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Consolidated PBY Catalina maritime patrol aircraft on patrol
The following is a list of maritime patrol aircraft , which are sometimes referred to as Maritime reconnaissance, coastal reconnaissance or patrol bombers depending on the service and the time period, and are characterized by their use in controlling sea lanes.
Maritime patrol aircraft
Type
Country
Class
Date
Status
No.
Notes
AD Flying Boat
UK
1916
27
Aichi H9A
Japan
1940
retired
31
Airbus A319 MPA
France
1995
In service
0
[ 1] [ notes 1]
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley
UK
1936
retired
1,814
ATR 42 MP Surveyor
Italy
1984
In service
ATR 72 MP
Italy
1988
In service
ATR 72 ASW
France
1988
In service
Avro Anson
UK
1935
retired
6,688
[ notes 2]
Avro Lancaster GR.III/MR.III/10MR/MP
UK & Canada
1941
retired
1 (GR.III/MR.III) 70 -75 (10MR/MP)
[ notes 3]
Avro Shackleton
UK
1949
retired
185
B class blimp
USA
1917
retired
20
BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4
UK
2004
cancelled 2010
9
Beechcraft King Air
USA
1963
In service
Basler BT-67
USA
1990
In service
Beriev Be-6
USSR
1943
retired
123
Beriev Be-10
USSR
1956
retired
28
Beriev Be-12
USSR
1960
In service
143
Beriev Be-42
Russia
1986
In service
2
Beriev MBR-2
USSR
1931
retired
Blackburn Iris
UK
1926
retired
5
Blackburn Perth
UK
1933
retired
4
Blohm & Voss BV 138
Germany
1937
retired
297
Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger
United States
1942
retired
1
Boeing 737 Surveiller
USA
1967
In service
Boeing P-8 Poseidon
USA
2009
In service
100
Bombardier DHC-8 MPA/MSA variants
Canada
2007
In service
26
Breguet 521
France
1933
37
[ notes 4]
Breguet Alizé
France
1956
89
Breguet Atlantic
France
1965
115
Britten-Norman Defender /Islander
UK
1970
C class blimp
USA
1918
retired
10
C-Star class blimp
UK
1918
10
CAMS 55
France
1928
112
Canadair CP-107 Argus
Canada
1957
retired
33
Canadian Vickers Vancouver
Canada
1929
retired
6
CANT Z.501
Italy
1934
200
CANT Z.506
Italy
1935
320 +
Caproni Ca.314 -SC
Italy
1940
14
CASA C-212 MPA
Spain
1971
12
[ 1]
CASA/IPTN CN-235 MPA /HC-144 Ocean Sentry
Spain & Indonesia
1983
24 +
[ 1]
Chyetverikov MDR-6
USSR
1937
27
Coastal class blimp
UK
1916
35
Consolidated P2Y
USA
1929
78
Consolidated PBY Catalina
USA
1935
3,305
[ notes 5]
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado
USA
1937
217
Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator
USA
1939
976
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer
USA
1943
739
Convair P5Y
USA
1950
2
Curtiss Model H
USA
1914
478
Curtiss HS-1L & HS-2L
USA
1917
1,178 ~
D class blimp
USA
1920
6
Dassault Falcon 20G
France
1963
46
Dassault Falcon 50M
France
1976
Dassault Falcon 900 MSA
France
1984
Diamond DA42 Guardian
Austria
2002
Donnet-Denhaut flying boat
France
1915
1,085 ~
Dornier Wal
Germany
1922
250 +
Dornier Do 24
Germany
1937
279
Dornier 228
Germany
1981
Douglas B-18 Bolo/Digby
USA
1935
370
Douglas/BSAS Turbo Dakota
USA
1991
5
Douglas PD-1
USA
1923
25
CASA C-295 MPA
Spain
1997
Embraer EMB 111 Bandeirante
Brazil
1968
16 +
Embraer R-99
Brazil
2001
16 +
Embraer P-99 (EMB-145MP)
Brazil
2003
Fairey Gannet
UK
1949
303
FBA Types A, B, C & S
France
1913
1,000 ~
FBA Type H
France
1915
2,000 ~
FBA Type S
France
1917
Felixstowe F.2
UK
1916
175
Felixstowe F.3
UK
1917
182
Felixstowe F5L/Curtiss F5L
UK & US
1918
227
[ notes 6]
Fiat RS.14
Italy
1939
188
Focke-Wulf Fw 200
Germany
1937
276
Fokker F27 200-MAR
Netherlands
1955
[ notes 7]
Fokker F27 Maritime Enforcer
Netherlands
1955
Fokker T.IV
Netherlands
1927
33
Fokker T.VIII
Netherlands
1938
36
Friedrichshafen FF.60
Germany
1918
1
Gotha WD.9
Germany
1914
1
Gotha WD.27
Germany
1918
1
Grumman AF Guardian
USA
1945
389
Grumman Tracker
USA
1952
1,284
Hall PH
USA
1929
24
Harbin SH-5
China
1976
6
Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod
UK
1967
51
Hiro H4H
Japan
1931
47
IAI 1124N Sea Scan
Israel
1977
4
IAI Heron
Israel
2005
UAV
Ilyushin Il-38
USSR
1967
58
Junkers Ju 290
Germany
1942
65
K-class blimp
USA
1938
134
Kawanishi H3K
Japan
1930
5
Kawanishi H6K Mavis
Japan
1936
215
Kawanishi H8K Emily
Japan
1941
131
Kawasaki P-1
Japan
2007
10
Kawasaki P-2J
Japan
1966
83
[ notes 8]
Keystone PK-1
USA
1930
18
Kyushu Q1W
Japan
1943
153
Lockheed Hudson
USA
1938
2,941
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura
USA
1940
2,511
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon
USA
1943
535
Lockheed P-2 Neptune
USA
1945
1,036
Lockheed P-3 Orion
USA
1959
757
[ notes 9]
Lockheed P-7
USA
2000
0
Lockheed S-3 Viking
USA
1972
188
Lohner L
Austria-Hungary
1915
100 +
Loire 70
France
1933
8
M class blimp
USA
1944
4
Macchi M.C.99
Italy
1937
1
Mann Egerton Type B
UK
1916
10
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.11
Norway
1931
29
Martin PM-1
USA
1930
30
Martin PM-2
USA
1931
27
Martin P2M
USA
1929
1
Martin P3M
USA
1931
19
Martin P4M Mercator
USA
1946
46
[ notes 10]
Martin P5M Marlin
USA
1948
285
Martin P6M SeaMaster
United States
1955
12
Martin PBM Mariner
USA
1939
1,285
Myasishchev 3M /3MD
USSR
1956
93
[ notes 11]
Naval Aircraft Factory PN
USA
1922
15
Nord 1402 Noroit
France
1949
25
Norman Thompson N.T.4
UK
1916
26
North Sea class blimp
UK
1917
14
Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton
USA
2013
2
Drones
PZL M28B Bryza
Poland
1984
11
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H
Yugoslavia
1938
19
Rohrbach Ro IV
Denmark & UK
1925
2
Royal Aircraft Factory C.E.1
UK
1918
2
Saab Swordfish
Sweden
2016
[ 2] [ 3]
Saro Lerwick
UK
1938
21
Saro London
UK
1934
31
Savoia-Marchetti S.55
Italy
1924
243 +
Savoia-Marchetti S.59
Italy
1925
240 +
Savoia-Marchetti SM.62
Italy
1926
64
Shaanxi Y-8F, Q & X
China
1984
Shin Meiwa PS-1
Japan
1967
25
Short Type 184
UK
1915
936
Short Empire
UK
1936
9
[ notes 12]
Short Rangoon
UK
1930
6
Short S.26/M
UK
1939
3
Short Seaford
UK
1944
10
Short Seavan
UK
1976
Short Shetland
UK
1944
2
Short Singapore III
UK
1934
37
Short Sunderland
UK
1937
777
Submarine Scout class blimp
UK
1915
60
Submarine Scout Pusher class blimp
UK
1917
6
Submarine Scout Twin class blimp
UK
1918
13
Submarine Scout Zero class blimp
UK
1916
77
Supermarine Scapa
UK
1932
15
Supermarine Southampton
UK
1925
83
Supermarine Stranraer
UK
1934
57
[ notes 13]
Tupolev Tu-16T/PL/R/RM/SP
USSR
1952
1,509
[ notes 14]
Tupolev Tu-95MR
USSR
1961
4
Tupolev Tu-142
USSR
1968
100
Vickers Warwick GR Mk.II and V
UK
1939
328
Vickers Wellington GR.Mk.VIII/XI/XII/XIII/XIV
UK
1936
2,230
Yokosuka H5Y
Japan
1936
20
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.I
Germany
1915
1
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.II
Germany
1916
1
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.III
Germany
1917
1
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.IV
Germany
1918
1
References
Notes
^ Proposal only, flight date is of airframe only
^ Production total of Mk.Is- includes trainers and bombers
^ Built in both countries, heavily modified in Canada
^ Developed from Short Calcutta
^ 620 Catalinas built in Canada and 24 in USSR
^ built in both countries, airframe by Curtiss, hull by Porte in the UK.)
^ unarmed variant
^ turboprop Lockheed P-2
^ Lockheed CP-140 Aurora is the Canadian designation for same aircraft with the Canadian Forces
^ Most diverted to other purposes
^ all variants
^ Two BOAC examples converted for the RAF with full weapons fit including fuselage depth charge racks and tail and top turrets; five Qantas Empire Airways /BOAC examples converted for the Royal Australian Air Force with makeshift weapons; and two stock TEAL examples used for visual patrols by the Royal New Zealand Air Force .
^ More built in Canada than UK
^ Production figure includes all variants.
Citations
Bibliography
Field, Hugh; Richardson, Doug (7 July 1979). "Inshore Maritime Market" . Flight International . 115 (3668). Transport Press: 29–32 & 37.
Gaines, Mike (23 April 1983). "Inshore Maritime Market" . Flight International . 123 (3859). Transport Press: 1115–1122.
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Type Fuselage Manufacturer Engine number Range Use Research Rotor-powered