List of maritime patrol aircraft

The following is a list of maritime patrol aircraft, which are sometimes referred to as Maritime reconnaissance, coastal reconnaissance or patrol bombers depending on the service and the time period, and are characterized by their use in controlling sea lanes.

Consolidated PBY Catalina maritime patrol aircraft on patrol

Maritime patrol aircraft

TypeCountryClassDateStatusNo.Notes
AD Flying BoatUK191627
Aichi H9AJapan194031
Airbus A319 MPAFrance19950[1][notes 1]
Armstrong Whitworth WhitleyUK19361,814
ATR 42 MP SurveyorItaly1984
ATR 72 MPItaly1988
ATR 72 ASWFrance1988
Avro AnsonUK19356,688[notes 2]
Avro Lancaster GR.III/MR.III/10MR/MPUK & Canada1941[notes 3]
Avro ShackletonUK1949185
B class blimpUSA191720
BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4UK20109
Beechcraft King AirUSA1963
Basler BT-67USA1990
Beriev Be-6USSR1943123
Beriev Be-10USSR195628
Beriev Be-12USSR1960143
Beriev Be-42Russia19862
Beriev MBR-2USSR1931
Blackburn IrisUK19265
Blackburn PerthUK19334
Blohm & Voss BV 138Germany1937297
Boeing XPBB Sea RangerUnited States19421
Boeing 737 SurveillerUSA1967
Boeing P-8 PoseidonUSA2009100
Bombardier DHC-8 MPA/MSA variantsCanada200726
Breguet 521France193337[notes 4]
Breguet AlizéFrance195689
Breguet AtlanticFrance1965115
Britten-Norman Defender/IslanderUK1970
C class blimpUSA191810
C-Star class blimpUK191810
CAMS 55France1928112
Canadair CP-107 ArgusCanada195733
Canadian Vickers VancouverCanada19296
CANT Z.501Italy1934200
CANT Z.506Italy1935320+
Caproni Ca.314-SCItaly194014
CASA C-212 MPASpain197112[1]
CASA/IPTN CN-235 MPA/HC-144 Ocean SentrySpain & Indonesia198324+[1]
Chyetverikov MDR-6USSR193727
Coastal class blimpUK191635
Consolidated P2YUSA192978
Consolidated PBY CatalinaUSA19353,305[notes 5]
Consolidated PB2Y CoronadoUSA1937217
Consolidated PB4Y-1 LiberatorUSA1939976
Consolidated PB4Y-2 PrivateerUSA1943739
Convair P5YUSA19502
Curtiss Model HUSA1914478
Curtiss HS-1L & HS-2LUSA19171,178~
D class blimpUSA19206
Dassault Falcon 20GFrance196346
Dassault Falcon 50MFrance1976
Dassault Falcon 900 MSAFrance1984
Diamond DA42 GuardianAustria2002
Donnet-Denhaut flying boatFrance19151,085~
Dornier WalGermany1922250+
Dornier Do 24Germany1937279
Dornier 228Germany1981
Douglas B-18 Bolo/DigbyUSA1935370
Douglas/BSAS Turbo DakotaUSA19915
Douglas PD-1USA192325
CASA C-295 MPASpain1997
Embraer EMB 111 BandeiranteBrazil196816+
Embraer R-99Brazil196816+
Embraer P-99 (EMB-145MP)Brazil2003
Fairey GannetUK1949303
FBA Types A, B, C & SFrance19131,000~
FBA Type HFrance19152,000~
FBA Type SFrance1917
Felixstowe F.2UK1916175
Felixstowe F.3UK1917182
Felixstowe F5L/Curtiss F5LUK & US1918227[notes 6]
Fiat RS.14Italy1939188
Focke-Wulf Fw 200Germany1937276
Fokker F27 200-MARNetherlands1955[notes 7]
Fokker F27 Maritime EnforcerNetherlands1955
Fokker T.IVNetherlands192733
Fokker T.VIIINetherlands193836
Friedrichshafen FF.60Germany19181
Gotha WD.9Germany19141
Gotha WD.27Germany19181
Grumman AF GuardianUSA1945389
Grumman TrackerUSA19521,284
Hall PHUSA192924
Harbin SH-5China19766
Hawker-Siddeley NimrodUK196751
Hiro H4HJapan193147
IAI 1124N Sea ScanIsrael19774
Ilyushin Il-38USSR196758
Junkers Ju 290Germany194265
K-class blimpUSA1938134
Kawanishi H3KJapan19305
Kawanishi H6K MavisJapan1936215
Kawanishi H8K EmilyJapan1941131
Kawasaki P-1Japan200710
Kawasaki P-2JJapan196683[notes 8]
Keystone PK-1USA193018
Kyushu Q1WJapan1943153
Lockheed HudsonUSA19382,941
Lockheed PV-1 VenturaUSA19402,511
Lockheed PV-2 HarpoonUSA1943535
Lockheed P-2 NeptuneUSA19451,036
Lockheed P-3 OrionUSA1959757[notes 9]
Lockheed P-7USA20000
Lockheed S-3 VikingUSA1972188
Lohner LAustria-Hungary1915100+
Loire 70France19338
M class blimpUSA19444
Macchi M.C.99Italy19371
Mann Egerton Type BUK191610
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.11Norway193129
Martin PM-1USA193030
Martin PM-2USA193127
Martin P2MUSA19291
Martin P3MUSA193119
Martin P4M MercatorUSA194646[notes 10]
Martin P5M MarlinUSA1948285
Martin P6M SeaMasterUnited States195512
Martin PBM MarinerUSA19391,285
Myasishchev 3M/3MDUSSR195693[notes 11]
Naval Aircraft Factory PNUSA192215
Nord 1402 NoroitFrance194925
Norman Thompson N.T.4UK191626
North Sea class blimpUK191714
Northrop Grumman MQ-4C TritonUSA20132Drones
PZL M28B BryzaPoland198411
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-HYugoslavia193819
Rohrbach Ro IVDenmark & UK19252
Royal Aircraft Factory C.E.1UK19182
Saab SwordfishSweden2016[2][3]
Saro LerwickUK193821
Saro LondonUK193431
Savoia-Marchetti S.55Italy1924243+
Savoia-Marchetti S.59Italy1925240+
Savoia-Marchetti SM.62Italy192664
Shaanxi Y-8F, Q & XChina1984
Shin Meiwa PS-1Japan196725
Short Type 184UK1915936
Short EmpireUK19369[notes 12]
Short RangoonUK19306
Short S.26/MUK19393
Short SeafordUK194410
Short SeavanUK1976
Short ShetlandUK19442
Short Singapore IIIUK193437
Short SunderlandUK1937777
Submarine Scout class blimpUK191560
Submarine Scout Pusher class blimpUK19176
Submarine Scout Twin class blimpUK191813
Submarine Scout Zero class blimpUK191677
Supermarine ScapaUK193215
Supermarine SouthamptonUK192583
Supermarine StranraerUK193457[notes 13]
Tupolev Tu-16T/PL/R/RM/SPUSSR19521,509[notes 14]
Tupolev Tu-95MRUSSR19614
Tupolev Tu-142USSR1968100
Vickers Warwick GR Mk.II and VUK1939328
Vickers Wellington GR.Mk.VIII/XI/XII/XIII/XIVUK19362,230
Yokosuka H5YJapan193620
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.IGermany19151
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.IIGermany19161
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.IIIGermany19171
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.IVGermany19181

References

Notes

  1. Proposal only, flight date is of airframe only
  2. Production total of Mk.Is- includes trainers and bombers
  3. Built in both countries, heavily modified in Canada
  4. Developed from Short Calcutta
  5. 620 Catalinas built in Canada and 24 in USSR
  6. built in both countries, airframe by Curtiss, hull by Porte in the UK.)
  7. unarmed variant
  8. turboprop Lockheed P-2
  9. Lockheed CP-140 Aurora is the Canadian designation for same aircraft with the Canadian Forces
  10. Most diverted to other purposes
  11. all variants
  12. Two BOAC examples converted for the RAF with full weapons fit including fuselage depth charge racks and tail and top turrets; five Qantas Empire Airways/BOAC examples converted for the Royal Australian Air Force with makeshift weapons; and two stock TEAL examples used for visual patrols by the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  13. More built in Canada than UK
  14. Production figure includes all variants.

Citations

Bibliography

  • Field, Hugh; Richardson, Doug (7 July 1979). "Inshore Maritime Market". Flight International. Transport Press. 115 (3668): 29–32 & 37.
  • Gaines, Mike (23 April 1983). "Inshore Maritime Market". Flight International. Transport Press. 123 (3859): 1115–1122.
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