Grigorovich M-5

M-5
General information
TypeReconnaissance flying boat
National originRussia
ManufacturerShchetinin
Designer
Primary usersImperial Russian Navy
Number builtc. 300
History
First flight1915
Retired1920s
Developed fromGrigorovich M-4
VariantsGrigorovich MUR-1

Grigorovich M-5 (alternative designation Shch M-5, sometimes also Shchetinin M-5) was a successful Russian World War I-era two-bay unequal-span biplane flying boat with a single step hull, designed by Grigorovich. It was the first mass production flying boat built in Russia.