Originally Posted by
chevvron
Didn't Shorts build an aircraft to the same spec?
No not the Seamew!
According to C H Barnes in his book Shorts Aircraft since 1900 on page 417 covering the Short Sturgeon he states "
Meanwhile a further development had resulted in 1949 from a proposal to adapt the Sturgeon to suit the general requirement of specification GR.17/45 as modified for anti-submarine radar search and patrol; for this role specification M.6/49 was drafted, and the last Sturgeon SH.1599 became the first prototype of a new design S.B.3 being drastically modified before reaching the final assembly jigs; a second prototype, SH.1603 , was also laid down, and serials WF632 and 636 were allotted".