A proposed single-seat naval fighter would have resembled a gull-wing Spitfire. It appears to have been a Supermarine design, from a company whose Seagull and Walrus orders had tied it closely to the Navy. Those naval orders had helped sustain the firm through the 1920s and 1930s. Pressure to concentrate on Spitfire production ended the proposal and left the Navy seeking another fighter.
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Spitfire production displaces a naval fighter proposal
Demand for Spitfires ends a proposed naval fighter despite the Navy's longstanding support for Supermarine through seaplane orders.