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|caption=Royal Navy Sea Prince T.1 of 727 Squadron FAA from [[RNAS Brawdy]] operational with radar nose in September 1956
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The '''Percival Prince''' was a British light transport of the early post-war period. It was a twin-engine, high-wing, cantilever monoplane of all-metal stressed-skin construction; the undercarriage was of retractable, [[Tricycle gear|tricycle]] type.
The '''Percival Prince''' is a British light transport of the early postwar period. It was a twin-engine, high-wing, cantilever monoplane of all-metal stressed-skin construction; the [[Undercarriage (aeronautics)|undercarriage]] was of [[Retractable gear|retractable]], [[Tricycle gear|tricycle]] type.


==Development==
==Development==


The design of the Prince followed on from the solitary [[Percival Merganser|Merganser]]. Further development of the type led to the '''Survey Prince''' survey aircraft and the '''Sea Prince'''. An improved version of the Prince 3 with an increased wingspan and engine and undercarriage modifications was developed for the [[Royal Air Force]] as the [[Percival Pembroke]].
The design of the Prince continued from the solitary [[Percival Merganser|Merganser]]. Further development of the type led to the '''Survey Prince''' survey aircraft and the '''Sea Prince'''. An improved version of the Prince 3 with an increased wingspan and engine and undercarriage modifications was developed for the [[Royal Air Force]] as the [[Percival Pembroke]].


==Operational history==
==Operational history==
[[File:Percival Prince 3E Standard Croydon 04.54.jpg|thumb|right|Percival Prince 3E executive aircraft of Standard Motor Co. at [[Croydon Airport]] in April 1954]]
[[File:Percival Prince 3E Standard Croydon 04.54.jpg|thumb|right|Percival Prince 3E executive aircraft of Standard Motor Co. at [[Croydon Airport]] in April 1954]]


The Prince was produced in six versions for the civil market. Several examples were operated as executive aircraft including [[Standard Motors]] and [[Shell Oil]]. Three aircraft were used by the UK [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Civil Aviation]] as airport facilities checking aircraft.
The Prince was produced in six marks for the civil market.


The Sea Prince operated in two roles: in T.Mk.1 form it served as a navigation and anti-submarine trainer; the C.Mks. 1 and 2 were flown in the transport role. However, these were landplanes and not [[Carrier onboard delivery|COD]] (carrier on-board delivery) aircraft.
The Sea Prince operated in two roles: in T.Mk.1 form it served as a navigation and anti-submarine trainer; the C.Mks. 1 and 2 were flown in the transport role. However, these were land planes and not [[Carrier onboard delivery|COD]] (carrier on board delivery) aircraft.
Sea Princes operated in both roles from 1954 to 1972 and as a navigation trainer until 1978, when it was replaced by the [[Handley Page Jetstream]]
Sea Princes operated in both roles from 1954 to 1972 and as a navigation trainer until 1978, when it was replaced by the [[Handley Page Jetstream]]


==Variants==
==Variants==
<ref name="abix"/>
<ref name="abix"/>
* '''P.50 Prince 1''' - prototype based on [[Percival Merganser|Merganser]] with modified fin and undercarriage and two 520&nbsp;hp [[Alvis Leonides|Alvis Leonides 501/4]] engine, one built.
* '''P.50 Prince 1''' – prototype based on [[Percival Merganser|Merganser]] with modified fin and undercarriage and two 520&nbsp;hp [[Alvis Leonides|Alvis Leonides 501/4]] engine, one built.
* '''P.50 Prince 2''' - As Prince 1 with sloping windscreen, stronger mainspar, 5 built.
* '''P.50 Prince 2''' – As Prince 1 with sloping windscreen, stronger main spar, five built.
* '''P.50 Prince 3''' - As Prince 2 with [[Alvis Leonides|Alvis Leonides 502/4]] engine and lengthened nose on some aircraft, 12 built.
* '''P.50 Prince 3''' – As Prince 2 with [[Alvis Leonides|Alvis Leonides 502/4]] engine and lengthened nose on some aircraft, 12 built.
* '''P.50 Prince 4''' - Conversions to [[Alvis Leonides|Alvis Leonides 503]] engines, 10 converted.
* '''P.50 Prince 4''' – Conversions to [[Alvis Leonides|Alvis Leonides 503]] engines, ten converted.
* '''P.50 Prince 5''' - original designation of the [[Percival President]].
* '''P.50 Prince 5''' – original designation of the [[Percival President]].
* '''P.50 Prince 6''' - Conversions to [[Alvis Leonides|Alvis Leonides 504]] engines.
* '''P.50 Prince 6''' – Conversions to [[Alvis Leonides|Alvis Leonides 504]] engines.
* '''P.54 Survey Prince''' - Prince 2 with lengthened transparent nose and camera hatches, 6 built.
* '''P.54 Survey Prince''' – Prince 2 with lengthened transparent nose and camera hatches, six built.
[[File:SeaPrince-wp308.jpg|thumb|right|Sea Prince T.1 preserved at the [[Gatwick Aviation Museum]] in 2008]]
[[File:Percival Sea Prince WP308.jpg|thumb|right|Sea Prince T.1 preserved at the [[Gatwick Aviation Museum]] in 2008]]
* '''P.57 Sea Prince C1''' - Prince 2 for [[Royal Navy]] use, 3 built.
* '''P.50 Sea Prince C1''' – Prince 2 for [[Royal Navy]] use, three built.<ref>Silvester 1987, pp. 112 & 119</ref>
* '''P.57 Sea Prince T1''' - Prince 3 with long nose housing radar, twin wheeled main undercarriage and lengthened engine nacelles for navigation and anti-submarine training, 41 built.
* '''P.57 Sea Prince T1''' – Prince 3 with long nose housing radar, twin wheeled main undercarriage and lengthened engine nacelles for navigation and anti-submarine training, 41 built.[[File:Percival Prince at Luton 31-Jan-1950.tif|alt=Survey Prince|thumb|A Percival Survey Prince on 31 Jan 1950 at Luton, with a team from the Ordnance Survey]]
* '''P.57 Sea Prince C2''' - Transport version of Sea Prince T1, 4 built.
* '''P.57 Sea Prince C2''' – Transport version of Sea Prince T1, four built.


==Operators==
==Operators==

===Civil Operators===
===Civil operators===
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===Military Operators===
===Military operators===
;{{AUS}}
;{{AUS}}
* [[Royal Australian Air Force]] - Three Princes were in service with the RAAF from 1952 to 1957. The aircraft were used for communications and support duties at the Weapons Research Establishment, [[Woomera, South Australia]].
* [[Royal Australian Air Force]] – Three Princes were in service with the RAAF from 1952 to 1957. The aircraft were used for communications and support duties at the Weapons Research Establishment, [[Woomera, South Australia]].
** Air Trials Unit
** Air Trials Unit
;{{THA}}:
;{{THA}}:
* [[Thai Air Force]] - One Survey Prince aircraft.
* [[Thai Air Force]] – One Survey Prince aircraft.
* [[Thai Army]] - One Survey Prince aircraft.
* [[Thai Army]] – One Survey Prince aircraft.
;{{UK}}:
;{{UK}}:
* [[Fleet Air Arm]]<ref name="abix"/>
* [[Fleet Air Arm]]<ref name="abix"/>
** [[700 Squadron FAA]]
** [[700 Naval Air Squadron]]
** [[702 Squadron FAA]]
** [[702 Naval Air Squadron]]
** [[727 Squadron FAA]]
** [[727 Naval Air Squadron]]
** [[744 Squadron FAA]]
** [[744 Naval Air Squadron]]
** [[750 Squadron FAA]]
** [[750 Naval Air Squadron]]
** [[781 Squadron FAA]]
** [[781 Naval Air Squadron]]
** [[831 Squadron FAA]]
** [[831 Naval Air Squadron]]
* [[Royal Naval Reserve]]
* [[Royal Naval Reserve]]
** 1830 Squadron RNVR
** 1830 Squadron RNVR
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** 1844 Squadron RNVR
** 1844 Squadron RNVR


==Surviving aircraft==
==Survivors==
;Thailand
* T1-1/98 – Prince 3A on display at the [[Royal Thai Air Force Museum]] in [[Bangkok]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Percival Prince 3A, s/n T1-1/98 RTAF, c/n P41 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=1063 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>


;United Kingdom
*On display, Prince, T1-1/98 (cn P.50/41), at Royal Thai Air Force Museum, [[Don Muang AFB]]
* P50/46 – Prince 6E on display with the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group in [[Liverpool, Merseyside]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Percival Prince 6E, c/n P50-46, c/r G-AMLZ |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=114399 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>
*On display, Prince 3E, G-AMLZ (cn P50/46), at Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group, Merseyside, England
* WP313 – Sea Prince T.1 in storage at the [[Fleet Air Arm Museum]] in [[Yeovilton, Somerset]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Percival Sea Prince T1 (WP313) |url=http://www.fleetairarm.com/exhibit/percival-sea-prince-t1-wp313/6-30-84.aspx |website=Fleet Air Arm Museum |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref>
*On display, Sea Prince T.1 WP308 at the [[Gatwick Aviation Museum]], Surrey, England
* WF128 – Sea Prince T.1 on display at the [[Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum]] in [[Flixton, The Saints|Flixton, Suffolk]].<ref>{{cite web |title=OUR AIRCRAFT |url=http://www.aviationmuseum.net/ouraircraft.htm |website=Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref>
*On display, Sea Prince T.1 WF118 (569) G-DACA at the [[Gatwick Aviation Museum]], Surrey, England
* WP309 – Sea Prince T.1 on display at the [[Solway Aviation Museum]] in [[Irthington|Irthington, Cumbria]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Aircraft |url=http://www.solway-aviation-museum.co.uk/?page_id=105&page=2 |website=Solway Aviation Museum |access-date=3 August 2020}}</ref>
*On display, Sea Prince T.1 WF122 (575)CU (c/n PAC/57/18), Now under restoration At Aeroventure,Doncaster,Sth Yorks. Formally of 750 Sqdrn Fleet Air Arm.
* WP308 – Sea Prince T.1 on display at the [[Gatwick Aviation Museum]] in [[Charlwood|Charlwood, Surrey]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Percival Sea Prince T.1. |url=http://www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk/prince/prince.html |website=Gatwick Aviation Museum |access-date=3 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190311022227/http://www.gatwick-aviation-museum.co.uk/prince/prince.html |archive-date=11 March 2019}}</ref>
* WF122 – Sea Prince T.1 under restoration with the Ulster Aviation Society in [[Lisburn|Lisburn, Antrim]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Percival P.57 Sea Prince T.1 |url=https://www.ulsteraviationsociety.org/percival-sea-prince-t1 |website=Ulster Aviation Society |access-date=3 July 2024}}</ref> It was formerly on display at [[Aeroventure]] and operated by [[750 Naval Air Squadron]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Percival Sea Prince T.1, s/n WF122 RN, c/n P57/0018 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=67350 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>
* WP321 – Sea Prince T.1 on display at the South Wales Aviation Museum in [[St Athan|St Athan, Glamorgan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Percival Sea Prince T.1, s/n WP321 RN, c/n PAC/57/71, c/r G-BRFC |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=56357 |website=Aerial Visuals |access-date=4 August 2020}}</ref>

;United States of America

* N206UP - Prince 2 c/n P50/10, on display in private garden in Antelope Acres, California <ref> |url= https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=54966 </ref>


==Specifications (Sea Prince T.1)==
==Specifications (Sea Prince T.1)==
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[[File:Percival Sea Prince T1 3-view silhouette.jpg|thumb|Percival Sea Prince T.1]]
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==References==
==Notes==
;Notes
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;Bibliography
==Bibliography==
*Jackson, A.J. ''British Civil Aircraft 1919-1972: Volume III''. London:Putnam, 1988. ISBN 0-85177-818-6.
* Grant, Robert S. "Canadian Prince". ''Air Enthusiast'', No. 55, Autumn 1994, p.&nbsp;13. {{ISSN|0143-5450}}
*Thetford, Owen, ''British Naval Aircraft since 1912''. London:Putnam, 1978. ISBN 0-370-30021-1.
*Jackson, A.J. ''British Civil Aircraft 1919–1972: Volume III''. London:Putnam, 1988. {{ISBN|0-85177-818-6}}.
* Silvester, John. "Call to Arms: The Percival Sea Prince and Pembroke". ''Air Enthusiast'', No. 55, Autumn 1994, pp.&nbsp;56–61. {{ISSN|0143-5450}}
* Silvester, John. ''Percival and Hunting Aircraft''. Leicester: Midland Counties Publications 1987. {{ISBN|0-9513386-0-9}}.
*Thetford, Owen, ''British Naval Aircraft since 1912''. London:Putnam, 1978. {{ISBN|0-370-30021-1}}.


== External links ==
== External links ==
{{commons category|Percival Prince}}
*[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1949/1949%20-%201498.html ''Flight'' - Proving flights for tropical use]
*[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1949/1949%20-%201498.html ''Flight'' – Proving flights for tropical use]


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Prince
Royal Navy Sea Prince T.1 of 727 Squadron FAA from RNAS Brawdy operational with radar nose in September 1956
General information
TypeTransport aircraft
ManufacturerPercival Aircraft Limited
Number built75 of all variants[1]
History
First flight13 May 1948
Developed fromPercival Merganser
Developed intoPercival Pembroke

The Percival Prince is a British light transport of the early postwar period. It was a twin-engine, high-wing, cantilever monoplane of all-metal stressed-skin construction; the undercarriage was of retractable, tricycle type.

Development

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The design of the Prince continued from the solitary Merganser. Further development of the type led to the Survey Prince survey aircraft and the Sea Prince. An improved version of the Prince 3 with an increased wingspan and engine and undercarriage modifications was developed for the Royal Air Force as the Percival Pembroke.

Operational history

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Percival Prince 3E executive aircraft of Standard Motor Co. at Croydon Airport in April 1954

The Prince was produced in six versions for the civil market. Several examples were operated as executive aircraft including Standard Motors and Shell Oil. Three aircraft were used by the UK Ministry of Civil Aviation as airport facilities checking aircraft.

The Sea Prince operated in two roles: in T.Mk.1 form it served as a navigation and anti-submarine trainer; the C.Mks. 1 and 2 were flown in the transport role. However, these were land planes and not COD (carrier on board delivery) aircraft. Sea Princes operated in both roles from 1954 to 1972 and as a navigation trainer until 1978, when it was replaced by the Handley Page Jetstream

Variants

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[1]

  • P.50 Prince 1 – prototype based on Merganser with modified fin and undercarriage and two 520 hp Alvis Leonides 501/4 engine, one built.
  • P.50 Prince 2 – As Prince 1 with sloping windscreen, stronger main spar, five built.
  • P.50 Prince 3 – As Prince 2 with Alvis Leonides 502/4 engine and lengthened nose on some aircraft, 12 built.
  • P.50 Prince 4 – Conversions to Alvis Leonides 503 engines, ten converted.
  • P.50 Prince 5 – original designation of the Percival President.
  • P.50 Prince 6 – Conversions to Alvis Leonides 504 engines.
  • P.54 Survey Prince – Prince 2 with lengthened transparent nose and camera hatches, six built.
Sea Prince T.1 preserved at the Gatwick Aviation Museum in 2008
  • P.50 Sea Prince C1 – Prince 2 for Royal Navy use, three built.[2]
  • P.57 Sea Prince T1 – Prince 3 with long nose housing radar, twin wheeled main undercarriage and lengthened engine nacelles for navigation and anti-submarine training, 41 built.
    Survey Prince
    A Percival Survey Prince on 31 Jan 1950 at Luton, with a team from the Ordnance Survey
  • P.57 Sea Prince C2 – Transport version of Sea Prince T1, four built.

Operators

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Civil operators

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 Australia
 Brunei
 Brazil
 France
 Kenya
 New Zealand
 Singapore
 Switzerland
 Tanganyika
 South Africa
 United Kingdom
 United States
 Venezuela

Military operators

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 Australia
 Thailand
 United Kingdom

Surviving aircraft

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Thailand
United Kingdom
United States of America
  • N206UP - Prince 2 c/n P50/10, on display in private garden in Antelope Acres, California [12]

Specifications (Sea Prince T.1)

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Percival Sea Prince T.1

Data from British Naval Aircraft since 1912[13]

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two pilots
  • Capacity: Three pupils
  • Length: 46 ft 4 in (14.12 m)
  • Wingspan: 56 ft 0 in (17.07 m)
  • Height: 16 ft 1 in (4.90 m)
  • Wing area: 365 sq ft (33.9 m2)
  • Empty weight: 8,850 lb (4,014 kg)
  • Gross weight: 11,850 lb (5,375 kg)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Alvis Leonides 125 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engines, 550 hp (410 kW) each

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 194 kn (223 mph, 359 km/h) at 2,000 ft (610 m)
  • Cruise speed: 159 kn (183 mph, 295 km/h) at 11,000 ft (3,400 m)
  • Range: 400 nmi (460 mi, 740 km)
  • Service ceiling: 22,000 ft (6,700 m)
  • Rate of climb: 1,400 ft/min (7.1 m/s)

See also

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Related development

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c "PER50 PRINCE PEMBROKE". Archived from the original on 14 March 2007.
  2. ^ Silvester 1987, pp. 112 & 119
  3. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Percival Prince 3A, s/n T1-1/98 RTAF, c/n P41". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Percival Prince 6E, c/n P50-46, c/r G-AMLZ". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Percival Sea Prince T1 (WP313)". Fleet Air Arm Museum. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  6. ^ "OUR AIRCRAFT". Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Aircraft". Solway Aviation Museum. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Percival Sea Prince T.1". Gatwick Aviation Museum. Archived from the original on 11 March 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Percival P.57 Sea Prince T.1". Ulster Aviation Society. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Percival Sea Prince T.1, s/n WF122 RN, c/n P57/0018". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Airframe Dossier - Percival Sea Prince T.1, s/n WP321 RN, c/n PAC/57/71, c/r G-BRFC". Aerial Visuals. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  12. ^ |url= https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=54966
  13. ^ Thetford 1978, p.251.

Bibliography

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  • Grant, Robert S. "Canadian Prince". Air Enthusiast, No. 55, Autumn 1994, p. 13. ISSN 0143-5450
  • Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft 1919–1972: Volume III. London:Putnam, 1988. ISBN 0-85177-818-6.
  • Silvester, John. "Call to Arms: The Percival Sea Prince and Pembroke". Air Enthusiast, No. 55, Autumn 1994, pp. 56–61. ISSN 0143-5450
  • Silvester, John. Percival and Hunting Aircraft. Leicester: Midland Counties Publications 1987. ISBN 0-9513386-0-9.
  • Thetford, Owen, British Naval Aircraft since 1912. London:Putnam, 1978. ISBN 0-370-30021-1.
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