The Hawker Sea Hawk was a British single-seat jet day fighter of the Fleet Air Arm, built by Hawker and by its sister company Armstrong Whitworth. Its design grew out of earlier Hawker piston-engined fighters, as the company turned to jet propulsion towards the end of the Second World War. The Admiralty authorised three prototypes in May 1946, intrigued by the range of the P.1040 and the power of the Rolls-Royce Nene. The P.1040 prototype, VP401, flew on 2 September 1947 from Boscombe Down with Bill Humble, and the naval prototype VP413, with folding wings and catapult spools, flew on 31 August 1948. Production moved to Armstrong Whitworth at Coventry to free Hawker for the Hunter. Dutch and Indian navies bought it, and the last Sea Hawks, in Indian service, retired in 1983.
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Engine Class Top Speed (km/h) Maximum Mass (kg) EngineRolls-Royce Nene 103 centrifugal-flow turbojet engine 1 Comparison
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Development, first flight
On 2 September 1947, the P.1040 prototype, VP401
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The Hawker Sea Hawk is a British single-seat jet day fighter formerly of the Fleet Air Arm
Specifications
Rolls-Royce Nene 103 centrifugal-flow turbojet engine, 5,200 lbf (23 kN) thrust
Specifications, mass
Empty weight: 9,278 lb (4,208 kg)
Specifications, maximum mass
Max takeoff weight: 16,150 lb (7,326 kg)
Specifications, top speed
Maximum speed: 600 mph (970 km/h, 520 kn)
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The last operational Sea Hawks, operated by the Indian Navy, were retired in 1983.
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