Fairey Campania

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Fairey Campania
Role Seaplane
Manufacturer Fairey
First flight 16 Feb 1917[1]
Introduction autumn 1917[1]
Primary user U.K. (RNAS)
Number built 64[2]-≥100 [3]
Wingspan 18.3 m (60 ft 2 in)[4] - 18.8 m (61 ft 7 in)[5]
Engine 275hp Rolls-Royce Eagle V vee [note 1]
Armament rear flexible Lewis
Crew 2
Max Speed 130 km/h (81 mph)[6][7][5] to
137 km/h (85 mph)[4] to
140 km/h (90 mph) [3]
Climb 610 m (2,000 ft) in 5:20[1]-5:35[3]
910 m (3,000 ft) in 9:15[4]
1,500 m (5,000 ft) in 12:20[3]
2,000 m (6,500 ft) in 28:30[3]
2,100 m (7,000 ft) in 33:00[4]
Service Ceiling 1,700 m (5,500 ft)[6][7][5] to
2,200 m (7,100 ft)[3] to
2,200 m (7,300 ft)[1] to
2,900 m (9,500 ft)[4]
Endurance 3:00[6][7][5] to 4:30-6:45[3]

The HMS Campania was refitted as an aircraft carrier in April 1915 and the Fairey Campania holds the distinction of being the first aircraft built specifically built for carrier use. This seaplane would take off from the 120-foot flying deck using wheeled trolley, but it would land on the sea and be recovered by crane. The F.16 prototype used the Rolls-Royce Eagle IV, but the production F.17 Campanias used the 275hp Eagle V. When shortages of Rolls-Royce engines became acute, the Campania was re-engined with the Sunbeam Maori II in the form of the F.22 Campania.

The Campania was built in moderate numbers and gave good, if unspectacular, duty on long patrol from 1917 through the end of the war, and they were also used during the Russian civil war. They were used from the seaplane carriers Campania, Nairana, and Pegusus as well as several RNAS stations.[3]

The original complement of the Campania was ten seaplanes, but by the time she was sunk in a storm in November 1918, she used four Campanias and seven Ship Strutters. Policy dictated that Eagle-powered Campanias were allocated to seaplane carriers and Maori-engined F.22s to shore stations in ones and twos.[8]

For more information, see Wikipedia:Fairey Campania.

Game Data

Wings of Glory

Unofficial Stats
Availability Maneuver Damage Dmg Points Max Alt. Climb
17Q2-18Q4 XD -/B 17 5 6

Miniatures and Models

1:144 Scale

1:285/6mm/1:288 Scale

Resources

Isometric Top Views

References

Notes
  1. ↑ The 250hp Rolls-Royce Eagle IV, 345hp Eagle VIII, and 250hp Sunbeam Maori II were also experimented with.[1]
Citations
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Argus Vol. 3, p.20.
  2. ↑ Angelucci, p.97.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Bruce'69, p.219.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Nowarra, pp.200-201.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Angelucci, p.89.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Munson'71, p.23.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Munson'76, p.94.
  8. ↑ Nowarra, p.88.
Bibliography
  • Enzo Angelucci, ed. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980. New York: The Military Press, 1983 edition. ISBN 0-517-41021-4.
  • Argus Books, Airplane Archive: Aircraft of World War One, Volume 3. Great Britain: Argus Books, 1989. ISBN 0-85242-998-3
  • J.M. Bruce. British Aeroplanes 1914-18. Great Britain: Funk & Wagnalls, 1957, 1969. ISBN 0370000382
  • Kenneth Munson, Bombers: Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft, 1914-1919. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1968, Blandford Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0753721711
  • Kenneth Munson, Flying Boats and Seaplanes since 1910. New York: The MacMillan Company, Blandford Press Ltd., 1971.
  • Heinz J. Nowarra, Bruce Robertson, and Peter G. Cooksley. Marine Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Letchworth, Herts, England: Harleyford Publications Limited, 1966. ISBN 0900435070
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