SIAI S.16

SIAI S.16
General De Pinedo's Savoia Marchetti seaplane landing on the Brisbane River in 1925.
Role Passenger and military flying-boat
National origin Italy
Manufacturer SIAI
Designer Rafaele Conflenti
First flight 1919
Primary user Italian Navy



SIAI S.16
SIAI S.16bis

The SIAI S.16 was an Italian passenger flying-boat later used a military reconnaissance-bomber, claimed to be the most successful flying-boat of the 1920s.

Design and development

The first flying-boat designed by the Societa Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI) for use as a civilian passenger carrier, the S.13 was a biplane flying-boat with room for five passengers. The S.16 was powered by a single Fiat A.12bis engine. Military versions were also developed with a bow cockpit for an observer-gunner and bomb-racks fitted underneath the wings. The military version was sold to Brazil, Soviet Union, Spain and Turkey.

Variants

S.16
Production passenger carrier powered by a Fiat A.12bis engine.
S.16bis
Improved civilian variant with reinforced hull, increased fuel capacity and a larger propeller.
S.16bis M
Military version of the S.16bis with bow cockpit, Soviet operated versions (80 aircraft) were designated by them the S-16bis, some were licence-built in Spain.
S.16ter
Improved military variant first used by the Italian Navy from 1924, powered by a Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db vee piston engine.
S.23
Simplified variant for training, one built.

Operators

 Brazil
 Spain
 Kingdom of Italy
 Latvia
 Turkey
 Soviet Union

Specifications (S.16ter)

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

See also


Related lists

References

Notes

  1. Orbis 1985, page 2853

Bibliography

Media related to SIAI S.16 at Wikimedia Commons

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