Solent Collection (page 2)

Cowes - Stern Lady Skipper with her young female crew
Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - Stern Lady Skipper with her young female crew. Date: 1901

The entrance to The Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, IOW
The entrance to The Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Date: circa 1910s

Cover design, BOAC to South Africa by Solent Flying Boat. 20th century

Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire - During the High Season Date: 1908

Short Solent 2 at mooring

Short S45 Solent of BOAC over water

Yachts on the Solent (1920). Steer, Philip Wilson 1860-1942. Date: 1920

Two Westland Wessex HU5 helicopters, XS491 and XS523, fr?
Two Westland Wessex HU5 helicopters, XS491 and XS523, from HMS Daedalus, Lee-on-Solent

Entrance to The Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, Isle of Wight
The entrance to The Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Date: circa 1910s

Two Westland SRN5s, SR-N5-002 and SR-N5-001 in the Solent

Short Seaford, NJ201, while fitted with Solent-type floats

Short S45 Solent G-AHIU Solway of BOAC
Short S45 Solent, G-AHIU, Solway, of BOAC

Short S8 / 8 Rangoon G-AEIM (formerly S1433) taxying
Short S8/8 Rangoon, G-AEIM (formerly S1433), taxying in the Solent at Hamble Aerodrome after conversion to a crew trainer by Imperial Airways

A BOAC Short S45 Solent 3 G-AHIM on Vaaldam South Africa
A BOAC Short S45 Solent 3, G-AHIM, on Vaaldam, South Africa

Saunders-Roe A33 K4773
Saunders-Roe A33, K4773, following structural failure of the mainplane during high-speed taxy tests in the Solent

Supermarine S5 N219 under tow in the Solent
Supermarine S5, N219, under tow in the Solent

Sopwith Bat Boat I powered by a 100hp Green engine flying over the Solent. The Mortimer Singer machine. 1913. Date: 1913

Typical Short Solent upper-deck cabin
A typical Short Solent upper-deck cabin looking back towards the head of the stairway. The removal of one line of chairs illustrates how the layout may be varied to suit different requirements

Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh at Short & Harland
Princess Elizabeth, followed by the Duke of Edinburgh and E.D.A. Herbert, OBE, chairman, Short & Harland after inspecting Short Solent 4, ZK-AML, Aotearoa II, of TEAL on 26 May 1949. Date: 1949

Short Solent 4 ZK-AML Aotearoa II of TEAL
Short Solent 4, ZK-AML, Aotearoa II, of TEAL

Spithead Review - Diamond Jubilee
The spectacle of thirty miles of British war ships assembled at Spithead for a Naval Review on the Solent in honour of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria in 1897

The Dornier Dox seaplane in the Solent

The Seaplane Dornier Dox in the Solent with the Majestic behind Date: C. 1929

Family on Solent Road Beach, Southbourne
Family playing on Solent Road Beach, Southbourne. Pencil sketch by Raymond Sheppard

HMS Yacht Britannia, flying the Royal Yacht Societys (RYS)Commodore flag - sailing out of Cowes Roads, Isle of Wight

Sailing Barge off Norris Castle, Isle of Wight, 1833
Engraving showing a sailing barge in the Solent, with Norris Castle on the Isle of Wight in the background, 1833. Norris Castle was the residence of Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and her mother

Mrs. Arthur Hamilton, 1915
Photographic portrait of Mrs. Arthur Hamilton, famous society swimmer, dressed in her bathing costume, c.1915. Mrs. Hamilton was the first woman to swim the Solent

Sailing Canoe Race in the Solent, 1871
Engraving showing a race held between sailing canoes (or miniature yachts ) in the Solent, off Hampshire, 1871. In the background a steamer, full of spectators, is visible

The Cyclone Sail, 1897
Photograph of a small boat with an experimental Cyclone sail in the Solent, August 1897. This sail, shaped like an umbrella 30 foot wide, was designed to propel a boat without any heeling action

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