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Wednesday, August 7th 2013, 1:09am

Naval Bombers

Fairey Barracuda; designed by Marcel Lobelle and due to become the standard British carrier-based torpedo-bomber Greece has ordered 48 Barracudas for delivery from mid 1939. Armament is one 1,500lb torpedo or three 500lb or six 250lb bombs in an internal bomb bay and four wing-mounted 7.92mm Browning MGs in the wings and one dorsal Browning MG.
Dimensions 49.2/ 39.9/ 12.3/ 414 sq ft; 1x 1,080hp RR Merlin III; max speed 240 mph, range 1,150 miles and service ceiling 16,600ft.

Fairey Swordfish; in mid 1933 Greece had 100 Swordfish on order from Fairey with Britain buying 30 of these on behalf of Greece. Ten more with floats fitted were delivered during 1937 and the last wheeled torpedo-bombers were completed in 1936. Two/ three crew are carried along with two 7.92mm MGs and one 21in torpedo or bombs and mines up to 1,500lbs under the wings.
Dimensions; 45.6/ 35.8/ 12.4/ 607 sq ft; 1x 690hp Bristol Pegasus IIIM; max speed 130mph; range 1,030 miles and service ceiling 10,700ft.

Curtiss Model 68 Hawk III; Greece ordered 72 Hawk III biplane carrier-based dive-bombers in 1935 and these form the navy’s dive-bomber squadrons. Powered by a 770hp Wright R-1820 Cyclone these aircraft have an armament of two 7.92mm MGs and a bombload of 470lbs and can be used as secondary fighters. While one squadron is still in service aboard AC Thermopylae the majority have been relegated to training duties either aboard AC(T) Astraios or at the Advanced Naval Flight School
Dimensions; 31.6/ 24.4/ 9.11/ 262 sq ft; 1x 770hp Wright R-1820-04 Cyclone; max speed 225mph; range 725 miles; rate of climb 2,150 ft/min and service ceiling 27,000ft.