Manufacturer: | Short |
Country: | United Kingdom |
ICAO Type designator: | SAND |
First flight: | 16 October 1937 |
Production ended: | 1946 |
Production total: | 749 |
Series: | Sandringham 2: Civil conversion of Sunderland 5 for Argentine airline Dodero
Sandringham 3: Conversion of Sunderland 5 with dining room and galley on upper deck Sandringham 4: Civil conversion for TEAL, seating for 30 passengers Sandringham 5: Civil conversion for BOAC, 22 day or 16 sleeper passengers Sandringham 6: Radar equipped aircraft for Norwegian airline DNL. Sandringham 7: Civil conversion for BOAC, seating for 30 passengers Sunderland I: Initial model Sunderland II: Fitted with Pegasus XVIII engines with two-speed superchargers Sunderland III: Revised hull configuration Sunderland V: Fitted with Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp engines |
Propulsion: | 4 piston engines |
Maximum number of passengers: | 22 |
Maximum take-off mass: | 35652 kg |
ICAO Mass group: | 4 |