Hansa-Brandenburg W.18

Overview

The Hansa-Brandenburg W.18 was a single-seat biplane fighter flying boat designed by the Hansa-Brandenburg Aircraft Company (Hansa Brandenburgische Flugzeugwerke) for the Imperial German Navy's (Kaiserliche Marine) Naval Air Service (Marine-Fliegerabteilung) and the Austro-Hungarian Navy's (German: Kaiserlich und königlich Kriegsmarine) Naval Aviation (German: Kaiserlich und königlich Seefliegerkorps) during the First World War. It was developed from the Hansa-Brandenburg CC in 1916. The prototype was delivered to the Naval Air Service with the majority purchased by Austro-Hungarian Naval Aviation. Hansa-Brandenburg built 47 for them and also sold a license to Phönix Flugzeug-Werke to build an additional 60.