The Short SB.6 Seamew was a British lightweight anti-submarine aircraft designed in 1951 by David Keith-Lucas of Short Brothers to replace the Grumman Avenger AS 4 in Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm reserve service. It was meant to operate from the escort carriers the Royal Navy still held after the Second World War and to be simple enough for mass production. It first flew on 23 August 1953, powered by an Armstrong Siddeley Mamba turboprop and built with a fixed undercarriage whose legs could be jettisoned in a ditching. Poor performance and changing defence doctrine ended the programme, the RAF order was cancelled in 1956 and the Navy order in 1957, and only 24 production aircraft had flown.
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designed in 1951 by David Keith-Lucas of Shorts
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The Short SB.6 Seamew was a British aircraft
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1. Aviastar.org Virtual Aircraft Museum: Short S.B.6 Seamew
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The ungainly Seamew was conceived as a cheap, rugged anti-submarine aircraft
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the RAF order was cancelled in 1956 and the Navy's was a victim of the defence cuts of the following year
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1 x 1780hp Armstrong Siddeley Mamba turboprop
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designed in 1951 by David Keith-Lucas of Shorts
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The Short SB.6 Seamew was a British aircraft
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It first flew on 23 August 1953
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