[2] The Kittiwake was a wooden amphibian biplane flying boat powered by two ABC Wasp II radial engines mounted on struts between the upper and lower wing.

[2] The fuselage,[3][4] like most of the Kittiwake was built with Saunders' patent Consuta method for jointing plywood panels with sewn copper wire.

On its top were two accommodation levels, the lower glazed in cockpit for the two crew and above them, set back and roofed by the upper wing was the passenger space.

Though the forward part of the fuselage containing crew and passengers was married to the hull, aft of the wings these became separate, so that the Kittiwake was somewhere between a flying boat and a single float seaplane in appearance.

The Kittiwake was a four bay biplane[3][4] with high aspect ratio, parallel chord Consuta covered wings without sweep or stagger.

The aircraft was damaged making a forced water landing immediately after takeoff when the leading edge camber gear was lost.