The following is a list of maritime patrol aircraft, which are sometimes referred to as Maritime reconnaissance, coastal reconnaissance or patrol bombers depending on the service and the time period, and are characterized by their use in controlling sea lanes.

Maritime patrol aircraft

Type Origin Date Status N° Notes AD Flying Boat UK 1916 Aichi H9A Japan 1940 retired Airbus A319 MPA France 1995 In service Airbus Military - Surveillance & Security Proposal only, flight date is of airframe only Armstrong Whitworth Whitley UK 1936 retired ATR 42 MP Surveyor Italy 1984 In service ATR 72 MP Italy 1988 In service ATR 72 ASW France 1988 In service Avro Anson UK 1935 retired Production total of Mk.Is- includes trainers and bombers Avro Lancaster GR.III/MR.III/10MR/MP UK & Canada 1941 retired (GR.III/MR.III) - (10MR/MP) Built in both countries, heavily modified in Canada Avro Shackleton UK 1949 retired B class blimp USA 1917 retired BAE Systems Nimrod MRA4 UK 2004 cancelled 2010 Beechcraft King Air USA 1963 In service Basler BT-67 USA 1990 In service Beriev Be-6 USSR 1943 retired Beriev Be-10 USSR 1956 retired Beriev Be-12 USSR 1960 In service Beriev Be-42 Russia 1986 In service Beriev MBR-2 USSR 1931 retired Blackburn Iris UK 1926 retired Blackburn Perth UK 1933 retired Blohm & Voss BV 138 Germany 1937 retired Boeing XPBB Sea Ranger United States 1942 retired Boeing 737 Surveiller USA 1967 In service Boeing P-8 Poseidon USA 2009 In service Bombardier DHC-8 MPA/MSA variants Canada 2007 In service Breguet 521 France 1933 Developed from Short Calcutta Breguet Alizé France 1956 Breguet Atlantic France 1965 Britten-Norman Defender/Islander UK 1970 C class blimp USA 1918 retired C-Star class blimp UK 1918 CAMS 55 France 1928 Canadair CP-107 Argus Canada 1957 retired Canadian Vickers Vancouver Canada 1929 retired CANT Z.501 Italy 1934 CANT Z.506 Italy 1935 + Caproni Ca.314-SC Italy 1940 CASA C-212 MPA Spain 1971 CASA/IPTN CN-235 MPA/HC-144 Ocean Sentry Spain & Indonesia 1983 + Chyetverikov MDR-6 USSR 1937 Coastal class blimp UK 1916 Consolidated P2Y USA 1929 retired Consolidated PBY Catalina USA 1935 620 Catalinas built in Canada and 24 in USSR Consolidated PB2Y Coronado USA 1937 retired Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator USA 1939 Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer USA 1943 retired Convair P5Y USA 1950 Curtiss Model H USA 1914 Curtiss HS-1L & HS-2L USA 1917 ~ D class blimp USA 1920 Dassault Falcon 20G France 1963 Dassault Falcon 50M France 1976 Dassault Falcon 900 MSA France 1984 Diamond DA42 Guardian Austria 2002 Donnet-Denhaut flying boat France 1915 ~ Dornier Wal Germany 1922 + Dornier Do 24 Germany 1937 Dornier 228 Germany 1981 Douglas B-18 Bolo/Digby USA 1935 Douglas/BSAS Turbo Dakota USA 1991 Douglas PD-1 USA 1923 CASA C-295 MPA Spain 1997 Embraer EMB 111 Bandeirante Brazil 1968 + Embraer R-99 Brazil 2001 + P-99 (EMB-145MP) Brazil 2003 Fairey Gannet UK 1949 FBA Types A, B, C & S France 1913 ~ FBA Type H France 1915 ~ FBA Type S France 1917 Felixstowe F.2 UK 1916 Felixstowe F.3 UK 1917 Felixstowe F5L/Curtiss F5L UK & US 1918 built in both countries, airframe by Curtiss, hull by Porte in the UK.) Fiat RS.14 Italy 1939 Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Germany 1937 Fokker F27 200-MAR Netherlands 1955 unarmed variant Fokker F27 Maritime Enforcer Netherlands 1955 Fokker T.IV Netherlands 1927 Fokker T.VIII Netherlands 1938 Friedrichshafen FF.60 Germany 1918 Gotha WD.9 Germany 1914 Gotha WD.27 Germany 1918 Grumman AF Guardian USA 1945 Grumman Tracker USA 1952 Hall PH USA 1929 Harbin SH-5 China 1976 Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod UK 1967 Hiro H4H Japan 1931 IAI 1124N Sea Scan Israel 1977 IAI ELI-3360 Israel 2015 IAI Heron Israel 2005 UAV Ilyushin Il-38 USSR 1967 Junkers Ju 290 Germany 1942 K-class blimp USA 1938 Kawanishi H3K Japan 1930 Kawanishi H6K Mavis Japan 1936 Kawanishi H8K Emily Japan 1941 Kawasaki P-1 Japan 2007 Kawasaki P-2J Japan 1966 turboprop Lockheed P-2 Keystone PK-1 USA 1930 Kyushu Q1W Japan 1943 Leonardo / Bombardier Maritime MMAItaly / Canada2025In developmentBased on Global 6500 Lockheed Hudson USA 1938 Lockheed PV-1 Ventura USA 1940 Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon USA 1943 Lockheed P-2 Neptune USA 1945 Lockheed P-3 Orion USA 1959 Lockheed CP-140 Aurora is the Canadian designation for same aircraft with the Canadian Forces Lockheed P-7 USA 2000 Cancelled project Boeing P-8 Poseidon USA 2013 Lockheed S-3 Viking USA 1972 Lohner L Austria-Hungary 1915 + Loire 70 France 1933 M class blimp USA 1944 Macchi M.C.99 Italy 1937 Mann Egerton Type B UK 1916 Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.11 Norway 1931 Martin PM-1 USA 1930 Martin PM-2 USA 1931 Martin P2M USA 1929 Martin P3M USA 1931 Martin P4M Mercator USA 1946 Most diverted to other purposes Martin P5M Marlin USA 1948 Martin P6M SeaMaster United States 1955 Martin PBM Mariner USA 1939 Myasishchev 3M/3MD USSR 1956 all variants Naval Aircraft Factory PN USA 1922 Nord 1402 Noroit France 1949 Norman Thompson N.T.4 UK 1916 North Sea class blimp UK 1917 Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton USA 2013 Drones PZL M28B Bryza Poland 1984 Rogožarski SIM-XIV-H Yugoslavia 1938 Rohrbach Ro IV Denmark & UK 1925 Royal Aircraft Factory C.E.1 UK 1918 Saab Swordfish MPA Sweden 2016 Saro Lerwick UK 1938 Saro London UK 1934 Savoia-Marchetti S.55 Italy 1924 + Savoia-Marchetti S.59 Italy 1925 + Savoia-Marchetti SM.62 Italy 1926 Shaanxi Y-8F, Q & X China 1984 Shaanxi KQ-200 China 2015 Shin Meiwa PS-1 Japan 1967 ShinMaywa US-2 Japan 2003 Short Type 184 UK 1915 Short Empire UK 1936 Two BOAC examples converted for the RAF with full weapons fit including fuselage depth charge racks and tail and top turrets; five Qantas Empire Airways/BOAC examples converted for the Royal Australian Air Force with makeshift weapons; and two stock TEAL examples used for visual patrols by the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Short Rangoon UK 1930 Short S.26/M UK 1939 Short Seaford UK 1944 Short Seavan UK 1976 Short Shetland UK 1944 Short Singapore III UK 1934 Short Sunderland UK 1937 Submarine Scout class blimp UK 1915 Submarine Scout Pusher class blimp UK 1917 Submarine Scout Twin class blimp UK 1918 Submarine Scout Zero class blimp UK 1916 Supermarine Scapa UK 1932 Supermarine Southampton UK 1925 Supermarine Stranraer UK 1934 More built in Canada than UK Tupolev Tu-16T/PL/R/RM/SP USSR 1952 Production figure includes all variants. Tupolev Tu-95MR USSR 1961 Tupolev Tu-142 USSR 1968 Vickers Warwick GR Mk.II and V UK 1939 Vickers Wellington GR.Mk.VIII/XI/XII/XIII/XIV UK 1936 Yokosuka H5Y Japan 1936 Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.I Germany 1915 Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.II Germany 1916 Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.III Germany 1917 Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) Rs.IV Germany 1918

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