Fairey Hamble Baby

A total of 286 Sopwith Babies was built of which 195 were produced by Blackburn – and sometimes known as Blackburn Babies – 105 of the latter being fitted with the 130hp Clerget engine, and, of these, 40 were fitted (initially) to carry the Ranken dart and no gun armament. A more extensive modification of the Sopwith float fighter was the Fairey Hamble Baby.

The Fairey Hamble Baby had refinements such as full span flaps designed by Richard Fairey. A total of 180 were built.

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