Kaiserliche Werft Danzig 1650

No. 1650
Role	Reconnaissance seaplane
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Kaiserliche Werft Danzig
Number built	1

Number 1650 was the sole example of a unique seaplane design produced for the flying service of the Imperial German Navy during the First World War.[1][2][3] From 1916 onwards, the Kaiserliche Werften produced a range of training seaplanes for the Navy, in order to free the nation's major seaplane manufacturers to produce front-line types.[1] During the closing stages of the war, however, the Kaiserliche Werft Danzig and Kaiserliche Werft Wilhelmshaven produced a small number of front-line types as well, including this machine.[1] Number 1650 was an armed reconnaissance seaplane equipped with radio equipment capable of transmission and reception, therefore gaining the naval CHFT classification.[1][3]

Specifications

Data from Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.165

General characteristics

• Crew: Two, pilot and observer
• Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.IV , 160 kW (220 hp)

Armament

• 1 × trainable 7.9 mm machine gun

Notes

1. Nowarra 1966, p.78
2. Gray & Thetford 1962, p.450
3. Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.165

References

• Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1962). German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam.
• Herris, Jack (2015). German Seaplanes of WWI: Sablatnig, Kaiserliche Werften, Lübeck-Travemünde, LTG, & Oertz: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Seaplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 15. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-27-8.
• 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.