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Blackburn B.6 Shark

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Produced Variants

Type B.6/T.9
 
Private venture three seat torpedo-spotter-reconnaissance aircraft to Specification S.15/33 to meet the requirements of OR.10.  One 700 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Tiger IV powerplant.
Type B.6/T.9 Shark Mk.I Production version to meet the requirements of Specification S.12/34. 
Type B.6/T.9A Shark Mk.II
 
T.9 with improved airframe to meet the requirements of Specification 13/35. One 760 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Tiger VI powerplant.
Type B.6/T.9A Shark Mk.IIA
 
Mk.II for the Portuguese Navy with bomb racks and metric instruments. One 700 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Tiger VIC powerplant.
Type B.6/T.9B Shark Mk.III
 
Mk.IIA with glazed cockpit; to meet the requirements of Specification 19/36. One 800 h.p. Bristol Pegasus III or 840 h.p. Pegasus IX powerplant.
Type B.7
 
Derivative of the B.6/T.9. Three seat general purpose biplane to meet the requirements of Specification G.4/31. One 700 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Tiger IV powerplant.



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B.6 Shark

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Blackburn Production
Serial Range C/n Type Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 1 aircraft built by The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, as a Private Venture. First flew 24 August 1933; to the Air Ministry under contract 319027/34 on 16 April 1934.
 K4295  5060/1  Mk.I  1      First flew under Class B markings B-6; to Shark Mk.I standard 20 March 1935.
 19 aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, to contract 334315/34. Delivered between November 1934 and March 1936.
 K4349 - K4364  5670/1-5670/16  Mk.I  16      
 K4880 - K4882  6020/1-6020/3  Mk.II  3      
 53 aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, to contract 400135/35. Delivered between January and July 1936.
 K5607 - K5659  6120/1-6120/53  Mk.II  53      
 6 aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, for the Portugese Naval Air Force (Forças Aéreas da Armada). Delivered 1936.
 73 - 78  6180/1-6180/6  Mk.IIA  6      
 7 aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, to contract 455279/35 for the RCAF. Delivered between November 1936 and April 1937.
 501 - 507  6596/1-6596/7  Mk.II  7      
 70 aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, to contract 467000/35. Delivered between September 1936 and February 1937.
 K8450 - K8519  6790/1-6790/70  Mk.II  70      
 95 aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, to contract 510994/36 (but see note 2). Delivered between February and December 1937.
 K8891 - K8935  7050/1-7050/45  Mk.III  45      
 L2337 - L2386  7050/46-7050/95  Mk.III  50      
 2 aircraft ordered from The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, to contract 667787/37 for the RCAF. Delivered March 1939.
 525 - 526  8780/1-8780/2  Mk.III  2      
  Total Production 253      

Boeing of Canada Production
Serial Range C/n Type Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 17 aircraft ordered from Boeing Aircraft of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, for the RCAF. Delivered between August 1939 and February 1940.
 514 - 524  501-511  Mk.III  11      
 545 - 550  512-517  Mk.III  6      
  Total Production 17      

Serial Range C/n Batch Qty Conv. Canc'd Notes
 1 aircraft built by The Blackburn Aeroplane and Motor Co. Ltd, Brough, Yorkshire, as a Private Venture. First flew 28 November 1934.
 none  5590/1  1      Flew under Class B markings B-7
  Total Production 1      




Production Summary

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All Aircraft By Type
Type Built New Conv. Canc'd Total
 B.6 Shark 253     253
 B.7 1     1
  254 0 0

B.6 Shark - All Aircraft By Mark and Manufacturer
Type Bult New Total
Blackburn Boeing
 T.9 Shark Mk.I 17   17
 T.9A Shark Mk.II 133   133
 T.9A Shark Mk.IIA 6   6
 T.9B Shark Mk.III 97 17 114
  253 17

Notes
  1. Late production Shark IIIs were built at Blackburns factory at Dumbarton, Scotland.

Production References
  1. Blackburn Aircraft Since 1909, A.J. Jackson (Putnam, 1989)
  2. Fleet Air Arm Aircraft, Units and Ships, 1920 to 1939, Ray Sturtivant with Dick Cronin (Air Britain Publications, 1998)

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