page_title: Nieuport 12
section_title: Variants
hierarchical_section_title: Nieuport 12 / Variants
caption_attribution_description: English: French Nieuport 12bis of Escadrille N69 at the Somme
context_page_description: The Nieuport 12 was a French sesquiplane reconnaissance, fighter aircraft and trainer used by France, Russia, Great Britain and the United States during World War I. Later production examples were built as trainers and served widely until the late 1920s.
context_section_description: Nieuport 12 A.2
  Two-seat fighter-reconnaissance biplane, powered by 110 hp (82 kW) Clerget 9Z engine. or 110 hp (82 kW) Le Rhône 9J.
  Nieuport 12bis C.2
  Revised version with 130 hp (97 kW) Clerget 9B engine and streamlined side fairings.
  Nieuport 13
  Two prototypes with increased span but same nominal wing area as 12. One powered by a 140 hp (100 kW) Hispano-Suiza 8, and the other by an 80 hp (60 kW) Le Rhône 9C.
  Nieuport 20
  Version powered by 110 hp (82 kW) Le Rhône 9J.  Not used by France, but 21 delivered to Royal Flying Corps. All but first examples externally similar to 12bis.
  23 meter Nieuport
  Unofficial generic designation for all types listed here based on nominal wing area of 23 square meters.
  Nieuport 80 E.2 and 81 E.2
  Nieuport 12s were later built in large numbers specifically as training aircraft with the gun ring removed. 8 in designation referred to 80 hp (60 kW) Le Rhône 9C. These differed in having flight controls for just the pilot in the rear seat (81 E.2), or both pilot and passenger (80 E.2).
  Nieuport 12 (Beardmore)
  Beardmore progressively redesigned the Nieuport 12 during a production run of 50 aircraft so early examples were almost stock but late production examples differed considerably in detail. These were fitted with 110 hp (82 kW) Clerget 9Z and 130 hp (97 kW) Clerget 9B rotaries.
  Mitsubishi Army Type 甲 1 (Ko 1) Trainer
  Japanese designation for licence built Nieuport 81 E.2s. 57 built.
  Trainer Type 1
  Siamese designation for Nieuport 80 E.2.
  Sipowicz 1
  Polish experimental aircraft using lifting struts similar to the Wright-Bellanca WB-2.
caption: Nieuport 12bis of Escadrille N69
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