English Electric Aircraft List

[hesham]

Hi,

English Electric was a multi-faceted industrial manufacturer of electrical equipment
and machinery which was formed through the amalgamation of 5 major companies
at the end of World War I.

These were: The Coventry Ordnance Works (Coventry), Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Company (Bradford), Dick Kerr and Company (Preston), The United Electric Car Company (Preston) and Willans and Robins (Rugby).

Later I will speak about its list.

We must start from Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Company (1916-1918),

P.1 was a twin-float two-seat pusher seaplane,had an un-equal span two wings biplane,powered by one 200 hp Sunbeam engine
Design was a two-seat twin-float seaplane,powered by two 130 hp Clerget rotary
engines
P.2 this designation was given to a two aircraft,both concepts were prepared to
Specification N.2b,each machine had a crew of two and powered by one 200 hp
Hispano-Suiza engine,the first was tractor and the second was pusher engine
P.3 was a two-seat twin-float tractor seaplane,also intended for N.2b,but powered
by one 350 hp Rolls-Royce Eagle engine
P.4 was a two-seat pusher flying boat,had an un-equal span two wings biplane,powered by one 275 hp Sunbeam Maori engine,also for N.2b,but in 1919,modified to take three or four seat,under the name Grey Mullet
P.5 Cork was a twin engined flying boat,had an un-equal span two wings biplane,
powered by two 450 hp Napier Lion engines
Design was a triplane flying boat,powered by six engines of 800 hp each
P.6 Pulex was anti-submarine patrol flying boat,powered by six 600 hp Rolls-
Royce Condor engines,also had an un-equal span two wings biplane
P.7 Eclectic was a long range civil flying boat,possibly designed to Specification
issued by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co.,it could accommodated 50 passenger
and powered by eight 600 hp Rolls-Royce Condor engines
Design was an investigation for the performance of the P.5 Cork,in commonication
with the 10.000 Pound prize offered by Daily Mail for first direct transatlantic flight
P.8 was a civil version of P.5 Cork to carry 10 passenger

The English Electric Co. Ltd. (1919-1926),

P.9 was a flying boat project,powered by three 600 hp Rolls-Royce Condor engines
P.10 were a six design studies for amphibious two-seat aeroplanes armed with
one Vickers machine-gun and one Lewis gun.
a) was a twin-float triplane. Mono-, bi- and quadruplane versions
also considered,powered by one 275 hp Rolls-Royce Falcon engine
b) was a twin-float biplane,powered by one 320 hp ABC Dragonfly engine
c) was a biplane flying-boat,powered by one 275 hp Rolls-Royce Falcon engine
d) was a biplane flying-boat. Triplane version also considered,powered by one
320 hp ABC Dragonfly engine
e) was a twin-float biplane,powered by one 320 hp ABC Dragonfly engine
f) was a twin-float biplane,powered by one 400 hp Cosmos Jupiter engine
P.11 was a three-seat biplane flying boat,powered by two 500 hp Cosmos Jupiter
engines
P.12 was a four-seat civil biplane flying-boat or seaplane, both powered by
One 350 hp engine
Design was a Torpedo Bus. Biplane flying-boat, resembling Sopwith Bat Boat,
Powered by one 1000 hp steam turbine. Two torpedoes carried below lower
wing-root, P.13 ?
M.1 was an early study to M.3 Ayr
M.2 was an Amphibious version of M.1
M.3 Ayr was a British three-seat coastal patrol flying boat,powered by one
450 hp Napier Lion engine
P.5 Kingston was developed from P.5 Cork,it was a coastal patrol and anti-submarine flying boat to meet Air Ministry Specification 23/23
A.1 was a civil flying-boat based on M.3 Ayr. Powered by eight 1000 hp
Napier Cub engines
P.5 ? was an investigation into use of P.5 Kingston for postal services across
the Irish Sea and the English Channel,comparisons of performance made with Rolls-Royce and Napier engines fitted to the Kingston
Design was a civil flying-boat biplane,seating six passengers and a pilot, and powered by one 360 hp Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII engine
S.1 Wren was a single seat ultralight high-wing monoplane,powered by one 8 hp
ABC engine
Design was an aeroplane for the Chilean Government powered by two Napier
Lion or Rolls-Royce Condor engines
P.6 was a five-seat biplane flying-boat to specification N.3,powered by two Rolls-Royce Condor engines
P.7 was a three-seat amphibian flying-boat for Canadian Government,intended
for patrol work and operation from small aerodromes,lakes, rivers, etc. Powered by one 360 hp Rolls-Royce Eagle driving a pusher propeller
S.2 was a two-seat training or touring aircraft based on the Wren,powered by one 32 hp Bristol Cherub engine
Design was a single-seat sports monoplane for the Air League of the British
Empire,biplane version also considered,powered by one 25 hp Douglas
Sprite engine
Twen was a twin-engine version of the Wren. Two 9 hp Villiers motor-
cycle engines
C.1 was a civil biplane seating eight passengers and two crew for Middle East
air routes,powered by one Rolls-Royce Condor, Cosmos Jupiter or Napier Lion engine
Special Machine was a three-seat single-engine monoplane
Design was a three-seat amphibian powered by one Armstrong Siddeley
Jaguar or Cosmos Jupiter engine
P.8 was a military flying-boat to specification 9/23,powered by three 470 hp engines
Design was a Duralumin hull for P.5 Kingston Mk II,it was designed to specification
GE 89 issued in April 1923
Fighter it was a single-seat fighter armed with one Vickers machine-gun,powered by one 150 hp engine
L.1 was a twin-float single-seat biplane powered by one 50 hp engine
C.2 was a civil biplane seating 18 passengers,powered by three 380 hp Bristol Jupiter engines
Design was a twin-float training biplane,powered by one 480 hp radial engine
Design was a two-seat flying-boat for Canadian market,powered by one 180 hp
Armstrong Siddeley Lynx engine
Design was a two-seat single-engine biplane fitted with dual control
Design was a twin-float photographic reconnaissance biplane,powered by two
180 hp engines

 

[hesham]

I reach to P.8.

 

[Schneiderman]

I would be very interested if anyone can point to a source from the years when Phoenix were active or shortly after the formation of English Electric which would substantiate any designation other than P5. The 1919 brochure issued by E.E - 'Transport by Aircraft' - provides no designations other than P5.

Designer William Manning's notebooks from that era apparently say that the identities of Eclectic and Pulex (not Pullex) were reversed in the brochure, so which is correct? I would favour the version in 'Transport by Aircraft' as this is the sole published period reference. - so, Pulex, 8-engine civil, Eclectic, 6-engine civil version of original military design.

Proceed with caution

Pulex

 

[hesham]

Many thanks my dear Schneiderman,

and I began from 1919 to 1926.

 

[hesham]

The work is in progress.

 

[hesham]

I come over P.8,a second use of the designation.

 

[hesham]

I completed up to 1926,after that I will start from 1945.