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| The Fairey Campania two-seat seaplane got its name from the ex-Cunard ocean liner Campania which the Admiralty had converted into a seaplane carrier during the winter of 1914-15. Production aircraft, powered by a 186.3kW Sunbeam Maori II or 186.3-257kW Rolls-Royce Eagle engine, entered service in 1917 and eventually operated as armed-reconnaissance aircraft from the carriers Campania, Nairana and Pegasus and from coastal bases until the Armistice, thereafter also seeing action in Russia.
A total of about 60 Campanias were built from the contracts placed with Fairey (for 50 aircraft in two batches), Barclay Curie and Company (for 50) and Frederick Sage and Company/Sunbeam Motor Car Company (for 70).
 | A three-view drawing of F.17 Campania (664 x 650) |
| CREW | 2 |
| ENGINE | 1 x Sunbeam "Maori II", 190kW |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 2420 kg | 5335 lb |
| Empty weight | 1660 kg | 3660 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 18.8 m | 62 ft 8 in |
| Length | 13.1 m | 43 ft 0 in |
| Height | 4.6 m | 15 ft 1 in |
| Wing area | 58.3 m2 | 627.54 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 137 km/h | 85 mph |
| Ceiling | 1520 m | 5000 ft |
| Range w/max.fuel | 450 km | 280 miles |
| ARMAMENT | 1 machine-guns, 2 x 30kg bombs |
| Aubi, 05.04.2010 21:14 No, they fly Fairey IIID. reply | | B Milne, e-mail, 21.11.2008 16:27 Is this the aircraft that Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral flew in their 1922 voyage in the historical tradition of Portuguese navigation from Lisbon to Brazil? reply |
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