Blackburn Skua - Specifications (Skua Mk. II)

Specifications (Skua Mk. II)

Data from Fleet Air Arm Archive

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 35 ft 7 in (10.8 m)
• Wingspan: 46 ft 2 in (14.1 m)
• Height: 14 ft 2 in (4.3 m)
• Wing area: 312 ft² (29.0 m²)
• Empty weight: 5,490 lb (2,490 kg)
• Loaded weight: 8,228 lb (3,730 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Perseus XII radial engine, 905 hp (675 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 225 mph (195 kn, 360 km/h) at 6,500 ft (2,000 m)
• Range: 800 mi (700 nmi, 1,300 km)
• Service ceiling: 20,200 ft (6,150 m)
• Wing loading: 26.4 lb/ft² (128 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.11 hp/lb (180 W/kg)

Armament

• Guns:
  
  • 4 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) forward-firing Browning machine guns
  • 1 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis or Vickers K machine gun on flexible mount in rear cockpit
• Bombs: 1 × 500 lb (227 kg) semi-armour piercing bomb or 1 × 250 lb (113 kg) semi-armour piercing/ General Purpose bomb and 4 × 40 lb (18 kg) bombs or 8 × 20 lb (9 kg) bombs