The Science Museum also has the Supermarine S6b, the aircraft that won the Trophy outright for Britain. Its Rolls Royce R engine is the same size as the much later Griffon, a third larger than the Merlin and developing more than twice the horsepower of the Mark Two Spitfire behind. The fixed pitch prop is very coarse and must have taken ages to get the aircraft off the sea.
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