Not to be confused with the 1928 Supermarine Seamew or 1940 Curtiss SO3C Seamew.
SB.6 Seamew
A Seamew landing on HMS Bulwark (R08), 1955
Role
Anti-submarine aircraft
Type of aircraft
Manufacturer
Short Brothers
First flight
23 August 1953[1]
Retired
1957
Primary users
Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Number built
26
The Short SB.6 Seamew was a British aircraft designed in 1951 by David Keith-Lucas of Shorts as a lightweight anti-submarine platform to replace the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA)'s Grumman Avenger AS 4 with the Reserve branch of the service. It first flew on 23 August 1953, but, due to poor performance coupled with shifting defence doctrine, it never reached service and only 24 production aircraft had flown before the project was cancelled. It has been described as a "camel amongst race-horses".[2]
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