In the end both aircraft were replaced by the Hawker Sea Fury and only eighteen Seafangs were built, with a number used at the range in Shoeburyness as targets. Technical Details Click on the aircraft

who had their Hawker Audax replaced with the type in June 1937, and No. 35 Squadron based at RAF Worthy Down in July 1937. Stationed in both the United Kingdom and abroad, where the majority of Wellesleys

squadrons comprising a number of aircraft including the Hawker Tempest Mk II and the de Havilland Hornet, when it became available. Alongside this the Australian First Tactical Air Force, equipped with

Bristol, General Aircraft and Hawker all considered the proposal but no submissions were made. Supermarine showed no interest and it looked like the project would go no further. The Air Ministry's Director