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Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine
Industry	Aeronautics, defence
Founded	1920
Founder	Lawrence Santoni
Defunct	1 February 1937
Fate	Merged
Successor	SNCASE
Headquarters	France
Products	Aircraft

Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine (CAMS) was a French manufacturer of flying boats, founded in Saint-Ouen in November 1920 by Lawrence Santoni.

History

Initially the company built Società Idrovolanti Alta Italia (SIAI) designs under licence, but in 1922 it lured Raffaele Conflenti away from SIAI to become head designer, after which it generated its own aircraft designs. CAMS' most noteworthy products were flying boat designs that saw widespread long-term use in the French Navy.^[1]

The company was nationalized in 1936,^[2] following which it was merged with Chantiers aéronavals Étienne Romano, Lioré et Olivier, Potez and SPCA in order to form the Société nationale des constructions aéronautiques du Sud-Est (SNCASE) on 1 February 1937.^[3]

Aircraft

CAMS 30E (1923) - single-engine, two-seat biplane flying boat used for training
CAMS 30T (1924) - single-engine, four-seat biplane flying boat derived from the CAMS 30. It was used in 1924 to set a speed record for passenger-carrying flying boats
CAMS 31 (1922) - prototype flying boat
CAMS 33B (1923) - two-engine, four-seat push-pull biplane reconnaissance flying boat
CAMS 33T (1923) - two-engine, nine-seat push-pull biplane personnel transport flying boat
CAMS 34 (1920s) - projected transport derivative of CAMS 30
CAMS 35 (1920s) - projected military derivative of CAMS 30
CAMS 36 (1922) - single seat racer
CAMS 37 (1926) - single-engine, two-seat biplane trainer/utility flying boat
CAMS 38 (1923) - single seat racer
CAMS 41 (1924) - flying boat bomber study
CAMS 42 (1924) - flying boat bomber study, also called CAMS 41bis
CAMS 43 - two-engine military flying boat, developed from the CAMS 41 project
CAMS 44 (1925) - heavy flying boat torpedo bomber project
CAMS 45 (1925) - flying boat racer project
CAMS 46E (1926) - basic flying boat trainer
CAMS 46ET (1926) - intermediate flying boat trainer for Aeronavale
CAMS 50 (1927) - two-engine, three-seat transport flying boat prototype
CAMS 51 (1926) - two-engine, six-seat push-pull biplane transport flying boat
CAMS 52 (1929) - two-engine, floatplane torpedo bomber prototype
CAMS 53 (I) (1928) - projected reconnaissance/torpedo bomber version of CAMS 50
CAMS 53 (1929) - two-engine, six-seat push-pull biplane transport flying boat version of CAMS 50
CAMS 54 (1928) - long range push-pull biplane flying boat
CAMS 55 (1929) - two-engine biplane reconnaissance flying boat, derived from the CAMS 51
CAMS 56 (1928) - as CAMS 53 but powered by Gnome and Rhone 9A engines, formerly designated CAMS 53-3
CAMS 57 (1929) - as CAMS 53 but powered by Renault 12Jb engines, formerly designated CAMS 53R
CAMS 58 (1930) - two-engine, seven-seat flying boat airliner
CAMS 59 - three-engine monoplane torpedo bomber floatplane project derived from the CAMS 52
CAMS 60 (1930) - two-seat high wing monoplane torpedo bomber project
CAMS 70 (1928) - reconnaissance flying boat project
CAMS 71 - two-engine or four-engine monoplane transatlantic/military patrol flying boat project

Potez-CAMS aircraft

CAMS 80 (1932) - single-engine reconnaissance flying boat
CAMS 90 (1931) - single-engine light utility flying boat
CAMS 91 - projected version of CAMS 90, powered by a Hispano 9Q or Gnome and Rhone Titan Major engine
Potez-CAMS 100 (1935) - six-engine transatlantic flying boat airliner project
Potez-CAMS 110 (1934) - two-engine, push-pull biplane transport flying boat, only the single prototype was built
Potez-CAMS 120 (1935) - three-seat single-engine patrol flying boat
Potez-CAMS 130 (1935) - catapult launched four-engine, 35 passenger flying boat airliner project
Potez-CAMS 141 (1938) - four-engine long range reconnaissance flying boat
Potez-CAMS 142 - transatlantic flying boat airliner based on the CAMS 141
Potez-CAMS 150 (1935) - six-engine transatlantic flying boat airline project
Potez-CAMS 160 (1938) - scale model flying boat, used for hydrodynamic and aerodynamic testing of the Potez-CAMS 161
Potez-CAMS 161 (1939 or 1942) - six-engine flying boat airliner
Potez-CAMS 162 - projected military transport version of Potez-CAMS 161
Potez-CAMS 170 (1939) - single-seat seaplane fighter project

References

^ Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 66–67.
^ Il y a 75 ans, les nationalisations de l’aéronautique française
^ Hartmann, Gérard (2005-01-05), Les réalisations de la SNCASE (PDF) (in French), retrieved 2009-07-15, Alors qu'on ne sait pas très clairement si les sociétés nationales sont des « usines de production de guerre » sans indépendance et sans bureau d'études, la SNCASE est officiellement formée le 1er février 1937.