SNCASE SE.200

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The Sud-Est SE.200 Amphitrite (named for a Greek sea goddess) was a flying boat airliner built in France in the late 1930s,Taylor 1989, 844] originally developed as the Lioré et Olivier LeO H-47 before the nationalisation of the French aircraft industry. It was a large, six-engine design with a high-set cantilever monoplane wing, and twin tails. It was developed in response to a French air ministry specification of 1936 for a transatlantic airliner for Air France with a range of 6,000 km (3,750 miles) and capacity for 20 passengers and 500 kg (227 lb) of cargo.Hartmann 2000, 4] Designs were submitted by Latécoère, Lioré et Olivier and by Potez-CAMS as the Laté 631, LeO H.49 and the Potez-CAMS 161 respectively, and examples of all designs were approved for construction. A large mock-up, resting on simulated water, was displayed at the 1938 "Salon de l'Aéronautique"."Flight" 1 December 1938, 506]

Four SE.200s were under construction at Marignane at the outbreak of the Second World War, and work on them continued after the fall of France, along with a fifth machine now started. The first aircraft, christened "Rochambeau" flew on 11 December 1942.Hartmann 2000, 16] Following testing, it was seized by the German occupation and taken to the Bodensee, where it was destroyed in an air-raid by RAF Mosquitos on 17 April 1944.Hartmann 2000, 18] A USAAF raid on Marignane on 16 September destroyed the second SE.200 and badly damaged the other machines.

Enough work on the third SE.200 had been carried out to make salvage worthwhile after the war. This aircraft eventually flew on 2 April 1946 but was damaged in a hard landing in October 1949 and was not repaired.Hartmann 2000, 24] Plans existed to also complete the fourth aircraft, but these did not eventuate and it and the fifth machine were scrapped. The remains of the first SE.200 were raised by Dornier in 1966.

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crew=Two pilots
capacity=48 passengers
length m=40.15
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empty weight kg=27,080
empty weight lb=59,580
gross weight kg=60,670
gross weight lb=133,470
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range miles=3,750
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