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[[File:SRN 3 .jpg|thumb|right|SR.N3 from the UK Interservice Hovercraft Trials Unit, Lee-On-Solent]]
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The [[British Hovercraft Corporation]] '''SR.N3''' was a 37.5 ton hovercraft originally designed by [[Saunders-Roe]].<ref>{{cite book |title=A Dictionary of Aviation |first=David W. |last=Wragg |isbn=9780850451634 |edition=first |publisher=Osprey |year=1973 |page=250}}</ref>
Launched in 1963, it was primarily aimed at military deployment. It was a military version of the [[SR.N2]]<ref name="Flight, SR.Ns" />
Propulsion and lift was provided by four rear-mounted [[Bristol-Siddeley Gnome]] gas turbine engines that allowed the SR.N3 to cruise at 70 knots. The British IHTU (Interservice Hovercraft Trials Unit), based at Browndown, [[Stokes Bay]], tested the SR.N3 in a wide variety of conditions, including ice.<ref >{{Cite journal
|title=none
|journal=Air-Cushion Vehicles
|date=June 1964
}}</ref> On 16 September 1964 an SR.N3 operated satisfactorily in a full gale and six foot seas.<ref name="Flight, SR.Ns" /> The SR.N3 never entered full service and ended up being used for target practice.
== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="Flight, SR.Ns" >{{Cite journal
|title=The SR.Ns Till Now
|journal=[[Flight International]]
|author=H.F. King
|date=27 May 1965
|pages=69–70
|url=https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1965/1965%20-%201506.html
}}</ref>
}}
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090901165636/http://www.hovercraft-museum.org/srn3.html SR.N3] - Hovercraft Museum
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[[Category:Military hovercraft]]
[[Category:Saunders-Roe]]
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