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Avro 696 Shackleton

YEAR BUILT:

1949

NUMBER BUILT:

173

WINGSPAN:

120 ft

LENGTH:

77 ft 6 in to 92 ft 6 in

HEIGHT:

16 ft 9 in to 23 ft 4 in

CREW:

10

MAX SPEED:

302 mph

POWERPLANT:

4 x Rolls Royce Griffons (2,450 hp)

ARMAMENT:

2 x 20 mm Hispano cannons and up to 10,000 lbs of bombs

Avro Shackleton (Type 696)

NOTES:

Maritime reconnaissance aircraft nicknamed the 'Old Growler'. Fitted with 4 x Rolls-Royce Griffon engines and contrarotating propellers. Shackleton equipment was transferred to the Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.1.

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