Shark II K8466 of 800 Squadron Fleet Air Arm during and after a landing collision with the Courageous superstructure. Both the pilot, Lt "Slob" Solby, and his passenger were unhurt.
Picture shows the Blackburn patent torpedo carrier beneath the fuselage and the Universal bomb-carriers on the wings.
Though this page is normally confined to flying models, we feel that this non-flying scale model of a Blackburn Shark is of such exceptional merit that it deserves a place. It was built to a scale of 1/2 in. to 1 ft. by Mr. J. R. Managh, of Winnipeg, working from Flight drawings and photographs of the original.
The Blackburn Torpedo Spotter Reconnaissance Tiger engined land and seaplane which is being supplied to the Royal Air Force for the Fleet Air Arm.
Blackburn Shark No 801 Squadron HMS Courageous 1935
FOR BLIND FLYING: The hood over the pupil's cockpit in the Blackburn B.6.
Blackburn Shark. The new cockpit enclosure in two positions
The root end of a lower outer plane. The spar is one of Boulton Paul's drawn sections of wrap-jointed steel tube.
A bottom wing centre-section. On the right is the rear spar fitting, which is also a catapult connection.
These drawings show the monocoque construction of the centre and front portions of the fuselage. At the bottom, on the left, are the manholes through which the fuel tanks are offered up into the fuselage; the holes are then closed with water-tight doors.
Unusual float details: On the left is shown the spring-loaded water rudder and the hydraulic mechanism for operating the rudders. On the right is the special joint which has been designed to avoid "handing" the floats.
The general arrangement of the Blackburn torpedo carrier, showing the disposition of the crutches, slings, stop plate, etc. Mechanical or electrical release gear may be used.
Blackburn Shark Siddeley Tiger VI
Blackburn Shark III
Blackburn Shark III
Blackburn "Shark" Armstrong Siddeley "Tiger" Engine