List of maritime patrol aircraft

Consolidated PBY Catalina maritime patrol aircraft on patrol

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.

Maritime patrol aircraft

AircraftOriginFirst
Flight
No.
Built
AD Flying BoatUnited Kingdom191627
Aichi H9AJapan194031
Airbus A319 MPA[1]France19950[notes 1]
Armstrong Whitworth WhitleyUnited Kingdom19361,814
ATR 42 MP SurveyorItaly1984
ATR 72 MPItaly1988
ATR 72 ASWFrance1988
Avro Anson[notes 2]United Kingdom19356,688
Avro Lancaster GR.III/MR.III/10MR/MP[notes 3]UK & Canada1941
Avro ShackletonUnited Kingdom1949185
B class blimpUnited States191720
BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4United Kingdom20109
Beechcraft King AirUnited States1963
Beriev Be-6USSR1943123
Beriev Be-10USSR195628
Beriev Be-12USSR1960143
Beriev Be-42Russia19862
Beriev MBR-2USSR1931
Blackburn IrisUnited Kingdom19265
Blackburn PerthUnited Kingdom19334
Blohm & Voss BV 138Germany1937297
Boeing XPBB Sea RangerUnited States19421
Boeing 737 Surveiller United States1967
Boeing P-8 PoseidonUnited States200915
Bombardier DHC-8 MPA/MSA variantsCanada200726
Breguet 521[notes 4]France193337
Breguet AlizéFrance195689
Breguet AtlanticFrance1965115
Britten-Norman Defender/IslanderUnited Kingdom1970
C class blimpUnited States191810
C-Star class blimpUnited Kingdom191810
CAMS 55France1928112
Canadair CP-107 ArgusCanada195733
Canadian Vickers VancouverCanada19296
CANT Z.501Italy1934200
CANT Z.506Italy1935320+
Caproni Ca.314-SCItaly194014
CASA C-212 MPA[1]Spain197112
CASA CN-235 MPA/HC-144 Ocean Sentry[1]Spain198324+
Chyetverikov MDR-6USSR193727
Coastal class blimpUnited Kingdom191635
Consolidated P2YUnited States192978
Consolidated PBY Catalina[notes 5]United States19353,305
Consolidated PB2Y CoronadoUnited States1937217
Consolidated PB4Y-1 LiberatorUnited States1939976
Consolidated PB4Y-2 PrivateerUnited States1943739
Convair P5YUnited States19502
Curtiss Model HUnited States1914478
Curtiss HS-1L & HS-2LUnited States19171,178~
D class blimpUnited States19206
Dassault Falcon 20GFrance196346
Dassault Falcon 50MFrance1976
Dassault Falcon 900 MSAFrance1984
Diamond DA42 GuardianAustria2002
Donnet-Denhaut flying boatFrance19151,085~
Dornier WalGermany1922250+
Dornier Do 24Germany1937279
Dornier Do 228Germany1981
Douglas B-18 Bolo/DigbyUnited States1935370
Douglas/BSAS Turbo DakotaUnited States19915
Douglas PD-1United States192325
CASA C-295 MPASpain1997
Embraer EMB 111 BandeiranteBrazil196816+
Embraer P-99Brazil1999
Fairey GannetUnited Kingdom1949303
FBA Types A, B, C & SFrance19131,000~
FBA Type HFrance19152,000~
FBA Type SFrance1917
Felixstowe F.2United Kingdom1916175
Felixstowe F.3United Kingdom1917182
Felixstowe F5L/Curtiss F5L[notes 6]United Kingdom & US1918227
Fiat RS.14Italy1939188
Focke-Wulf Fw 200Germany1937276
Fokker F27 200-MAR[notes 7]Netherlands1955
Fokker F27 Maritime EnforcerNetherlands1955
Fokker T.IVNetherlands192733
Fokker T.VIIINetherlands193836
Friedrichshafen FF.60Germany19181
Gotha WD.9Germany19141
Gotha WD.27Germany19181
Grumman AF GuardianUnited States1945389
Grumman TrackerUnited States19521,284
Hall PHUnited States192924
Harbin SH-5China19766
Hawker-Siddeley NimrodUnited Kingdom196751
Hiro H4HJapan193147
IAI 1124N Sea ScanCanada19774
Ilyushin Il-38USSR196758
Junkers Ju 290Germany194265
K-class blimpUnited States1938134
Kawanishi H3KJapan19305
Kawanishi H6K MavisJapan1936215
Kawanishi H8K EmilyJapan1941131
Kawasaki P-1Japan200710
Kawasaki P-2J[notes 8]Japan196683
Keystone PK-1United States193018
Kyushu Q1WJapan1943153
Lockheed HudsonUnited States19382,941
Lockheed PV-1 VenturaUnited States19402,511
Lockheed PV-2 HarpoonUnited States1943535
Lockheed P-2 NeptuneUnited States19451,036
Lockheed P-3 Orion[notes 9]United States1959757
Lockheed P-7United States20000
Lockheed S-3 VikingUnited States1972188
Lohner LAustria-Hungary1915100+
Loire 70France19338
M class blimpUnited States19444
Macchi M.C.99Italy19371
Mann Egerton Type BUnited Kingdom191610
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.11Norway193129
Martin PM-1United States193030
Martin PM-2United States193127
Martin P2MUnited States19291
Martin P3MUnited States193119
Martin P4M Mercator[notes 10]United States194646
Martin P5M MarlinUnited States1948285
Martin PBM MarinerUnited States19391,285
Myasishchev 3M/3MDUSSR195693[notes 11]
Naval Aircraft Factory PNUnited States192215
Nord 1402 NoroitFrance194925
Norman Thompson N.T.4United Kingdom191626
North Sea class blimpUnited Kingdom191714
Northrop Grumman MQ-4C TritonUnited States20132 drones built-->
PZL M28B BryzaPoland198411
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-HYugoslavia193819
Rohrbach Ro IVDenmark & United Kingdom19252
Royal Aircraft Factory C.E.1United Kingdom19182
Saro LerwickUnited Kingdom193821
Saro LondonUnited Kingdom193431
Savoia-Marchetti S.55Italy1924243+
Savoia-Marchetti S.59Italy1925240+
Savoia-Marchetti SM.62Italy192664
Shaanxi Y-8F, Q & XChina1984
Shin Meiwa PS-1Japan196725
Short Type 184United Kingdom1915936
Short Empire[notes 12]United Kingdom19369
Short RangoonUnited Kingdom19306
Short S.26/MUnited Kingdom19393
Short SeafordUnited Kingdom194410
Short SeavanUnited Kingdom1976
Short ShetlandUnited Kingdom19442
Short Singapore IIIUnited Kingdom193437
Short SunderlandUnited Kingdom1937777
Submarine Scout class blimpUnited Kingdom191560
Submarine Scout Pusher class blimpUnited Kingdom19176
Submarine Scout Twin class blimpUnited Kingdom191813
Submarine Scout Zero class blimpUnited Kingdom191677
Supermarine ScapaUnited Kingdom193215
Supermarine SouthamptonUnited Kingdom192583
Supermarine Stranraer[notes 13]United Kingdom193457
Tupolev Tu-16T/PL/R/RM/SPUSSR19521,509[notes 14]
Tupolev Tu-95MRUSSR19614
Tupolev Tu-142USSR1968100
Vickers Warwick GR Mk.II and VUnited Kingdom1939328
Vickers Wellington GR.Mk.VIII/XI/XII/XIII/XIVUnited Kingdom19362,230
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.

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