The Handley Page HP.14, also designated Handley Page R/200 was a prototype

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naval reconnaissance aircraft of

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, capable of operating from the decks of the

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s or as a

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. Only three were built, the

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being preferred.

Design and development

The R/200 was designed in 1917 to meet an

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requirement for a two-seat reconnaissance fighter capable of operating either as a floatplane or from the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers, the flush deck ''HMS Argus'' and the partly converted cruiser ''HMS Furious''. The R/200 was a small single-bay

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V-8 engine with a frontal radiator. Handley Page received an order for six prototypes in summer 1917.Barnes 1976, pp. 117–118. The first two prototypes, fitted with floats were flown in December 1917, with the third prototype, fitted with a wheeled undercarriage flying in February 1918. Test results were poorer than the competing

, and as Handley Page was concentrating on production and development of the O/400 and V/1500 heavy bombers, the remaining three prototypes, together with a prospective production order for 20 aircraft were cancelled in March 1918.Barnes 1976, pp. 120–121.

Specifications (R/200) (landplane)

References

*Barnes, C. H. ''Handley Page Aircraft Since 1907''. London: Putnam, 1976. . *Bruce, J.M. ''British Aeroplanes 1914–18''. London:Putnam, 1957.

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Design and development

Specifications (R/200) (landplane)

See also

References

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