The Supermarine Nanok was a British three-engined biplane flying boat, a development of the twin-engined Southampton, designed to meet a Royal Danish Navy requirement for a torpedo-carrying flying boat. Its name is the Inuit word for polar bear. A prototype was ordered on 17 June 1926 and first flew on 21 June 1927, but testing was disappointing and despite modifications it could not reach the specified performance, so the Danes rejected it. In 1928 the single prototype was renamed the Supermarine Solent and offered as a torpedo bomber, found no buyer, and was converted into a nine-seat private air yacht for the brewing magnate Ernest Guinness, registered G-AAAB in August 1928. Guinness soon ordered the Supermarine Air Yacht to replace it, and the Solent was deregistered and scrapped in 1934.
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the aircraft first flew on 21 June 1927
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The Solent was deregistered and scrapped in 1934
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the single prototype was rebuilt as a private air yacht
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The Supermarine Nanok was a British three-engined biplane flying boat built by Supermarine
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The Supermarine Nanok was a British three-engined biplane flying boat built by Supermarine
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The Supermarine Nanok was a British three-engined biplane flying boat built by Supermarine
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The Supermarine Nanok was a British three-engined biplane flying boat built by Supermarine
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