List of torpedo bombers

This is a list of torpedo bomber aircraft, designed or adapted to carry a primary weapon load of one or more aerial torpedoes in an anti-shipping role. It does not include types equipped for the more general anti-submarine warfare (ASW) role.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
Sopwith Cuckoo dropping torpedo during trials

Torpedo bombers
TypeCountryClassDateStatusNo.Notes
AD Seaplane Type 1000UK19162
Aeromarine 700US19172
Aichi AB-8Japan19331[1]
Aichi B7A GraceJapan1942114[2]
Albatros W.3Germany19161[3]
Albatros W.5Germany19165[3]
Arado Ar 95Germany193642[4]
Arado Ar 195Germany19373[4]
Avro 557 AvaUK19242
Avro 571 BuffaloUK19261
Beardmore W.B.VIUK
Blackburn B-3UK19322
Blackburn B-7UK19341
Blackburn BaffinUK193297
Blackburn BeagleUK19281
Blackburn BlackburdUK19183
Blackburn BothaUK1938580
Blackburn CubarooUK19242
Blackburn DartUK1921118
Blackburn FirebrandUK1942193
Blackburn FirecrestUK19473
Blackburn KangarooUK191820
Blackburn RiponUK192692
Blackburn SharkUK1933269
Blackburn SwiftUK192113
Blackburn VelosUK192522
Bloch MB.175TFrance193980[5]
Bloch MB.480France19392[6]
Blohm & Voss Ha 140Germany19373[4]
Boeing TBUS19273
Boeing XF8BUS19443Secondary torpedo bomber role
Borel-Odier Bo-TFrance19169191 ordered, not all built[7]
Brewster SB2A BuccaneerUS1941771
Bristol BeaufortUK19382129[8]
Bristol BeaufighterUK19395928Some variants only[8]
Bristol BrigandUK1944147
CAC WoomeraAustralia19412
CANT Z.506BItaly1935324[9]
CANT Z.1007Italy1937660[10]
Caproni Ca.3Italy1916250-300
Caproni Ca.124Italy19371[11]
Caproni Ca 314-RAItaly194014[12]
Caproni Ca.316Italy194014[13]
Consolidated PBY CatalinaUS19353305
Consolidated PB2Y CoronadoUS1937217
Consolidated PB4Y-2 PrivateerUS1943739
Consolidated TBY Sea WolfUS1941180
Curtiss CS/Martin T2MUS192383
Curtiss CTUS19211
Curtiss R-3, R-6 & R-9US1915312[14]
Curtiss XBTCUS19452
Curtiss XBT2CUS19459
De Havilland MosquitoUK19407,781Some variants only
Dewoitine D.750France19401[15]
Dornier Do DGermany192429[14]
Dornier Do 22Germany193828[4]
Dornier Do 217Germany1938Experiments only[16]
Douglas A-20 Havoc/BostonUS19397478[17]
Douglas A-1 SkyraiderUS19453180
Douglas BTD DestroyerUS194330
Douglas DTUS192190
Douglas T2DUS192731
Douglas XT3DUS19311
Douglas TBD DevastatorUS1935130[17]
Douglas TB2D SkypirateUS19452
Fairey AlbacoreUK1938800[8]
Fairey BarracudaUK19402607
Fairey G.4/31UK19341
Fairey SealUK193095
Fairey SpearfishUK19455
Fairey SwordfishUK19342391[8]
Farman F.60 TorpFrance1921210[18]
Farman F.165France192740[19]
Farman F.167France19281[20]
Farman F.168France1928200[21]
Farman F.268France19321converted F.168[22]
Farman F.270 & 271France19331[23][24]
Farman F.368France19321converted F.168[25]
Fiat G.55S torpedo fighterItaly19441[26]
Fiat RS.14BItaly1939188[27]
Fieseler Fi 167Germany193814[4]
FMA IA-58 PucaráArgentina19691Prototype tested during Falklands War[28]
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F8/U2 and F8/U3Germany[16]
Focke-Wulf Fw 200Germany[16]
Fokker T.II/FTNetherlands19211[29]
Fokker T.IIINetherlands19225[29]
Fokker T.IV & IVaNetherlands192742[30]
Fokker T.VIII-W, -WM, -WC & -LNetherlands193849[31]
Friedrichshafen FF.35Germany19161[3]
Friedrichshafen FF.41AGermany19179[3]
Friedrichshafen FF.53Germany19183[3]
Gloster GoringUK19271
Gloster TSR.38UK19321
Gotha WD.11Germany191612[3]
Gotha WD.14Germany191669[3]
Great Lakes XTBGUS19351
Grumman AF GuardianUS1945389
Grumman TBF AvengerUS19419839[17]
Grumman XTB2FUSnot built0
Grumman XTSFUSnot built0
Hall XPTBHUS19371
Handley Page H.P.31 HarrowUK19262
Handley Page H.P.46UK19321
Handley Page H.P.47UK19341
Handley Page HampdenUK19361430Later role[8]
Handley Page HanleyUK19223
Handley Page HareUK19281
Handley Page HendonUK19246
Hansa-Brandenburg GWGermany1916c. 20[3]
Hansa-Brandenburg GDWGermany[3]
Hawker DantorpUK19322[32]
Hawker HarrierUK19271
Hawker HorsleyUK1925122[33]
Heinkel HE 7Germany[14]
Heinkel HD 14Germany[14]
Heinkel HD 16Germany[34]
Heinkel He 59Germany1931142[34]
Heinkel He 111 J and H-5/6Germany19356508Number includes all types[35]
Heinkel He 115Germany1937138[4]
Heinkel He 177 A-3/R7Germany19391169[16]
Ilyushin DB-3T/Il-4TUSSR1938[17]
Ilyushin Il-2TUSSR
Ilyushin Il-28USSR19486731
Junkers G 24/See/G 24g1eGermany[14]
Junkers JuG-1Germany1924[14]
Junkers Ju 86KGermanySwedish examples only
Junkers Ju 87 C and D-4GermanyExperimental only[16]
Junkers Ju 88 A-4/Torp and A/17Germany[35]
Junkers Ju 188Germany[35]
Kaiser-Fleetwings XBTKUS19455
Kawanishi H6K MavisJapan1936215[36]
Kawanishi H8K EmilyJapan1941167[37]
Latécoère 290 seriesFrance193135[38]
Latécoère 298[8]France1936121[39]
Latécoère 299France19392[40]
Latécoère 302France19313[41]
Latécoère 440France19312[42]
Latécoère 550France19331[43]
Latécoère 582France19351
Levasseur PL.2France192211[44]
Levasseur PL.7France192846[45][46][47]
Levasseur PL.14France192930[48]
Levasseur PL.15France193217[49]
Levasseur PL.107 & 108France19373[50][51]
Lioré et Olivier LeO H-257, 257bis & 258France192887
Loire-Nieuport 10France19391
Lockheed HudsonUS19382941
Lockheed VenturaUS19402475
Lockheed HarpoonUS1943535
Lublin R-XXPoland19351[52]
LWS 5Polandnot built0[53]
Martin AM MaulerUS1944151
Martin B-26 MarauderUS19405288
Martin BMUS193032
Martin MBT/MTUS191820[14]
Martin P4M MercatorUS194621
Martin P5M MarlinUS1948285
Martin PBM MarinerUS19391285
Martin T2MUS192375
Martin T3MUS1926124
Martin T4MUS1927155
Martin XT6MUS19301
Messerschmitt Me 410 B-5Germanyexperiment only[16]
Mitsubishi 1MTJapan192220[54]
Mitsubishi 3MT5Japan193211[55]
Mitsubishi 3MT10Japan19321[56]
Mitsubishi B1MJapan1923443[57]
Mitsubishi B2MJapan1929206[58]
Mitsubishi B4MJapan19341[59]
Mitsubishi B5M MabelJapan1937125[60]
Mitsubishi G3M NellJapan19351048[61]
Mitsubishi G4M BettyJapan19392435[62]
Mitsubishi Ki-67 PeggyJapan1942767[63]
Mitsubishi Q2MJapannot built0
Nakajima B3NJapan19332[64]
Nakajima B4NJapan19362[65]
Nakajima B5N KateJapan1937c. 1150[66]
Nakajima B6N JillJapan19411268[67]
North American B-25 MitchellUS19409984
Northrop N-3PBUS194024
Piaggio P.108Italy193924Secondary role[68]
PZL 18Polandnot built0[69]
Reggiane Re.2001G/H torpedo fighterItaly19402[70]
Reggiane Re.2002 torpedo fighterItaly19401For trials
RWD 22Polandnot built0[71]
SAAB T 18BSweden194252Torpedo bomber used for ground attack
Savoia-Marchetti S.55Italy1924212[72]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 SparvieroItaly19341350[8][73]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.81Italy1934For trials[74]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.84Italy1940309[75]
Savoia-Marchetti SM.93Italy19441[76]
Short ShirlUK19184
Short Sturgeon S.1 & S.B.3UK19464
Short Type 81UK19139
Short Type 166UK191626
Short Type 184UK1915936First torpedo bomber to sink a ship[3]
Short Type 310/320UK1916127[3]
SNCAC NC.4-10France19391
SNCAO CAO.600France19401
Sopwith CuckooUK1917232First purpose-built carrier-based torpedo bomber[3]
Sopwith Special torpedo seaplane Type CUK19141
Sopwith Type 860UK191422
Stout STUS19223
Supermarine NanokUK19271
Supermarine Type 322UK19432
Tupolev Tu-2T (ANT-62T)USSR
Tupolev MR-6 & KR-6TUSSR[8]
Tupolev SB T-1/ANT-41USSR19361
Tupolev TB-1[8]USSR1925218
Tupolev Tu-14USSR1949c. 150
Vickers Type 207UK19331
Vickers Type 253UK19341
Vickers VildebeestUK1928209[8]
Vickers WellesleyUK1935177Role dropped following drop tests
Vickers WellingtonUK193611461[8]
Vought TBU Sea WolfUS19411
Westland PV-3UK19311Role dropped
Westland PV.7UK19331
Westland WyvernUK1946127
Westland WitchUK19281
Wight TwinUK19154
Yokosuka experimental twin-engined seaplaneJapan19161[77]
Yokosuka B3YJapan1933129[78][79]
Yokosuka B4Y JeanJapan1935205[80]
Yokosuka P1Y FrancesJapan19431102[81]

See also

References
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