Sopwith

Sopwith Ship's Strutter

Fighter

  • First flight1915
  • IntroductionApril 1916
  • Number built5,939
Technical data

Specifications

01

Crew & dimensions

Crew
2
Length
25 ft 3 in
Wingspan
33 ft 6 in
Height
10 ft 3 in
02

Performance

Maximum speed
100 mph
Service ceiling
15,500 ft
03

Powerplant

Powerplant
1 × Clerget 9B 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine (130 hp)
04

Armament

Armament
Guns: 1 ×.303 in (7.7 mm) forward-firing synchronised Vickers machine gun, 1 ×.303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis gun in observer's cockpit; Bombs: Up to 130 lb (60 kg) bombs