Maritime Aircraft

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force classified as maritime aircraft — profiled in full.

6 Aircraft Profiles
Featured Maritime Aircraft

Bristol Beaufort

Bristol Aeroplane Company

Maritime Aircraft

The Bristol Beaufort became one of Coastal Command’s key torpedo bombers, striking Axis shipping from home waters to Malta and the Mediterranean.

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Entered service 1940
Retired 1944
Max speed 271 mph (436 km/h)
Ceiling 16,500 ft (5,029 m)
Range 1,600 miles (2,575 km)

Maritime Aircraft · 6 aircraft

Formation & Interwar

Avro Anson

A. V. Roe and Company
Maritime Aircraft 1936–1968
Cold War

Avro Shackleton

A. V. Roe and Company
Maritime Aircraft 1951–1991
Modern RAF

Boeing Poseidon MRA1

Boeing
Maritime Aircraft 2020
Second World War

Bristol Beaufort

Bristol Aeroplane Company
Maritime Aircraft 1940–1944
Second World War

Consolidated Catalina

Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Maritime Aircraft 1941–1946
Second World War

Short Sunderland

Short Brothers
Maritime Aircraft 1938–1959