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Short Type 184
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<p>The Short Admiralty Type 184, often called the Short 225 after the power rating of the engine first fitted, was a British two-seat reconnaissance, bombing and <a href="/facts/Torpedo/RLLPpktk">torpedo</a> carrying folding-wing <a href="/facts/Seaplane/kKKu3sEF">seaplane</a> designed by Horace Short of <a href="/facts/Short_Brothers/hWJEn0u2">Short Brothers</a>. It was first flown in 1915 and remained in service until after the armistice in 1918. A Short 184 was the first aircraft to sink a ship using a torpedo, and another was the only British aircraft to take part in the <a href="/facts/Battle_of_Jutland/TMpDt8xn">Battle of Jutland</a>. </p>