The Short Shetland was a British long-range, four-engined flying boat built by Short Brothers at Rochester, Kent, for the Second World War. It was designed against Air Ministry Specification R.14/40 for a very long range reconnaissance flying boat, using the company experience gained in mass producing the Sunderland, with detailed design and the wing by Saunders-Roe and the hull, tail and final assembly by Shorts. Two prototypes flew. The first, a Shetland I, flew in December 1944 and was lost to a galley fire in 1946, and the second was completed as a 40 seat civil Shetland II. No production followed, since the end of the war stopped the type, and it was the first aircraft designed with a 110 volt electrical system.
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built by Short Brothers at Rochester, Kent
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intended as a British long-range, four-engined flying boat
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1. Aviastar.org Virtual Aircraft Museum: Short S.35 Shetland
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The first of two prototypes flew in 1944.
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It would have been a long-range flying-boat with a heavy armament much bigger than Short Sunderland.
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built by Short Brothers at Rochester, Kent
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intended as a British long-range, four-engined flying boat
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the end of the war prevented the Shetland from entering production
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