Blackburn T.5 Ripon

1926

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Blackburn T.5 Ripon

The Ripon was a torpedo-bomber with a steel-tube fuselage and wooden wings, first flown as the Ripon I in 1926. The first of 20 aerodynamically cleaner Ripon IIs replaced the Blackburn Darts of Nos 460, 461 and 462 Flights, FAA, on board HMS Glorious and Furious in 1929.

Forty Ripon IIAs with shorter-span duralumin wing-ribs and smaller rudders were built during 1930-31. Five of these belonging to No 460 Flight went to Buenos Aires on board HMS Eagle in 1931 and were used for formation flying over the British Empire Exhibition during March and April. Thirty-one Ripon IICs with additional sweep-back and steel wing-spars were delivered during 1931-32. Earlier marks were thereafter returned to Blackburn for modification to this standard. Ripon IICs formed the equipment of Nos 465 and 466 Flights on board Furious in 1931, but in 1933 all the Flights were regrouped. The IICs remained in service until 1934.

One Ripon IIF, with a Bristol Jupiter radial engine, was delivered to Finland in September 1929, where 25 others were constructed with plywood-covered fuselages and wheel/float/ski landing gears. These saw service against the Russians during the 1939 'Winter War'.

Blackburn T.5 Ripon

Specification 
 MODELRipon IIA
 ENGINE1 x Napier Lion XIA, 425kW
 WEIGHTS
  Take-off weight3359 kg7405 lb
 DIMENSIONS
  Wingspan13.67 m45 ft 10 in
  Length11.2 m37 ft 9 in
  Height3.91 m13 ft 10 in
  Wing area63.45 m2682.97 sq ft
 PERFORMANCE
  Max. speed203 km/h126 mph
  Cruise speed175 km/h109 mph
  Ceiling3000 m9850 ft
  Range w/max.fuel1705 km1059 miles
 ARMAMENT2 x 7.7mm machine-guns, one torpedo or 680kg of bombs

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Blackburn T.5 RiponA three-view drawing (666 x 594)

Comments
JOHN MANTOVA, e-mail, 10.11.2015 01:01

Are there any actual plans or blue print available for these aircraft or photographs. Coloured if possible ? Or even a museum example ? Thanks

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Klaatu83, e-mail, 23.09.2012 17:37

Essentially, the Ripon was a cleaned-up version of the Dart single-seat carrier-based torpedo bomber, with an additional seat to accommodate a navigator /observer /rear gunner, so that the aircraft could carry out long-range reconnaissance missions in addition to it's main role of torpedo-bombing. The Ripon was very successful and, during the early 1930s, many of them were re-engined with Bristol Pegasus radial engines to become Blackburn Baffins, in which guise they served for several more years. A few Baffins were still used operationally in New Zealand, for coastal patrol, at the beginning of World War II.

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