The Short S.10 Gurnard was a single-engined two-seat biplane naval fighter built in the United Kingdom to an Air Ministry specification in 1929. Shorts tendered for specification O.22/26, a two-seat fleet fighter to replace the Fairey Flycatcher that could fly as a deck lander or a seaplane and be launched by catapult, after the Air Ministry was impressed by the all-metal Sturgeon. Two prototypes were ordered, the Gurnard I with a Bristol Jupiter radial engine and the Gurnard II with a Rolls-Royce Kestrel. The Gurnard II flew first, on 16 April 1929 as a floatplane, and the Gurnard I followed as a landplane in May. The Hawker Osprey was chosen instead, so the Gurnard failed to win production orders and only two flew.
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invite Shorts to tender for Air Ministry specification O.22/26
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built in the United Kingdom to an Air Ministry specification in 1929
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1. Aviastar.org Virtual Aircraft Museum: Short S.10 Gurnard
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The Gurnard II was the first to fly, on 16 April 1929, as a floatplane
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a high-speed shipboard reconnaissance-fighter
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no production of the Gurnard was ordered
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invite Shorts to tender for Air Ministry specification O.22/26
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built in the United Kingdom to an Air Ministry specification in 1929
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