CANADIAN VICKERS VANCOUVER - Twin-engined flying-boat developed to RCAF Specification C. 12/28 as a forest fire-suppression aircraft. Single Mk I with two 200 hp Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVB engines flown April 1929, followed by five improved Vancouver Us to Specification C.I8/29 delivered to RCAF in 1930. Three were powered by 225 hp Lynx IVC engines but later re-engined with 340 hp Armstrong Siddeley Servals (Mk IIS/S) and other two with 300 hp Wright J-6 Whirlwinds (Mk IIS/W). Armament comprised single 0.303-in (7.7-mm) machine guns in each of three open cockpits in nose and amidships; external racks for up to four 250-lb (113-kg) bombs. The Vancouvers served primarily with No 4 Sqn at Vancouver, two surviving to join the Seaplane and Bomber Reconnaissance Training School on its formation at Sea Island, Vancouver, in May 1940.

Max speed, 94 mph (151 kmlh). Gross weight, 10,000 Ib (4,540 kg). Span, 55ft (16.76 m). Length, 40 ft (12.19 m).