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Produced Variants
Type 688 Tudor I
Initial production
variant for 18 passengers with a fuselage length of 79 ft 6 in, to Specification 29/43 to meet the requirements of OR.152
for a Long Range Civil Transport. Four 1,750 h.p. Rolls-Royce Merlin 102 powerplants.
Type 689 Tudor II
60-seat passenger
aircraft to Specification 12/44 to meet the requirements of OR.152 for a Medium Range Civil Transport, with the fuselage
lengthened to 105 ft 7 in and increased by 1 ft to 11 ft diameter. Four 1,750 h.p. Rolls-Royce Merlin 102, 1,740 h.p. Merlin
600A or 1,770 h.p. Merlin 621 powerplants.
32
passenger aircraft; Tudor I with fuselage lengthened by 5 ft 9 in, to Specification 28/46 to meet the requirements of
OR.152 for a Civil Transport for BSAA. Four Rolls-Royce Merlin 621s or 1,760 h.p. Merlin 623 powerplants.
Type 688 Tudor IVB
28 passengers aircraft; as Tudor IV but retained the Tudor Is
flight engineers station to meet the requirements of Specification 11/48 for a Medium Range Civil Transport for BOAC.
Type 688 Super Trader 4B
Tudor IVB with large freight door in the port
side.
Type
689 Tudor V
Tudor II to Specification 39/46 to meet the requirements of OR.152 for a Civil
Transport for BSAA.
Type
689 Tudor VII
Tudor II fitted with four 1,750 h.p. Bristol Hercules 120 powerplants.
Type 688 Tudor VIII
Tudor IV fitted with four Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet engines.
Projected Variants
Type 688 Tudor IVC
Development of Tudor IV for BSAA with a capacity of 28 pax, flight engineer’s station &
galley.
Type
689 Tudor IIF
Cargo and troop transport variant for RCAF to Specification AIR-16-16 using Lincoln
XV components.
Type
689 Tudor VI
32/38 passenger variant of Tudor II for the Argentinian airline FAMA.
Type 689 Tudor 9
Development of the Tudor II with jet engines and a tricycle undercarriage. Four Rolls-Royce Nene
turbojet powerplants. Developed into the Type 706 Ashton.
Type 699
Variant of Type 689 with nosewheel undercarriage and broad chord fin for BEA to carry 60 passengers.
Four Bristol Hercules 730 pwerplants.
Type 705
36
passenger jet-engined version of the Type 688 and a tricycle undercarriage.
Type 706
Lengthened fuselage
variant of Type 705. Type number reused for the Ashton.
Type 709
Long range Empire transport version
of the Tudor II.
Type
711
Development of the Tudor IV as a 36 seat airliner or freighter and a tricycle undercarriage.
Four Rolls-Royce Griffon powerplants.
Type 711A Trader
Freighter development of the Tudor II fitted with a tricycle
undercarriage. Four Rolls-Royce Merlin 623 or Bristol Hercules 763 powerplants. Airframes allocated for conversion but
none built.
2
aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Woodford, to contract Acft/4205.
1234
G-AGPF
TT176
Tudor I
Prototype, originally allocated
TJ161. First flew 14 June 1945. To MoS/A&AEE Boscombe Down as VX192.
1249
G-AGST
TT181
Tudor I
Originally allocated TJ164.
To MoS. Converted to Tudor VIII in 1948 under contract 6/Acft/959 as VX195.
14 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Woodford, to contract Acft/4778, later increased to
20. Built as 12 Tudor I, 5 Tudor IV and 4 Tudor IVB, with 1 Tudor IV cancelled.
Delivered between January 1946 and November 1947.
1251
G-AGRC
TS866
Tudor I
Retained by Avro. Proposed
conversion to Tudor IVC for BSAA named 'Star Troilus' abandoned.
1252
G-AGRD
TS867
Tudor I
To MAP/BOAC for trials. Proposed
conversion to Tudor IVC for BSAA named 'Star Cymbeline' abandoned.
1253
G-AGRE
TS868
Tudor I
To MAP/BOAC for trials. Returned
to Avro November 1946 and converted to Tudor IVB. Sold to BSAA, named 'Star Ariel'.
1254
G-AGRF
TS869
Tudor I
To BOAC, named'Elizabeth of England'. Returned to Avro April 1947 and converted to Tudor IVB. Sold to BSAA.
1255
G-AGRG
TS870
Tudor I
Leased to BSAA as freighter,
named 'Star Cressida'. Converted to Super Trader 4B by Aviation Traders Ltd in 1956 for for
Air Charter Ltd,
named 'Nimbus'.
1256
G-AGRH
TS871
Tudor I
Leased to BSAA as freighter.
Returned to Avro; proposed conversion to Tudor IVC for BSAA named 'Star Ceres' abandoned.
Converted to Super
Trader 4B by Aviation Traders Ltd for Air Charter Ltd. in 1955, named 'Zephyr'.
1257
G-AGRI
TS872
Tudor I
To MAP. Returned to Avro; proposed
conversion to Tudor IVC for BSAA named 'Star Oberon' abandoned. To Aviation Traders Ltd
for Air Charter
Ltd, allocated XF739 for trooping flights.
1258
G-AGRJ
TS873
Tudor
I
To MAP. Returned to Avro; proposed conversion to Tudor IVC for BSAA named 'Star Celia'
abandoned; converted to freighter.
1259
G-AGRK
TS874
Tudor
I
To MoS to be TS874 but ntu. Returned to Avro; proposed conversion to Tudor IVC for BSAA
named 'Star Prospero' abandoned.
1260
G-AGRL
TS875
Tudor I
Retained by Avro; proposed
conversion to Tudor IVC for BSAA named 'Star Proteus' abandoned.
1341
G-AHNH
TS876
Tudor IV
Retained by Avro; proposed
conversion to Tudor IVC for BSAA named 'Star Ophelia' abandoned.
1342
G-AHNI
TS877
Tudor IVB
For BSAA named 'Star
Olivia' but not delivered. To Aviation Traders for conversion to Super Trader 4B. To Air Charter Ltd, named
'Trade Wind'.
1343
G-AHNJ
TS878
Tudor IV
To BSAA, named 'Star Lion',
later 'Star Panther'. Converted Tudor IVB May 1948 by Avro for BSAA named 'Star Iris'
1344
G-AHNK
TS879
Tudor IV
To BSAA, named 'Star Lion'.
Returned to Avro; proposed conversion to Tudor IVC for BSAA named 'Star Capulet' abandoned.
1345
G-AHNL
Tudor IVB
For BSAA named 'Star
Phillida' but not delivered. To Aviation Traders for conversion to Super Trader 4B. To Air Charter Ltd,
named 'Mistral'.
1346
G-AHNM
Tudor IVB
For BSAA named 'Star
Cluster' but not delivered. To Aviation Traders for conversion to Super Trader 4B. To Air Charter Ltd,
named 'Cirrus'.
1347
G-AHNN
Tudor IV
To BSAA, named'Star Leopard'. Proposed conversion to Tudor IVC for BSAA named 'Star Silvius' abandoned.
1348
G-AHNO
Tudor IVB
For BSAA named 'Star
Titania' but not delivered. To Aviation Traders for conversion to Super Trader 4B.
1349
G-AHNP
Tudor IV
To BSAA, named 'Star Tiger'.
1350
G-AHNR
Tudor IV
For BSAA but ntu. Proposed conversion to Tudor
IVC for BSAA named 'Star Titania' abandoned. Construction abandoned.
Total Production21
Total Cancelled/Construction Abandoned1
Tudor III
C/n
Initial Registration
Notes
2
aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Woodford, to contract Acft/4778. Built by Avro as Tudor Is and delivered
to Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd for conversion as Tudor III VIP aircraft for the
Ministry
of Civil Aviation. Delivered direct to storage in February 1950.
1367
G-AIYA
To MoS
as VP301. To Aviation Traders Ltd October 1953 and converted to Tudor I with passenger interior.
1368
G-AJKC
To
MoS as VP312. To Aviation Traders Ltd October 1953 and converted to Tudor I with passenger interior.
2 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Woodford,
to contract Acft/4659.
1235
G-AGSU
TT185
Tudor II
Prototype. First flew 10 March
1946. Retained by Avro.
1250
G-AGSV
TT190
Tudor
II
Intended as Type 711A prototype - Construction abandoned.
30 aircraft ordered from A.V. Roe and Co. Ltd., Woodford,
to contract Acft/4779 for BOAC. Later increased to 79 to include QANTAS and SAA, but then reduced to 50 for BOAC only.
Finally, the BOAC order was
cancelled,
leaving only 3 aircraft delivered as Tudor II, plus 6 as Tudor V and 1 as a Tudor VII, between May 1947 and February 1949.
1261
G-AGRX
TS883
Tudor VII
Initially built as a
Tudor II but converted to Tudor VII before first flight. To MoS as VX199.
1262
G-AGRY
TS884
Tudor II
To A & AEE Boscombe Down
as VX202. To Airflight Ltd, Langley; allocated XF537 for trooping flights.
1263
G-AGRZ
TS885
Tudor II
To MoS as VZ366. To Flight
Refuelling Ltd as G-AGRZ inNovember 1953.
1264
G-AGSA
TS886
Tudor
II
To MoS as VZ720.
1265
G-AGSB
TS887
Tudor
II
To Type 771A - Not Built.
1266
G-AGSC
TS888
Tudor
II
To Type 771A - Not Built.
1267
G-AGSD
TS889
Tudor
II
To Type 771A - Not Built.
1268
G-AGSE
TS890
Tudor
II
To Type 771A - Not Built.
1269
G-AGSF
TS891
Tudor
II
To Type 771A - Not Built.
1270
G-AGSG
TS892
Tudor
II
To Type 771A - Not Built.
1392
G-AJJS
TS893
Tudor
II
To Type 771A - Not Built.
1393
G-AJJT
TS894
Tudor
II
To Type 771A - Not Built.
1394
G-AJJU
TS895
Tudor
II
To Type 771A - Not Built.
1395
G-AJJV
TS896
Tudor
II
Built as Type 706 Ashton.
1396
G-AJJW
TS897
Tudor
II
Built as Type 706 Ashton.
1397
G-AJJX
TS898
Tudor
II
Built as Type 706 Ashton.
1398
G-AJJY
TS899
Tudor
II
Built as Type 706 Ashton.
1399
G-AJJZ
TS900
Tudor
II
Built as Type 706 Ashton.
1400
G-AJKA
TS901
Tudor
II
Built as Type 706 Ashton.
1401
G-AJKB
TS902
Tudor
II
Scheduled to be a Type 706 Ashton. Not built.
1417
G-AKBY
TS903
Tudor V
To Airflight Ltd.
1418
G-AKBZ
TS904
Tudor V
To BSAA, named 'Star Falcon'.
1419
G-AKCA
TS905
Tudor V
To BSAA, named 'Star Hawk'.
1420
G-AKCB
TS906
Tudor V
To BSAA, named 'Star Kestrel'.
1421
G-AKCC
TS907
Tudor V
To BSAA, named 'Star Swift'.
(Originally scheduled as a Tudor II for South African Airways as ZS-DEW, but ntu).
1422
G-AKCD
TS908
Tudor V
To BSAA, named 'Star Eagle'.
(Originally scheduled as a Tudor II for South African Airways as ZS-DEV, but ntu).
