The SIAI S.13 was an Italian biplane reconnaissance flying-boat from 1919.

Design and development

Designed by the Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI) as a smaller version of the earlier S.12, the S.13 was a single-engine biplane reconnaissance-fighter flying boat powered by a Isotta Fraschini V.6 engine. It had a crew of two in side-by-side seats behind a single windscreen; the observer had a single machine gun.

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, a Swiss flight pioneer was hired as test pilot for Savoia in mid-1914. On 12 July 1919, with a passenger on board, he flew from Calende on

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took delivery of 12 aircraft in 1919, and examples were exported to Japan, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and Yugoslavia. In France, the S.13 was built under license as the CAMS C.13 and the Spanish naval workshops in Barcelona also built seven under licence. A single-seat version, the S.13 Tipo, was ordered by the Royal Italian Navy, but was later cancelled when the Royal Navy decided to develop the Macchi M.7 instead and a civilian version, the S.13''bis'', failed to attract any orders.

Variants

;S.13 :Production flying boat ;S.13 Tipo :Single-seat variant, not built. ;S.13bis :Civil variant, not built. ;CAMS C-13 : French licence-built S.13

Operators

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Specifications (S13)

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Design and development

Variants

Operators

Specifications (S13)

See also

References