This is a list of aircraft designed or equipped to attack ships with aerial torpedoes.
List[]
The list is ordered by originating country. Dates are of first flight of basic type.
Australia[]
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CAC Woomera
- CAC Woomera (1941) - 2 built
Canada[]
- Canadair Argus (1957) - 33 built
France[]
- Bloch MB.175T (1939) - 80 built[1]
- Bloch MB.480 (1939) - 2 built[2]
- Borel-Odier Bo-T (1916) - 91 built[3]
- Breguet Alizé (1956) - 92 built[4]
- Breguet Atlantique (1961) - 115 built[5]
- Dewoitine D.750 (1940) - 1 built[6]
- Farman F.60 Torp (1921) - 210 built[7]
- Farman F.165 (1927) - 40 built[8]
- Farman F.167 (1928) - 1 built[9]
- Farman F.168 (1928) - 200 built[10]
- Farman F.268 (1932) - 1 converted from F.168[11]
- Farman F.270 & 271 (1933) - 1 built[12][13]
- Latécoère 290 series (1931) - 35 built[14]
- Latécoère 298[15] (1936) 121 built[16]
- Latécoère 299 (1939) - 2 built[17]
- Latécoère 302 (1931) - 3 built[18]
- Latécoère 440 (1931) - 2 built[19]
- Latécoère 550 (1933) - 1 built[20]
- Latécoère 582 (1935) - 1 built
- Levasseur PL.2 (1922) - 11 built[21]
- Levasseur PL.7 (1928) - 46 built[22][23][24]
- Levasseur PL.14 (1929) - 30 built[25]
- Levasseur PL.15 (1932) - 17 built[26]
- Levasseur PL.107 & 108 (1937) - 3 built[27][28]
- Lioré et Olivier LeO H-257, 257bis & 258 (1928) - 87 built
- Loire-Nieuport 10 (1939) - 1 built
- SNCAC NC.4-10 (1939) - 1 built
- SNCAO CAO.600 (1940) - 1 built
Germany[]
Torpedo being loaded on German Heinkel He 115 in 1940
- Albatros W.3[29] (1916) - 1 built
- Albatros W.5[29] (1916) - 5 built
- Arado Ar 95[30] (1936) - 42 built
- Arado Ar 195[30] (1937) - 3 built
- Blohm & Voss Ha 140[30] (1937) - 3 built
- Dornier Do D[31] (1924) - 29 built
- Dornier Do 22[30] (1938) - 28 built
- Dornier Do 217 (experimental only)[32] (1938) - 1925 built
- Fieseler Fi 167[30] (1938) - 14 built
- Focke-Wulf Fw 190 U2 and U3[32]
- Focke-Wulf Fw 200[32]
- Friedrichshafen FF.35[29] (1916) - 1 built
- Friedrichshafen FF.41A[29] (1917) - 9 built
- Friedrichshafen FF.53[29] (1918) - 3 built
- Gotha WD.11[29] (1916) - 12 built
- Gotha WD.13
- Gotha WD.14[29] (1916) - 69 built
- Hansa-Brandenburg GW[29] (1916) - ~20 built
- Hansa-Brandenburg GDW[29]
- Heinkel HE 7[31]
- Heinkel HD 14[31]
- Heinkel HD 16[33]
- Heinkel He 59[33] (1931) - 142 built
- Heinkel He 111[34] (1935) - 6508 built
- Heinkel He 115[30] (1937) - 138 built
- Heinkel He 177[32] (1939) - 1169 built
- Junkers G 24/See[31]
- Junkers JuG-1[31] (1924)
- Junkers Ju 86K (Swedish examples only)
- Junkers Ju 87 (experimental only)[32]
- Junkers Ju 88[34]
- Junkers Ju 188[34]
- Messerschmitt Me 410 (experimental only)[32]
Italy[]
G.55S Torpedo-fighter
Savoia-Marchetti S.M.79 torpedo bomber
- CANT Z.506B (1935) - 324 built[35]
- CANT Z.1007 (1937) - 660 built[36]
- Caproni Ca.3 (1916) - 250-300 built
- Caproni Ca.124 (1937) - 1 built[37]
- Caproni Ca 314-RA (1940) - 14 built[38]
- Caproni Ca.316 (1940) - 14 built[39]
- Fiat G.55S torpedo fighter (1944) - 1 built[40]
- Fiat RS.14B (1939) - 188 built[41]
- Piaggio P.108 (1939) - 24 built[42] (secondary role)
- Reggiane Re.2001G/H torpedo fighter (1940) - 2 built[43]
- Reggiane Re.2002 torpedo fighter (1940) - 1 for trials
- Savoia-Marchetti S.55 (1924) - 212 built [44]
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero (1934) - 1350 built[15][45]
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.81 (1934) [46] (for trials)
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.84 (1940) - 309 built[47]
- Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 (1944) - 1 built[48]
Japan[]
Nakajima B5N2 Model 12 "Kate" over Hickam field, December 7, 1941.
- Aichi AB-8 (1933) - 1 built[49]
- Aichi B7A Grace (1942) - 114 built[50]
- Kawanishi H6K Mavis (1936) - 215 built[51]
- Kawanishi H8K Emily (1941) - 167 built[52]
- Mitsubishi 1MT[53] (1922) - 20 built
- Mitsubishi 3MT5 (1932) - 11 built[54]
- Mitsubishi 3MT10 (1932) - 1 built[55]
- Mitsubishi B1M (1923) - 443 built[56]
- Mitsubishi B2M (1929) - 206 built[57]
- Mitsubishi B4M (1934) - 1 built[58]
- Mitsubishi B5M Mabel (1937) - 125 built[59]
- Mitsubishi G3M Nell (1935) 1048 built[60]
- Mitsubishi G4M Betty (1939) - 2435 built[61]
- Mitsubishi Ki-67 Peggy (1942) - 767 built[62]
- Nakajima B3N (1933) - 2 built[63]
- Nakajima B4N (1936) - 2 built[64]
- Nakajima B5N Kate (1937) - ~1150 built[65]
- Nakajima B6N Jill (1941) - 1268 built[66]
- Yokosuka experimental twin-engined seaplane (1916) - 1 built[67]
- Yokosuka B3Y (1933) - 129 built[68][69]
- Yokosuka B4Y Jean (1935) - 205 built[70]
- Yokosuka P1Y Frances (1943) - 1102 built[71]
Netherlands[]
Fokker T.III torpedo bomber
- Fokker T.II/FT (1921) - 1 built[72]
- Fokker T.III (1922) - 5 built[72]
- Fokker T.IV & IVa (1927) - 42 built[73]
- Fokker T.VIII-W, -WM, -WC & -L (1938) - 49 built[74]
Poland[]
- Lublin R-XX (1935) - 1 built[75]
Soviet Union[]
- Beriev Be-12 (1960) - 143 built
- Ilyushin DB-3T/Il-4T[76] (1938)
- Ilyushin Il-2T
- Ilyushin Il-28 (1948) - 6731 built
- Ilyushin Il-38 (1967) - 58 built
- Tupolev Tu-2T (ANT-62T)
- Tupolev MR-6 & KR-6T[15]
- Tupolev SB T-1/ANT-41 (1936) - 1 built
- Tupolev TB-1[15] (1925) - 218 built
- Tupolev Tu-14 (1949) - ~150
Sweden[]
- SAAB T 18B (torpedo bomber used for ground attack) (1942) - 52 built
United Kingdom[]
Sopwith Cuckoo dropping torpedo during trials
Fairey Barracuda torpedo bomber
Restored Fairey Swordfish with a torpedo
Vickers Vildebeeste Mk II of No.100 Squadron RAF making a torpedo drop during target practice.
- AD Seaplane Type 1000 (1916) - 2 built
- Avro 557 Ava (1924) - 2 built
- Avro 571 Buffalo (1926) - 1 built
- Avro Shackleton (1949) - 185 built
- Beardmore W.B.VI - likely not built
- Blackburn B-3 (1932) - 2 built
- Blackburn B-7 (1934) - 1 built
- Blackburn Baffin (1932) - 97 built
- Blackburn Beagle (1928) - 1 built
- Blackburn Blackburd (1918) - 3 built
- Blackburn Botha (1938) - 580 built
- Blackburn Cubaroo (1924) - 2 built
- Blackburn Dart (1921) - 118 built
- Blackburn Firebrand (1942) - 193 built
- Blackburn Firecrest (1947) - 3 built
- Blackburn Kangaroo (1918) - 20 built
- Blackburn Ripon (1926) - 92 built
- Blackburn Shark (1933) - 269 built
- Blackburn Swift (1921) - 13 built
- Blackburn Velos (1925) - 22 built
- Bristol Beaufort[15](1938) - 2129 built
- Bristol Beaufighter[15](1939) - 5928 built (some variants only)
- Bristol Brigand (1944) - 147 built
- De Havilland Mosquito (some variants only) (1940) - 7,781 built
- Fairey Albacore[15] (1938) - 800 built
- Fairey Barracuda (1940) - 2607 built
- Fairey G.4/31 (1934) - 1 built
- Fairey Gannet (1949) - 303 ASW versions built
- Fairey Seal (1930) - 95 built
- Fairey Spearfish (1945) - 5 built
- Fairey Swordfish[15] (1934) - 2391 built
- Gloster Goring (1927) - 1 built
- Gloster TSR.38 (1932) - 1 built
- Handley Page H.P.31 Harrow (1926) - 2 built
- Handley Page H.P.46 (1932) - 1 built
- Handley Page H.P.47 (1934) - 1 built
- Handley Page Hampden (later role)[15] (1936) - 1430 built
- Handley Page Hanley (1922) - 3 built
- Handley Page Hare (1928) - 1 built
- Handley Page Hendon (1924) - 6 built
- Hawker Harrier (1927) - 1 built
- Hawker Horsley/Dantorp (1925) - 124 built
- Short Shirl (1918) - 4 built
- Short Sturgeon S.1 & S.B.3 (1946) - 4 built
- Short Type 81 (1913) - 9 built
- Short Type 166 (1916) - 26 built
- Short Type 184[29] (1915) - 936 built (1st sinking of ship by torpedo bomber)
- Short Type 310/320[29] (1916) - 127 built
- Sopwith Cuckoo[29] (1917) - 232 built (1st purpose designed carrier based torpedo bomber)
- Sopwith Special torpedo seaplane Type C (1914) - 1 built
- Sopwith Type 860 (1914) - 22 built
- Supermarine Nanok (1927) - 1 built
- Supermarine Type 322 (1943) - 2 built
- Vickers Type 207 (1933) - 1 built
- Vickers Type 253 (1934) - 1 built
- Vickers Vildebeest[15] (1928) 209 built
- Vickers Wellesley (role dropped following drop tests) (1935) 177 built
- Vickers Wellington[15] (1936) - 11461 built
- Westland PV-3 (1931) - 1 built (role dropped)
- Westland PV.7 (1933) - 1 built
- Westland Wyvern (1946) - 127 built
- Westland Witch (1928) - 1 built
- Wight Twin (1915) - 4 built
United States[]
Douglas TBD 'Devastators' from Torpedo Eight taxiing up the flight deck of USS Hornet (CV-8) circa 15 May 1942.
The last of Torpedo Eight's TBDs, T-16 (BuNo 1506), flown by LCDR John C. Waldron with Horace Franklin Dobbs, CRMP, in the rear seat, taking off from USS Hornet on 4 June 1942.
A Grumman TBF Avenger dropping a torpedo.
- Aeromarine 700 (1917) - 2 built
- Boeing TB (1927) - 3 built
- Boeing XF8B (secondary torpedo bomber role) (1944) - 3 built
- Brewster SB2A Buccaneer (1941) - 771 built
- Consolidated PBY Catalina (1935) - 3305 built
- Consolidated PB2Y Coronado (1937) - 217 built
- Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer (1943) - 739 built
- Consolidated TBY Sea Wolf (1941) - 180 built
- Curtiss CS/Martin T2M (1923) - 83 built
- Curtiss CT (1921) - 1 built
- Curtiss R-3, R-6 & R-9[31] (1915) - 312 built
- Curtiss XBTC (1945) - 2 built
- Curtiss XBT2C (1945) - 9 built
- Douglas A-20 Havoc/Boston[76] (1939) - 7478 built
- Douglas BTD Destroyer (1943) - 30 built
- Douglas DT (1921) - 90 built
- Douglas T2D (1927) - 31 built
- Douglas XT3D (1931) - 1 built
- Douglas TBD Devastator[76] (1935) - 130 built
- Douglas TB2D Skypirate (1945) - 2 built
- Great Lakes XTBG (1935) - 1 built
- Grumman AF Guardian (1945) - 389 built
- Grumman TBF Avenger[76] (1941) - 9839 built
- Grumman XTB2F (not built)
- Grumman XTSF (not built)
- Hall XPTBH (1937) - 1 built
- Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTK (1945) - 5 built
- Lockheed Hudson (1938) - 2941 built
- Lockheed Ventura (1940) - 2475 built
- Lockheed Harpoon (1943) - 535 built
- Lockheed P-2 Neptune (1945) - 1184 built
- Martin AM Mauler (1944) - 151 built
- Martin B-26 Marauder (1940) - 5288 built
- Martin BM (1930) - 32 built
- Martin MBT/MT[31] (1918) - 20 built
- Martin P4M Mercator (1946) - 21 built
- Martin PBM Mariner (1939) - 1285 built
- Martin T3M (1926) - 124 built
- Martin T4M (1927) - 155 built
- Martin XT6M (1930) - 1 built
- North American B-25 Mitchell (1940) - 9984 built
- Northrop N-3PB (1940) - 24 built
- Stout ST (1922) - 3 built
- Vought TBU Sea Wolf (1941) - 1 built
See also[]
Notes[]
References[]
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/bloch-mb-175-aviation-france-4493.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/bloch-mb-480-aviation-france-9297.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/borel-odier-bo-t-aviation-france-765.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/breguet-br-1050-alize--aviation-france-1323.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/breguet-br-1150-atlantic--aviation-france-2416.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/dewoitine-d-750-aviation-france-9185.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-60-bn2-goliath--aviation-france-10004.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-165-aviation-france-6620.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-167-aviation-france-6621.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-168-aviation-france-1253.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-268-aviation-france-6616.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-270-aviation-france-6492.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/farman-f-271-aviation-france-1846.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/latecoere-290-aviation-france-934.htm
- ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 Thiele, 2004, p.17
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/latecoere-298a-aviation-france-5548.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/latecoere-299-aviation-france-873.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/latecoere-302-aviation-france-979.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/latecoere-440-aviation-france-874.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/latecoere-55-0-aviation-france-931.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-2-aviation-france-1549.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-7-aviation-france-9434.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-7-18m-aviation-france-9435.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-7-16m50-aviation-france-7550.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-14-aviation-france-9442.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-15-aviation-france-9443.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-107-aviation-france-9446.htm
- ↑ http://www.aviafrance.com/levasseur-pl-108-aviation-france-9447.htm
- ↑ 29.00 29.01 29.02 29.03 29.04 29.05 29.06 29.07 29.08 29.09 29.10 29.11 Thiele, 2004, p.8
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5 Thiele, 2004, p.14
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 31.4 31.5 31.6 Thiele, 2004, p.9
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.5 Thiele, 2004, p.77
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Thiele, 2004, p.11
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 Thiele, 2004, p.84
- ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.55-60
- ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.64-69
- ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.86-87
- ↑ Thompson, 1963, p.113
- ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.113-114
- ↑ Thompson, 1963, p.173
- ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.125-128
- ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.227-232
- ↑ Thompson, 1963, p.240
- ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.251-255
- ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.262-269
- ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.270-273
- ↑ Thompson, 1963, pp.278-281
- ↑ Thompson, 1963, p.288
- ↑ Mikesh, 1990, p.75
- ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.288-291
- ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.301-307
- ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.307-313
- ↑ Mikesh, 1990, p.163
- ↑ Mikesh, 1990, pp.168-169
- ↑ Mikesh, 1990, p.170
- ↑ Mikesh, 1990, pp.164-165
- ↑ Mikesh, 1990, pp.167-168
- ↑ Mikesh, 1990, pp.172-173
- ↑ Francillon 1979, p.491
- ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.350-357
- ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.378-387
- ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.186-191
- ↑ Mikesh, 1990, pp.230-231
- ↑ Mikesh, 1990, p.236
- ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.411-416
- ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.429-434
- ↑ Mikesh, 1990, pp.266-267
- ↑ Francillon 1979, p.412
- ↑ Mikesh, 1990, pp.280-281
- ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.449-451
- ↑ Francillon 1979, pp.462-468
- ↑ 72.0 72.1 Hegener, 1961, p.205
- ↑ Hegener, 1961, pp.205-206
- ↑ Hegener, 1961, p.206
- ↑ Cynk, 1971, pp.324-329
- ↑ 76.0 76.1 76.2 76.3 Thiele, 2004, p.18
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