Bristol Beaufort - Specifications (Beaufort I)

Specifications (Beaufort I)

Data from Beaufort Special

General characteristics

• Crew: 4
• Length: 44 ft 2 in (13.46 m)
• Wingspan: 57 ft 10 in (17.63 m)
• Height: 14 ft 3 in (4.34 m)
• Wing area: 503 ft² (46.73 m²)
• Empty weight: 13,107 lb (5,945 kg)
• Loaded weight: 21,230 lb (9,629 kg)
• Powerplant: 2 × Bristol Taurus II, III, VI, XII or XVI 14-Cylinder sleeve valve radial engine, 1,130 hp (843 kW) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 271.5 mph (236 kn, 420 km/h) at 6,500 ft (1,981 m).
• Cruise speed: 255 mph at 6,500 ft (221 kn, 410 km/h) at 6,500 ft (1,981 m)
• Range: 1,600 mi (1,400 nmi, 2,600 km)
• Service ceiling: 16,500 ft (5,030 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6.096 m/s)
• Wing loading: 42.2 lb/ft² (206 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.106 hp/lb (0.175 kW/kg)

Armament

• Guns:
  
  • 3 .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers GO machine guns (two in Bristol Mk IV dorsal turret, one in port wing).
  • 6 .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers GO machine guns (Two fixed in nose, two in turret, one in port wing and one firing laterally from entry hatch.) Late production.
  • 1 .303 in (7.7 mm) Browning machine gun in rear-firing chin blister
• Bombs:
  
  • 1 1,605 lb (728 kg) 18 in Mk XII torpedo or.
  • 2,000 lb (907 kg) of bombs or mines.