For a description of the format and data included
in Production Tables, see here.
Produced Variants
B.103 Buccaneer S.1
Two seat naval low-level subsonic strike aircraft
to Specification M.148T to meet the requirements of Naval Staff Requirement NR/A.39. Two 7,100 lb.s.t. de Havilland (later
Bristol Siddeley) Gyron Junior 101 turbojets.
B.103 Buccaneer S.2
Re-engined
S.1 to Specification M.232D&P to meet the requirements Naval Staff Requirement NSR.6396. Two 11,100 lb.s.t. Rolls-Royce
RB.168-1A Spey turbofans.
B.103 Buccaneer S.2A
Ex-Royal Navy S.2 aircraft reworked for the RAF.
B.103 Buccaneer S.2B
New
build or converted RAF variant to meet the requirements of ASR.391, with strengthened undercarriage and bulged bomb bay
doors. No deck take-off fittings. Capable of carrying the Martel passive radar guided (AS 37) and video guided (AJ 168)
missile.
B.103 Buccaneer S.2C
Fleet
Air Arm Buccaneer S.2 with upgraded avionics to S.2A standard.
B.103
Buccaneer S.2D
Fleet Air Arm Buccaneer
S.2 capable of carrying the Martel passive radar guided (AS 37) and video guided (AJ 168) missile.
P.136 Buccaneer S.50
Variant
of the S.2 for South Africa. Wings could be folded but folding was no longer powered. Two Bristol Siddeley B.S.605 rocket
engines added in the rear fuselage to assist take-off from hot-and-high airfields.
Projected Variants
B.103A
B.103 development for the RAF to meet GOR.339. Bristol Siddeley Gyron Junior turbojets.
B.108
B.103 development for the RAF to meet GOR.339. Bristol Siddeley Gyron Junior turbojets.
B.109
B.103 interceptor and strike variant for Canada with Rolls-Royce Avon RB.146 turbojets.
B.111
B.103 development for the RAF to meet OR.333. Fitted with re-heated Rolls-Royce
RB.168 Spey turbofans.
B.112
B.112 variant for naval combat air patrol.
B.113
B.111 variant for Australia.
B.116
B.103 variant
for the German Navy with Rolls-Royce RB.168 Spey turbofans.
B.117
B.103
high altitude fighter variant with re-heated Rolls-Royce RB.168 Spey turbofans.
B.124
B.103
development.
B.126
B.103 land based development.
B.127
B.103 variable geometry development.
B.128
Buccaneer S.2 with re-heated Rolls-Royce RB.168
Spey turbofans.
B.129
Land based supersonic fighter development of Buccaneer Mk.2.
B.132
Buccaneer Mk.1 with rocket assisted take off (RATOG).
B.133
Buccaneer
Mk.2 with rocket assisted take off (RATOG).
B.134
Buccaneer Mk.2 with improved weapons system
(also unofficially known as the Mk.2*).
6 aircraft
ordered from Blackburn and General Aircraft Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire, to
contract 6/Act/11790. First Flew 30 april 1958.
XK486 - XK491
B3-01-58 to B3-06-58
Prototypes
6
13
aircraft ordered from Blackburn and General Aircraft Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire,
to contract 6/Act/11790. Development prototypes, delivered between September
1959 and March 1962.
XK523
B3-07-58
S.1
1
XK524 - XK526
B3-01-59 to B3-03-59
3
XK526 converted to S.2
XK527 - XK535
B3-01-60 to B3-09-60
9
XK527 converted to S.2
XK536
B3-01-61
1
40
aircraft ordered from Blackburn and General Aircraft Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire,
to contract KC/2F/05. Delivered between June 1962 and December 1963.
XN922 - XN933
B3-02-61 to B3-13-61
S.1
12
XN934 - XN935
B3-01-62 to B3-02-62
2
XN948 - XN973
B3-03-62 to B3-28-62
26
10
aircraft ordered from Blackburn and General Aircraft Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire,
to contract KC/2F/05 (originally ordered as S.1). Delivered between July 1965
and March 1965.
XN974 - XN983
B3-01-63 to B3-10-63
S.2
10
16
aircraft ordered from Blackburn and General Aircraft Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire,
for South Africa. Delivered in October 1965.
411 - 426
B3-11-63
to B3-15-63
S.50
16
B3-01-64
to B3-11-64
20
aircraft ordered from Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire, to
contract KC/2F/048. Delivered between March 1965 and January 1966.
XT269 - XT278
B3-12-64 to B3-21-64
S.2
10
XT279 - XT288
B3-01-65 to B3-10-65
10
17
aircraft ordered from Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire, to
contract KC/2F/125. Delivered between April and December 1966.
XV152 - XV159
B3-18-65 to B3-25-65
S.2
8
XV160 - XV168
B3-01-66 to B3-09-66
9
20
aircraft ordered from Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire, to
contract KC/2F/153. Delivered between November 1966 and March 1968.
XV332 - XV350
B3-10-66 to B3-28-66
S.2
19
XV351
B3-01-67
1
XV352
B3-01-68
S.2D
1
Martel Trials Installation aircraft.
XV353 - XV361
B3-01-69
S.2
9
17
aircraft ordered from Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire, to
contract KC/2F/179. 7 delivered between May 1968 and January 1969, remainder
cancelled.
XV863 - XV868
B3-12-67 to B3-17-67
S.2D
6
XV869
B3-01-68
1
XV870 - XV879
10
26
aircraft ordered from Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire, to
contract KC/2F/258. Delivered between January 1970 and March 1973.
XW525 - XW531
B3-01-69 to B3-07-69
S.2B
7
XW532 - XW539
B3-01-70 to B3-08-70
8
XW540 - XW550
B3-01-71 to B3-11-71
11
21
aircraft ordered from Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire, to
contract KC/2F/316. 20 delivered in 1973/74, one cancelled.
XW986 - XW988
B3-01-72 to B3-03-72
S.2B
3
XW989
1
XX885 - XX891
B3-01-73 to B3-07-73
7
XX892 - XX894
B3-01-74 to B3-04-74
3
XX895 - XX901
B3-01-75 to B3-06-75
7
3 aircraft
ordered from Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire, to contract
KC/A6a/362. Delivered October 1977.
XZ430
B3-07-75
S.2B
1
XZ431 - XZ432
B3-01-76 to B3-02-76
2
Total Production
209
11
Buccaneer S.2A Conversions
Serial Range
33 aircraft converted from Buccaneer S.2 by
Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd., Brough, Yorkshire. Delivered to the RAF in
years indicated.
