what is it?
The Blackburn Roc (company designation B-25) was a naval fighter aircraft designed and produced by the British aviation company Blackburn Aircraft. It took its name from the mythical bird of the tales of the Arabian Nights, the Roc. It was operated by the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) and was active during the Second World War.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 14 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 88 years ago, in 1938.
- Top speed is 2.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 14 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1938-12-23
- introduced
- 1940
- retired
- 1943
- status
- retired
- number built
- 136
- role
- carrier-based fighter
- makers
- Blackburn Aircraft
- engines
- 1× Bristol Perseus XII
- crew
- 2
- length
- 10.9 m
- wingspan
- 14 m
- height
- 3.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 3,606 kg
- top speed
- 359 km/h
- cruise speed
- 217 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,486 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q880768, Wikipedia: Blackburn Roc (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.