Percival Prince Aircraft

Sea Prince T.1, Yeovilton

Production Details

Design Company:

Percival Aircraft Ltd

First Flight:

9 May 1947

Merganser:

1 - Percival Aircraft

Prince:

24 - Percival Aircraft

President:

7 - Percival Aircraft

Pembroke:

45 - Percival Aircraft

Sea Prince:

48 - Percival Aircraft

Type Specification

Applies to:

Percival Sea Prince T.1

Type:

Navigation and anti-submarine trainer

Wing:

High wing cantilever monoplane. Unswept with no dihedral with taper from root to tip. All metal stressed skin construction

Fuselage:

All metal stressed skin construction

Tail Unit:

Tailplane and elevator mounted below single fin and rudder

Landing Gear:

Retractable tricycle undercarriage. All units have twin wheels. Nose wheels retracts into fuselage with main wheels retracting into rear of engine nacelles

Power Plant:

Two 550 hp Alvis Leonides 125 engines mounted on the wing

Accommodation:

Two pilots in enclosed cockpit with three pupils in cabin behind

Span:

56 ft

Length:

46 ft 4 in

Height:

16 ft 1 in

Wing Area:

365 sq ft

Empty:

8,850 lb

Loaded:

11,850 lb

Max Speed:

223 mph at 2,000 ft

Climb:

1,400 ft/min

Service Ceiling:

22,000 ft

Range:

400 nautical miles

Preserved in British Museums

Prince:

G-AMLZ - Caernarfon Airworld Museum, Caernarfon - Display

Pembroke:

WV746 - RAF Museum, Cosford - Display XK885 - Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - Display XL929 - Air Atlantique Classic Flight, Coventry - Stored off-site XL954 - Air Atlantique Classic Flight, Coventry - Airworthy

Sea Prince:

WF118 - Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - Display WF122 - AeroVenture, Doncaster - Display WF128 - Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton - Display WF137 - Second World War Aircraft Preservation Society, Lasham - Display WP308 - Gatwick Aviation Museum, Charlwood - Display WP313 - Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton - Stored WP314 - Solway Aviation Museum, Carlisle - Display N7SY - Bournemouth Aviation Museum, Bournemouth Airport - Display

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