SIAI S.13

The SIAI S.13 was an Italian 1910s reconnaissance flying-boat.

Design and development
Designed by the Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI) as a smaller version of the earlier S.12, the S.13 was a single-engined biplane reconnaissance-fighter flying boat. It had a crew of two in side-by-side seats behind a single windscreen; the observer has a single trainably-mounted machine-gun. The flying boat was powered by a single 250 hp (187 kW) Isotta Fraschini V6 engine.

The Royal Italian Navy took delivery of 12 aircraft in 1919 and the flying boat was exported to Japan, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and Yugoslavia. In France the S.13 was built under license as the CAMS C-13 and the Spanish naval workshops in Barcelona also built seven under licence.

A single-seat version, the S.13 Tipo, was ordered by the Royal Italian Navy, but was later cancelled when the Royal Navy decided to develop the Macchi M.7 instead and a civilian version, the S.13bis, failed to attract any orders.

Variants

 * S.13
 * Production flying boat


 * S.13 Tipo
 * Single-seat version, not built.


 * S.13bis
 * Civil variant, not built.


 * CAMS C-13
 * French licence built S.13

Operators

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 * Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service
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 * Swedish Navy
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 * Swedish Navy
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