Norwegian aircraft manufacturing company from 1915 to 1940
Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk - The Navy's Flying Boat Factory - was the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service' aeroplane manufacturer. It was established in Horten in 1915 and produced 120 aircraft from then until it ceased to exist in 1940.
Aircraft produced
Local designs
The M.F. 1 - the first aircraft manufactured by Marinens FlyvebaatfabrikkThe M.F.11 - the last aircraft in regular production at Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk
M.F.1, a development of the Maurice Farman MF.7 floatplane, type 1914, six built.
M.F.2, a development of the Maurice Farman MF.11 floatplane, could carry two 50 kg mines/bombs, radio and machine gun.
M.F.3, further development of the MF.11, carried out the first RNoN aircraft test with torpedoes.
M.F.4, the first purpose-built trainer aircraft also developed from the Farman MF.11
^In English, the Royal Norwegian Navy is the larger military branch that includes both the Coast Guard and the Navy Fleet. However, in Norwegian, the larger branch is called the Sea Defence, and the term Navy refers to the Navy Fleet.
