Blackburn: Roc

1939. Roc All Metal Fleet Air Arm Two Seater Fighter.

1940. Roc Fleet Air Arm Two Seater Fighter.

1941. Blackburn: Roc. Seaplane prototype L3059.

Note: This is a sub-section of Blackburn Aircraft

Type

• Carrier-based naval turret fighter.

Designer

• George Edward Petty

Manufacturers

• Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co

Number produced

• 136

Engines

• 1 x Bristol Engine Co: Perseus XII radial engine, 890 hp (664 kW).

The Blackburn B-25 Roc was a British Second World War-era Fleet Air Arm fighter aircraft designed by Blackburn Aircraft Ltd. It took its name from the mythical bird of the tales of the Arabian Nights, the Roc. Derived from the Blackburn: Skua and developed in parallel, the Roc differed in its adoption of a turret for its armament. Operationally, the Roc came to be viewed as inferior to existing aircraft, such as the Skua and the type only had a brief front line service.

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Sources of Information

• Wikipedia