Short Type 184

what is it?

The Short Admiralty Type 184, often called the Short 225 after the power rating of the engine first fitted, was a British two-seat reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo carrying folding-wing seaplane designed by Horace Short of Short Brothers. It was first flown in 1915 and remained in service until after the armistice in 1918. A Short 184 was the first aircraft to sink a ship using a torpedo, and another was the only British aircraft to take part in the Battle of Jutland.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · floatplane · 19.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 142 km/htop speed
• seats 2passengers
• size 2,433 kgmax take-off weight
• built 936made in total

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 111 years ago, in 1915.
• 🚗Wingspan of 19.4 m: about 4 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

1915

introduced

1915

retired

1933

status

retired

number built

936

role

reconnaissance aircraft / torpedo bomber

makers

Short Brothers

engines

1× Sunbeam / Maori Mk.II / Maori

passengers

2

length

12.4 m

wingspan

19.4 m

height

4.1 m

max take-off weight

2,433 kg

top speed

142 km/h

range

—

ceiling

2,743 m

wings

biplane

landing gear

floatplane

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.