what is it?
The Hansa-Brandenburg W.19 was a German fighter-reconnaissance aircraft of World War I. It was a single-engined two-seat biplane floatplane, and was a larger development of the successful W.12. It served with the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) during 1918.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 13.8 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 109 years ago, in 1917.
- Wingspan of 13.8 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
- 1917
- introduced
- 1918
- retired
- 1918
- status
- retired
- number built
- 53
- role
- fighter-reconnaissance seaplane
- makers
- Hansa-Brandenburg
- engines
- 1× Maybach Mb.IV / Mb.IV
- crew
- 2
- length
- 10.7 m
- wingspan
- 13.8 m
- height
- 4.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 2,005 kg
- top speed
- 151 km/h
- range
- —
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3783204, Wikipedia: Hansa-Brandenburg W.19 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.