Vickers: Victoria

November 1932. Type 261 (K2344). (Flight 1932/11/17)

Note: This is a sub-section of Vickers Aircraft.

The Vickers Type 56 Victoria was a British biplane freighter and troop transport aircraft used by the Royal Air Force, which flew for the first time in 1922 and was selected for production over the Armstrong Whitworth Awana.

Variants

Type 56 Victoria Mk I

• The first prototype - J 6860. Powered by two 450 horsepower (340 kW) Napier Lion IAX W12 engines.

Type 81 Victoria Mk II

• The second prototype - J 6861. Powered by two Napier Lion IC engines.

Type 117 Victoria Mk III

• The first production version. Military transport aircraft for the RAF. Powered by 450 hp Napier Lion II engines. 46 built.

Type 138

• Metal Wings.

Type 158

• Mark III conversions.

Type 145 Victoria Mk IV

• Metal wing structure. One prototype powered by Bristol Jupiter radials - J 9250. Thirteen Lion engined conversions from earlier marks.

Type 169 Victoria Mk V

• New production aircraft with metal structure and powered by two 570 hp (430 kW) Napier Lion XIB engines. 37 new built.

Type 261

• Powered by two Napier Lion XI engines. (K 2344).

Type 213

• Type 138 re-engined with two Napier Lion XI engines.

Type 241

• K 2340 - powered by two Bristol Jupiter XFBM engines.

Type 262 Victoria Mk VI

• Final production - powered by 660 hp (490 kW) Bristol Pegasus IIL3 engines instead of Lions. 11 new build, 23 by conversion.

See Also

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Sources of Information

• Wikipedia
• Kites, Birds and Stuff - Vickers Aircraft, by P. D. Stemp - ISBN 978-1-4478-0561-89000