Kaiserliche Werft Danzig 1650

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No. 1650
Role Reconnaissance seaplane
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Number built 1

Number 1650 was the sole example of a unique seaplane design produced for the flying service of the Imperial German Navy during the First World War.[1][2][3] From 1916 onwards, the Kaiserliche Werften produced a range of training seaplanes for the Navy, in order to free the nation's major seaplane manufacturers to produce front-line types.[1] During the closing stages of the war, however, the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig and Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven produced a small number of front-line types as well, including this machine.[1] Number 1650 was an armed reconnaissance seaplane equipped with radio equipment capable of transmission and reception, therefore gaining the naval CHFT classification.[1][3]


Specifications

Data from Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.165

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two, pilot and observer
  • Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.IV, 160 kW (220 hp)

Armament

  • 1 × trainable 7.9 mm machine gun

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nowarra 1966, p.78
  2. Gray & Thetford 1962, p.450
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.165

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