Purchase of 24 Seaplanes
LANDED COST £345,000,
MELBOURNE, May 7
The Minister for Defence has. announced that 24 Seagull V. amphibian planes have been ordered from England the i ->t of which, landed in Australia, will bo £345,000. These machines may be catapulted from cruisers or seaplane-carriers. They have a speed of 120 miles ! jurly at 5000 feet, and can dive at a rate of 200 miles hourly. Their range with full bomb load is 300 miles.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIX, Issue 7459, 9 May 1934, Page 9
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