Short S.23 Empire / C-Class Flying-Boat Family
The Short S.23 Empire was a British four-engine flying-boat family designed for Imperial Airways passenger, mail, and freight routes across the British Empire. Its capacious hull and long-range waterborne operation connected the United Kingdom with Africa, the Middle East, India, and Australia before wartime service and the rise of landplane airliners displaced most oceanic flying-boat operations.
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Identity
- Aliases
- Short EmpireS.23 EmpireC-Class flying boatImperial flying boat
- Family Name
- Short S.23 Empire
- Full Name
- Short S.23 Empire / C-Class Flying-Boat Family
- Roles
- airlinercargoutility
- Status
- retired
- Type
- aircraft
Details
- Aircraft Specs
- Configuration
- fixed_wing
- Operating Modes
- water
- Takeoff Landing Capabilities
- conventional
- Description
- The Short S.23 Empire was a British four-engine flying-boat family designed for Imperial Airways passenger, mail, and freight routes across the British Empire. Its capacious hull and long-range waterborne operation connected the United Kingdom with Africa, the Middle East, India, and Australia before wartime service and the rise of landplane airliners displaced most oceanic flying-boat operations.
- First Flight Year
- 1,936
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- Creation Time
- August 8, 2026 at 07:08:27 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 8, 2026 at 07:08:27 UTC