FAIREY AVIATION COMPANY
From 1915 until the late 1930s,most Fairey floatplanes/seaplanes
were built the company's premise at Hayes,but were erected and
test flown at Hamble.Where it is known that the aircraft were
actually built at Hamble ,such an entry will be marked "*".
Any corrections /additions most welcome to "daveg4otu@aol.com"
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F.4 to F.15* Short 187 licence production 1915/10916
F.16 to F.25 N1000 to N1009 Campania N1000 f/f 10-02-17
F.180 to F.219 N2360 to N2399 Campania
F.130 to F149 N1320 to N1339 Hamble Baby 1917
F.150 toF.179 N1450 to N1479 Hamble Baby
F.127 N9 type N9 f/f 05-07-17
F.270 to F.274 N2225 to N2229 IIIB f/f 08-08-18(N2225 ?)
Others produced were N2230 toN2259(c/nsF.277 to F.306, and
N9230 to N9259 (c/ns F.307 to F.336)but at least 37 were
converted on production line to IIIc.Unknown how many were
erected at Hamble.
F.337 N129 N.4 Titania.Assembled( but not flown )at Hamble
Later flown at Felixstowe
F.339 N133 Pintail I f/f 07-07-20
F.340 N134 Pintail II f/f 25-05-21
F.341 N135 Pintail III f/f 08-11-21
The Fairey IIID was built as both land and seaplane.Total built was 227.
It is not known which of the RAF/FAA aircaft were actually built as seaplanes,
many were built as one version and converted to the other.
Those listed below are known to have started life as seaplanes and were test flown at Hamble
F.344 N9450 IIID f/f ??-08-20
F.394 to F.399 ANA.1 to ANA.6 IIID R.Aust.Navy
F.400 to F.402 IIID Portugal first a/c f/f 04-01-22
F.406 N163 Flycatcher.Prototype f/f 28-11-22(landplane)
F.407 N164 Flycatcher.Prototype f/f 05-05-23(floatplane)
F.408 N165 Flycatcher.Prototype (amphibian)
F.411 IIID Portugal
F.542 IIID Sweden
F.543 to F.549 IIID Portugal
F.574 N198 IIIF f/f as seaplane 20-04-26
F641 N9777 IIID Kings Cup Air Race 1924
F.696 IIID Sweden
F773 to F.776 F.1 to F.4 IIID Neterlands Naval Air Service
F.777 IIID Seaplane trainer version
F778 IIID Seaplane trainer version
F1122 to F1127 AP-1 to AP-6 IIIF Argentina
RAF/FAA production of IIIFs totaled several hundred of which many were floatplanes
It is not known if any of these were flight tested at Hamble.
Other seaplane versions of the IIIF were sold to Chile ,Greece and New Zealand.
F.1316 S1325 Seal f/f as seaplane 29-09-32
F.1754 S1706 S.9/30 f/f as seaplane 15-01-35
F.2038 K4190 TSR.2(Swordfish Prototype)f/f as seaplane 10-11-34
F.2122 * K4304 Seafox Prototype f/f 27-05-36
F.2123 * K4305 Seafox Prototype f/f 05-11-36( as landplane)
F2267 to F2315 *K8569 to K8617 Seafox Production(K8569 f/f 23-05-37)
F3436 to F3450 *L4519 to L4533 Seafox Production
F8455 * G-ALBL/G-6-4 Primer First production a/c 1948
F8456 G-ALEW/G-6-5 Primer
F8457 to F8464 Primer 8 a/c not completed.
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FOLLAND AIRCRAFT COMPANY PRODUCTION AT HAMBLE.
In 1940 Follands built 12 aircraft to serve as large engine test beds.
P1774 to P1785 Folland Fo-108 43/37 image below
FOLLAND MIDGE/GNAT PRODUCTION
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FL1 G-39-1 Midge f/f 11-08-54
FL2 G-39-2 Gnat F1 f/f 18-7-55 became XK724
FL7 G-39-3 Gnat became Indian AF IE1059 Originally allocated XK768
FL11 G-39-4 " " IE1060
FL9 G-39-5 " " IE1061
FL8 G-39-6 " became Finnish AF GN101 "
FL12 G-39-7 became Finnish AF GN102
FL14 G-39-8 " became Yugoslav AF 11601
FL17 G-39-9 " " 11602
FL16 G-39-10 " became Finnish AF GN103
FL24 G-39-11 " " GN104
FL18 XN122 Gnat F1 with RAF for Trials then to Indian AF as IE1064
RAF PRODUCTION
GNAT F1 XK739,XK740,XK741,XK767 c/ns FL3 to FL6
GNAT T1 XM691 to XM698,XM704 to XM709 c/ns FL501 to FL514(XM693 preserved at Hamble)
" XP500 to XP516,XP530 to XP542 c/ns FL515 to FL544
" XR534 to XR 545 ,XR567 to XR574 c/ns FL545 to FL564
" XR534 to XR 545 ,XR567 to XR574 c/ns FL545 to FL564
XR948 to XR955,XR976 toXR987, )
XR991 to XR999, )
XS100 to XS111 )C/ns FL565 to FL 605
Additional Production
Not strictly speaking an aircraft ,the GERM(Ground Effect Research Vehicle) of 1960 used the British Class "B" aircraft
registration G-39-15
