page_title: Blackburn Skua
section_title: Specifications (Skua Mk. II)
hierarchical_section_title: Blackburn Skua / Specifications (Skua Mk. II)
caption_attribution_description: Blackburn Skua Mk.II in Target Tug markings
context_page_description: The Blackburn B-24 Skua was a carrier-based low-wing, two-seater, single-radial engine aircraft operated by the British Fleet Air Arm which combined the functions of a dive bomber and fighter. It was designed in the mid-1930s and saw service in the early part of the Second World War. It took its name from the sea bird.
context_section_description: Data from Blackburn Aircraft since 1909
  General characteristics
  Crew: 2
  Length: 35 ft 7 in (10.85 m)
  Wingspan: 46 ft 2 in (14.07 m)
  Height: 12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
  Wing area: 319 sq ft (29.6 m²)
  Airfoil: root: NACA 2416; tip: NACA 2409
  Empty weight: 5,496 lb (2,493 kg)
  Gross weight: 8,228 lb (3,732 kg)
  Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Perseus XII 9-cylinder air-cooled radial sleeve-valve piston engine, 890 hp (660 kW)
  Propellers: 3-bladed variable-pitch propeller
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 225 mph (362 km/h, 196 kn) at 6,500 ft (1,981 m)
  Cruise speed: 187 mph (301 km/h, 162 kn) 
  Range: 760 mi (1,220 km, 660 nmi) 
  Service ceiling: 20,200 ft (6,200 m)
  Rate of climb: 1,580 ft/min (8.0 m/s)
  Armament
  Guns: 
  4 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) forward-firing Browning machine guns with 600 rounds per gun
  1 × 0.303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis or Vickers K machine gun on flexible mount in rear cockpit
  Bombs: 1 × 500 lb (230 kg) semi-armour piercing bomb under fuselage or 8 × 30 lb (14 kg) practice bombs under wings
caption: Skua L3007 in target tug markings, 1941
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