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Saro Lerwick
Type	Flying-boat
Manufacturer	Saunders-Roe
Maiden flight	November, 1938
Introduced	1940
Retired	1943
Primary users	Royal Air Force RCAF
Number built	21

The Saunders-Roe (Saro) S.36 Lerwick was a Second World War reconnaissance monoplane flying-boat of the RAF, replacing the biplane Londons. It was of all-metal construction. It took its name from Lerwick in the Shetland Islands.

It was designed to carry out anti-submarine patrols and convoy escort duties alongside the larger Short Sunderland, but was found to be aerodynamically and hydrodynamically unstable and was little used. With the better handling Consolidated Catalina available the Lerwick was no longer needed. Only 21 Lerwicks were built and all were retired by 1943.

The Lerwick was equipped with three powered turrets; a single machine gun nose turret, twin gun dorsal and four gun tail positions.

Contents 1 Users 2 Specifications (Saro Lerwick) 3 External links 4 Related content

[edit] Users

• United Kingdom
  • Royal Air Force
    • No. 209 Squadron RAF: 1939-1941
    • No. 4 (Coastal) OCU: 1941
• Canada
  • Royal Canadian Air Force
    • No. 422 Squadron RCAF, a Canadian squadron under RAF control: briefly in 1942 until the squadron received Sunderlands.

[edit] Specifications (Saro Lerwick)

General characteristics<h3>

• Crew: 6
• Length: 63 ft 7 in (19.4 m)
• Wingspan: 80 ft 10 in (24.7 m)
• Height: 20 ft 0 in (6.1 m)
• Wing area: 845 ft² (78.5 m²)
• Empty weight: lb (kg)
• Loaded weight: 28,400 lb (12,880 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 33,200 lb (15,060 kg)
• Powerplant: 2× Bristol Hercules II radial engine, 1,375 hp (1,030 kW) each

<h3>Performance<h3>

• Maximum speed: 214 mph @ 6,250 ft (344 km/h @ 1,900 m)
• Range: miles (km)
• Service ceiling: 14,000 ft (4,270 m)
• Rate of climb: 880 ft/min (4.50 m/s)

<h3>Armament<h3>

• 1 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers K, 6 × Browning
• 2,000 lb (900 kg) bombs or depth charges

[edit] External links

• British Aircraft of WW2
• British Aircraft Directory

[edit] Related content

<h3>Comparable aircraft<h3> PBY Catalina - Short Sunderland <h3>Designation sequence<h3> A27 "London" - A29 "Cloud" - A33 - A36 "Lerwick" - A37 "Shrimp" - SR.A/1 - SR45 "Princess" <h3>Related lists<h3> List of aircraft of the RAF - List of flying boats

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