Handley Page HP.14

The Handley Page HP.14, also designated R/200, was a prototype British naval reconnaissance aircraft of the First World War, intended to operate either as a floatplane or from the decks of the Royal Navy's new carriers. It was designed in 1917 to an Admiralty requirement for a two-seat reconnaissance fighter, as a small single-bay biplane powered by a 200 hp geared Hispano-Suiza 8 V-8 engine with a front radiator. Handley Page received an order for six prototypes in summer 1917. Two floatplanes flew in December 1917 and a third with a wheeled undercarriage flew in February 1918, but their results were poorer than those of the competing Parnall Panther, and with the company concentrating on the O/400 and V/1500 heavy bombers, the remaining three prototypes and a prospective production order for 20 aircraft were cancelled in March 1918. Only three were built.