List of maritime patrol aircraft

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Consolidated PBY Catalina maritime patrol aircraft on patrol PBY-5A VP-61 Aleutians Mar 1943.jpg
Consolidated PBY Catalina maritime patrol aircraft on patrol

The following is a list of maritime patrol aircraft , which are sometimes referred to as Maritime reconnaissance, coastal reconnaissance or patrol bombers depending on the service and the time period, and are characterized by their use in controlling sea lanes.

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Maritime patrol aircraft

TypeOriginDateStatusN°Notes
AD Flying Boat UK 191627
Aichi H9A Japan1940retired31
Airbus A319 MPA France1995In service0 [1] [notes 1]
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley UK1936retired1,814
ATR 42 MP Surveyor Italy 1984In service
ATR 72 MP Italy1988In service
ATR 72 ASW France1988In service
Avro Anson UK1935retired6,688 [notes 2]
Avro Lancaster GR.III/MR.III/10MR/MP UK & Canada1941retired1 (GR.III/MR.III)
70-75 (10MR/MP)		 [notes 3]
Avro Shackleton UK1949retired185
B class blimp USA1917retired20
BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4 UK2004cancelled 20109
Beechcraft King Air USA1963In service
Basler BT-67 USA1990In service
Beriev Be-6 USSR 1943retired123
Beriev Be-10 USSR1956retired28
Beriev Be-12 USSR1960In service143
Beriev Be-42 Russia 1986In service2
Beriev MBR-2 USSR1931retired
Blackburn Iris UK1926retired5
Blackburn Perth UK1933retired4
Blohm & Voss BV 138 Germany 1937retired297
Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger United States 1942retired1
Boeing 737 SurveillerUSA1967In service
Boeing P-8 Poseidon USA2009In service155 [2]
Bombardier DHC-8 MPA/MSA variants Canada 2007In service26
Breguet 521 France 193337 [notes 4]
Breguet Alizé France195689
Breguet Atlantic France1965115
Britten-Norman Defender/IslanderUK1970
C class blimp USA1918retired10
C-Star class blimp UK191810
CAMS 55 France1928112
Canadair CP-107 Argus Canada1957retired33
Canadian Vickers Vancouver Canada1929retired6
CANT Z.501 Italy1934200
CANT Z.506 Italy1935320+
Caproni Ca.314-SCItaly194014
CASA C-212 MPA Spain197112 [1]
CASA/IPTN CN-235 MPA/HC-144 Ocean Sentry Spain & Indonesia198324+ [1]
Chyetverikov MDR-6 USSR193727
Coastal class blimp UK191635
Consolidated P2Y USA1929retired78
Consolidated PBY Catalina USA19353,305 [notes 5]
Consolidated PB2Y Coronado USA1937retired217
Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator USA1939976
Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer USA1943retired739
Convair P5Y USA19502
Curtiss Model H USA1914478
Curtiss HS-1L & HS-2L USA19171,178~
D class blimp USA19206
Dassault Falcon 20G France196346
Dassault Falcon 50M France1976
Dassault Falcon 900 MSA France1984
Diamond DA42 Guardian Austria 2002
Donnet-Denhaut flying boat France19151,085~
Dornier Wal Germany1922250+
Dornier Do 24 Germany1937279
Dornier 228 Germany1981
Douglas B-18 Bolo/Digby USA1935370
Douglas/BSAS Turbo Dakota USA19915
Douglas PD-1 USA192325
CASA C-295 MPA Spain 1997
Embraer EMB 111 Bandeirante Brazil 196816+
Embraer R-99 Brazil 200116+
P-99 (EMB-145MP) Brazil2003
Fairey Gannet UK1949303
FBA Types A, B, C & S France19131,000~
FBA Type H France19152,000~
FBA Type S France1917
Felixstowe F.2 UK1916175
Felixstowe F.3 UK1917182
Felixstowe F5L/Curtiss F5L UK & US1918227 [notes 6]
Fiat RS.14 Italy1939188
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Germany1937276
Fokker F27 200-MAR Netherlands 1955 [notes 7]
Fokker F27 Maritime Enforcer Netherlands1955
Fokker T.IV Netherlands192733
Fokker T.VIII Netherlands193836
Friedrichshafen FF.60 Germany19181
Gotha WD.9 Germany19141
Gotha WD.27 Germany19181
Grumman AF Guardian USA1945389
Grumman Tracker USA19521,284
Hall PH USA192924
Harbin SH-5 China 19766
Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod UK196751
Hiro H4H Japan 193147
IAI 1124N Sea Scan Israel19774
IAI ELI-3360 Israel2015NA
IAI Heron Israel2005NA UAV
Ilyushin Il-38 USSR196758
Junkers Ju 290 Germany194265
K-class blimp USA1938134
Kawanishi H3K Japan19305
Kawanishi H6K MavisJapan1936215
Kawanishi H8K EmilyJapan1941131
Kawasaki P-1 Japan200710
Kawasaki P-2J Japan196683 [notes 8]
Keystone PK-1 USA193018
Kyushu Q1W Japan1943153
Leonardo / Bombardier Maritime MMAItaly / Canada2025In developmentBased on Global 6500 [3]
Lockheed Hudson USA19382,941
Lockheed PV-1 Ventura USA19402,511
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon USA1943535
Lockheed P-2 Neptune USA19451,036
Lockheed P-3 Orion USA1959757 [notes 9]
Lockheed P-7 USA20000
Lockheed S-3 Viking USA1972188
Lohner L Austria-Hungary1915100+
Loire 70 France19338
M class blimp USA19444
Macchi M.C.99 Italy19371
Mann Egerton Type B UK191610
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.11 Norway193129
Martin PM-1 USA193030
Martin PM-2 USA193127
Martin P2M USA19291
Martin P3M USA193119
Martin P4M Mercator USA194646 [notes 10]
Martin P5M Marlin USA1948285
Martin P6M SeaMaster United States195512
Martin PBM Mariner USA19391,285
Myasishchev 3M/3MDUSSR195693 [notes 11]
Naval Aircraft Factory PN USA192215
Nord 1402 Noroit France194925
Norman Thompson N.T.4 UK191626
North Sea class blimp UK191714
Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton USA20132Drones
PZL M28B Bryza Poland 198411
Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H Yugoslavia 193819
Rohrbach Ro IV Denmark & UK19252
Royal Aircraft Factory C.E.1 UK19182
Saab Swordfish MPA Sweden2016 [4] [5]
Saro Lerwick UK193821
Saro London UK193431
Savoia-Marchetti S.55 Italy1924243+
Savoia-Marchetti S.59 Italy1925240+
Savoia-Marchetti SM.62 Italy192664
Shaanxi Y-8F, Q & X China1984
Shaanxi KQ-200 China2015
Shin Meiwa PS-1 Japan196725
Short Type 184 UK1915936
Short Empire UK19369 [notes 12]
Short Rangoon UK19306
Short S.26/M UK19393
Short Seaford UK194410
Short Seavan UK1976
Short Shetland UK19442
Short Singapore III UK193437
Short Sunderland UK1937777
Submarine Scout class blimp UK191560
Submarine Scout Pusher class blimp UK19176
Submarine Scout Twin class blimp UK191813
Submarine Scout Zero class blimp UK191677
Supermarine Scapa UK193215
Supermarine Southampton UK192583
Supermarine Stranraer UK193457 [notes 13]
Tupolev Tu-16T/PL/R/RM/SP USSR19521,509 [notes 14]
Tupolev Tu-95MR USSR19614
Tupolev Tu-142 USSR1968100
Vickers Warwick GR Mk.II and VUK1939328
Vickers Wellington GR.Mk.VIII/XI/XII/XIII/XIVUK19362,230
Yokosuka H5Y Japan193620
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.I Germany19151
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.II Germany19161
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.III Germany19171
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.IV Germany19181


References

Notes

  1. ↑ Proposal only, flight date is of airframe only
  2. ↑ Production total of Mk.Is- includes trainers and bombers
  3. ↑ Built in both countries, heavily modified in Canada
  4. ↑ Developed from Short Calcutta
  5. ↑ 620 Catalinas built in Canada and 24 in USSR
  6. ↑ built in both countries, airframe by Curtiss, hull by Porte in the UK.)
  7. ↑ unarmed variant
  8. ↑ turboprop Lockheed P-2
  9. ↑ Lockheed CP-140 Aurora is the Canadian designation for same aircraft with the Canadian Forces
  10. ↑ Most diverted to other purposes
  11. ↑ all variants
  12. ↑ Two BOAC examples converted for the RAF with full weapons fit including fuselage depth charge racks and tail and top turrets; five Qantas Empire Airways/BOAC examples converted for the Royal Australian Air Force with makeshift weapons; and two stock TEAL examples used for visual patrols by the Royal New Zealand Air Force.
  13. ↑ More built in Canada than UK
  14. ↑ Production figure includes all variants.

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Airbus Military - Surveillance & Security Archived 2012-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Boeing Delivers First P-8A Poseidon to New Zealand".
  3. ↑ "Leonardo and Bombardier Defense sign MoU to assess and target new opportunities in the global maritime MMA market". www.leonardo.com. Retrieved 2025-06-19.
  4. ↑ "Swordfish Maritime Patrol Aircraft". Saab AB. Retrieved 2017-09-26.
  5. ↑ Khan, Bilal (2016-02-18). "How Saab is looking to thrive in the global ISR market". Quwa Defence News.

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