Kaiserliche Werft Danzig 1105

Imperial German Navy seaplanes numbers 1105 to 1106 were the only two examples of a unique design produced for the navy's flying service during the First World War.[1][2][3][4] They were unarmed biplanes of conventional configuration with staggered wings of unequal span.[1][2] The empennage included a sizable ventral fin.[1][2] Intended as training aircraft,[3] the pilot and instructor sat in tandem, open cockpits.[1][2] The undercarriage consisted of twin pontoons.[1] The interplane strut arrangement was remarkable for its day, consisting of N-struts and V-struts without any rigging wires.[1]

No. 1105–1106
Role Training seaplane
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
First flight 1917
Primary user Imperial German Navy
Number built 2

These machines were supplied to the naval base at Putzig at the end of 1917.[1]


Specifications

Data from Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.164; Gray & Thetford, p.450

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two, pilot and instructor
  • Length: 8.85 m (29 ft 0 in)
  • Wingspan: 14.10 m (46 ft 3 in)
  • Height: 3.73 m (12 ft 3 in)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.III, 110 kW (150 hp)

Notes
  1. Nowarra 1966, p.78
  2. Gray & Thetford 1962, p.450
  3. Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.154
  4. Taylor 1989, p.547

References
  • Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1962). German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam.
  • Kroschel, Günter; Helmut Stützer (1994). Die Deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910–1918. Herford: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn.
  • Nowarra, Heinz J. (1966). Marine Aircraft of the 1914–1918 War. Letchworth, Harts: Harleyford Publications.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
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