The Short N.3 Cromarty was a prototype British twin-engined biplane flying boat designed towards the end of the First World War. In April 1917 the Admiralty issued Specification N.3(b) for a long-range patrol flying boat to work in support of the Fleet, which brought designs from Vickers and from Shorts of Rochester, who had built Felixstowe F.3 and F.5 flying boats under licence. Short's design was a large twin-engine biplane with two 650 hp Rolls-Royce Condor engines, a hull similar to but larger than the Felixstowe boats and a biplane tail, with a side-by-side cockpit for the two pilots. Short Brothers received an order for three prototypes just after the Armistice, but only one was built, which first flew in 1921 and was wrecked in 1922.
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The Short N.3 Cromarty was a prototype British twin-engined biplane flying boat
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Short's design, the N.3 Cromarty, was a large, twin-engine biplane.
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The Short N.3 Cromarty was a prototype British twin-engined biplane flying boat
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Only a single example was built, which first flew in 1921 and was wrecked in 1922.
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