# SR.N2

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The **SR.N2** was a [hovercraft](/source/Hovercraft) built by [Westland](/source/Westland_Aircraft) and [Saunders-Roe](/source/Saunders-Roe). It first flew in 1961. It weighed 27 tons and could carry 48 passengers. Although only one was built it is regarded as the prototype for commercial hovercraft, following on from the [SR.N1](/source/SR.N1) research craft.[1] It was demonstrated on the [Saint Lawrence River](/source/Saint_Lawrence_River), Canada in 1962 and operated by [P & A Campbell](/source/P_%26_A_Campbell) as a ferry crossing the Bristol Channel between [Weston-super-Mare](/source/Weston-super-Mare) and [Penarth](/source/Penarth) in 1963.[2] It was then fitted with deeper (4 ft) skirts to improve its performance in rough seas. [Southdown Motor Services](/source/Southdown_Motor_Services) and [Westland Aircraft](/source/Westland_Aircraft) ran the SR.N2 on the [Solent](/source/Solent) between [Eastney](/source/Eastney) and [Ryde](/source/Ryde) in 1963/4, carrying 30,000 passengers. It was eventually broken up.

## SR.N2 Specifications

Length 19.80 m (65 ft 0 in) Beam 9.14 m (30 ft 0 in) Height (hovering) 8.20 m (26 ft 11 in) Height (landed) 7.43 m (24 ft 5 in) Max speed 73 kn (84 mph) Hoverheight [Original] 0.77 m (2 ft 6 in) Engines 4 x Bristol Siddeley Nimbus turboshaft engines 608 kW (815 hp) each (2 lift, 2 thrust) Passengers [Designed] 38, 53 or [70] Steering system Variable-pitch propellers on rotating pylons and one rear rudder

## Notes and references

1. Wragg, David W. (1973). *A Dictionary of Aviation*. first ed. Osprey. p. 249. ISBN 9780850451634.

1. ["Weston's hovercraft trial remembered"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-somerset-23705878). BBC News.

## External links

- [Hovercraft of Saunders-Roe](http://www.bartiesworld.co.uk/hovercraft/saunders.htm#srntwo) – Bartie's Hovercraft
- [SR.N2](https://web.archive.org/web/20090614054033/http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/srn2.html) – Hovercraft Museum
- [BHC SRN2 Hovercraft](https://web.archive.org/web/20090218082356/http://jameshovercraft.co.uk/hover/html/srn2.htm) – James' Hovercraft Site
- ["SR.N2 - Stepping-Stone to the Economical Hovercraft"](http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1962/1962%20-%200477.html) a 1962 *Flight* article by [Bill Gunston](/source/Bill_Gunston)

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