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Produced Variants
T.5 Ripon I
Two seat carrier-based torpedo bomber and reconnaissance biplane to meet the requirements of Specification 21/23.
One 470 h.p. Napier Lion V powerplant.
T.5A Ripon II
Initial
production with redesigned nose featuring a relocated radiator, and a larger rudder, to meet the requirements of Specification
3/28. One 570 h.p. Napier Lion XI powerplant.
T.5B Ripon IIA
As Ripon II with metal ribbed wings and smaller rudder to meet the requirements of Specification 2/29. One 570
h.p. Napier Lion XIA powerplant.
Ripon IIB
Designation not used
T.5B Ripon IIC
As Ripon IIA with all metal wings of increased
sweepback to meet the requirements of Specification 13/31.
T.5D Ripon IIF
Two-seat reconnaissance for the Finnish Air
Force. As Ripon IIA but with the Ripon II rudder. A variety of radial powerplants were fitted.
T.5E Ripon
III
All metal construction
throughout with a completely redesigned fuselage. 570 h.p. Napier Lion XIA powerplant.
T.5J Ripon V
As Ripon IIC with
a 650 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Tiger I (later 545 h.p. Bristol Pegasus I.MS) powerplant. Prototypes leading to the Baffin.
T.8 Baffin
Based
on the Ripon V to meet the requirements of Specification 4/33. One 565 h.p. Bristol Pegasus I.M3 powerplant.
T.8A Baffin
Modified T.8 Baffin to meet the requirements of Specification 17/34. One 580
h.p. Bristol Pegasus II.M3 powerplant.
Projected
Variants
T.5C
Ripon project for Spain with Napier Lion or Bristol Jupiter powerplant.
T.5F
Ripon with Armstrong
Siddeley Jaguar Major powerplant.
2 aircraft
ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Leeds, Yorkshire, to
contract 528238/25. First flew April 1926.
N203 - N204
Mk.I
2
1 aircraft
ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Leeds, Yorkshire, to
contract 801792/27. First flew 17 May 1927.
N231
Mk.II
1
Conv. to Mk.IIC in May 1929 to Works Order
2339/1.
8 aircraft
ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Leeds, Yorkshire, to
contract 833137/28. Delivered February 1929.
S1265 - S1271
Mk.II
7
S1268, S1270 conv. to Mk.IIC in 1932.
S1272
1420/2
Mk.III
1
1 aircraft
ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Leeds, Yorkshire, for
the Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat). Delivered in September 1929.
RI-121
Mk.IIF
1
13
aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Leeds,
Yorkshire, to contract 897808/29. Delivered between November 1929 and
February 1930.
S1357 - S1369
1850/1-1850/13
Mk.II
13
S1366 (Works Order 4804/4), S1368, S1369
conv. to Mk.IIC in 1933.
9 aircraft
ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Leeds, Yorkshire, to
contract 897808/29. Delivered between July and September 1930.
S1424 - S1432
2690/1-2690/9
Mk.IIA
9
S1428, S1431 conv. to Mk.IIC in 1932/33
31
aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Leeds,
Yorkshire, to contract 38676/30. Delivered between November 1930 and July
1931.
S1465 - S1467
3130/1-3130/3
Mk.IIA
3
S1468
3130/4
Mk.IIC
1
Initially produced as floatplane, conv. to
landplane.
S1469 - S1473
3130/5-3130/9
Mk.IIA
5
S1469, S1470 conv. to Mk.IIC (1932?)
S1553 - S1574
3320/1-3320/9
22
S1553, S1557 (Works Order 3971/1), S1559,
S1562, S1567 conv. to Mk.IIC in 1932/33.
3330/1-3330/6
3340/1-3340/7
26
aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough,
Yorkshire, to contract 106668/31. Delivered between October 1931 and April
1932.
S1649 - S1674
3810/1-3810/21, 4060/1,
Mk.IIC
26
3810/22, 4060/2-4060/4
2 aircraft
built by The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, as a
Private Venture. First flew September 1932.
B-4, B-5
Mk.V
2
4 aircraft
ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, to
contract 170234/32. Delivered between January and February 1933.
K2884 - K2887
4570/1-4570/4
Mk.IIC
4
Total Production
97
Non-UK Built
Serial Range
C/n
Type
Batch Qty
Conv.
Canc'd
Notes
15
aircraft ordered from the Finnish National Aircraft Factory (Valton
Lentokonetehdas) for the Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat). Delivered between
February 1931 and February 1932.
RI-129 - RI-135
I/1-I/7
Mk.IIF
7
RI-136 - RI-143
II/8-II/15
8
10
aircraft ordered from the Finnish National Aircraft Factory (Valton
Lentokonetehdas) for the Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat). Delivered between
June and October 1934.
14
aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough,
Yorkshire, to contract 217288/32. Delivered between November 1933 and January
1934.
K3546 - K3559
5120/1-5120/14
T.8
14
Originally laid down as Ripon Mk.IIC
2 aircraft
ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, to
contract 240982/33 (later 285466/33). Delivered April 1933.
K3589 - K3590
5568/1-5568/2
T.8
2
10
aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough,
Yorkshire, to contract 277109/33. Delivered between May and June 1934.
K4071 - K4080
5500/1-5500/10
T.8
10
3 aircraft
ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, to
contract 324868/34. Delivered in June 1935.
K4776 - K4778
5830/1-5830/3
T.8A
3
Total Production
29
T.8 Baffin Converted From Ripon Mk.II / IIA / IIC
Serial Range
Aircraft converted by The Blackburn
Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, in 1933/34
Initially, Blackburn aircraft
were built at the Olympia Works, Leeds, but erected and flown from Brough Aerodrome, East Yorkshire, but between 1928 and
1932 all manufacture was transferred to Brough.
Production References
Blackburn Aircraft
Since 1909, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1989)
Fleet Air Arm Aircraft, Units and Ships, 1920 to 1939,
Ray Sturtivant with Dick Cronin (Air Britain Publications, 1998)
