Converted Collection

Cardinal Newman Lying in State
The late Cardinal Newman, lying in state in the chapel of the Oratory, Birmingham. John Henry Newman (1801-1890) converted to Catholicism in October 1845 and became a cardinal in May 1879

Kaman HH-43F Huskie 62-4450 (msn 176), fire-fighting and rescue helicopter. Delivered as a Kaman HH-43B Huskie 62-4450 was converted to an HH-43F by replacing the original piston engine with a

Indian Smoothbore. 656 in musket, Pattern 1858
Indian Smoothbore.656 in musket, Pattern 1858, lock dated 1856.Converted from a Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle-musket in India 1858 (c), this exceptionally rare item was part of an original issue of 10

Percival Proctor 5 after being converted to look like a Junkers Ju87 for the film Battle of Britain

XH844 started out as a Gloster Javelin F(AW)7 but was converted to a F(AW)9

HMS Glorious cruiser and aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Glorious, British Royal Navy Courageous-class cruiser during the First World War, rebuilt as an aircraft carrier in the late 1920s. Launched in 1916, sunk in 1940. Date: circa 1920s-1930s

Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital, Highgate, London
The Highgate Smallpox and Vaccination Hospital, designed by Samuel Daukes, opened in 1850. In around 1896, after a new smallpox hospital opened at South Mimms

Zacchaeus Converted
The calling and conversion of Zacchaus, a publican

Elizabeth Ann Seton
ELIZABETH ANN SETON (nee Bayley) American saint : widowed, she converted to Roman Catholic church, founded religious order and church schools

Biplane bomber converted for passenger use, Middle East
A biplane bomber converted for passenger use, somewhere in the Middle East. A group of passengers can be seen standing in front of the plane

Royal Navy - HMS Bulwark R08, a Commando Carrier, converted from a Centaur-class light fleet aircraft carrier, entering port with decks lined, in March 1973. Date: 1973

Beagle A. 61 Terrier 2 G-ASAC
Beagle A.61 Terrier 2 G-ASAC (msn B.606, ex WE587), of the Airways Aero Club. Auster converted a number of ex- Army aircraft which became the Auster 6B

HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, WW1
HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, launched 1916, served during the latter part of the First World War, converted to use as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s

Super Constellation 145925 Project Magnet UFO Investigation
A very rare photograph of a modified Super Constellation 145925, fitted with highly sensistive magnetometers. The aircraft was part of the TOP SECRET Project Magnet - a UFO Investigation run by

A Boeing B-17 converted to an airliner by Saab for SILA on its transatlantic services under the designation F-17

HMS Vindictive aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Vindictive, a Hawkins-class heavy cruiser (then called HMS Cavendish) converted to an experimental aircraft carrier and renamed

Conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus, as described in the Acts of the Apostles

de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk G-AOUO of Air Service Training. AOUO was purchsed by the Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association in the early 1970s and converted to a Supermunk

United States Air Force - Martin NRB-57D Canberra 53-3973 31 May 1956 accepted by the 4080 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1959-61: AFSC. Converted to WB-57D

United States Air Force - Convair B-36A Peacemaker 44-92015 (msn 12) This aircraft was the first B-36 delivery to an operational unit when it taxied under its own power from Air Force Plant 4 to

Northrop T-38A-10-NO Talon 58-1194, Buzz Number TF-194. The first production aircraft, with the rear cockpit canopy blanked off for flight testing

United States Air Force - Fairchild C-123K Provider 55-4548
United States Air Force Fairchild C-123K Provider 55-4548 (msn 20209) at McClellan AFB. Built as a Fairchild C-123B-14-FA Provider

Bristow Helicopters Westland WS-55 series 1 Whirlwind G-APWO (msn WA299), at Redhill. Later converted to Series 3 in 1966, sold in Iran as EP-HAG. Date: circa 1960

An artists impression of the Tarrant Tabor in flight. Originally intended for long-distance bombing, the aircraft was to be converted into a commercial passenger carrier for up to 100 passengers

MFB and LCC-LFB Shooters Hill fire station
Converted from a former police station and opened in 1879, Shooters Hill fire station remained at this site (Old Police Station, Well Hall Road) until 1912 when the new Shooters Hill fire station

HMS Triumph (R16)
Royal Navy - HMS Triumph (R16), fleet support ship. Formerly a Colossus-class light fleet aircraft carrier, Triumph was converted to a Support Ship in the late 1960s and was de-commissioned in 1975

HMS Bonaventure - an Astraea-Class second-class cruiser
Royal Navy - HMS Bonaventure, an Astraea-Class second-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, ordered as part of the eight-ship Astraea class under the Naval Defence Act of 1889

Wheatsheaf Inn - National Childrens Home, Edgworth
Children stand outside the former Wheatsheaf Inn at Edgworth, Lancashire. In 1872, the building was converted to form the nucleus of a branch of the National Childrens Home. Date: early 1900s

Beagle A. 61 Terrier G-ASAC Airways Aero Club Rearsby
Auster converted a number of ex- Army aircraft which became the Auster 6B. When the company became part of Beagle Aircraft in 1960 it was renamed the Beagle A.61 Terrier

Bristol Beaufighter TT Mk. 10 RD758, Bahrain
Built as a Beaufighter TF.X (Torpedo Fighter version) RD758 was converted to a TT.X, for target towing Date: 1956

Lady Stradbroke, nursing matron at Henham Hall, WW1
Lady Stradbroke, formerly Helena Fraser and wife of George Rous, 3rd Earl of Stradbroke, pictured with three nurses at the family home of Henham Hall in Suffolk

Dalis House
This is the house of the surrealist artist, Salvador Dali, in Port Lligat, at the foot of the Spanish Pyrenees on the Mediterranean. It was converted from four fishermens cottages

Oxford Canal Motor Boat
Holidays afloat! The converted narrow boat Mabel, with its crew of happy holidaymakers, on passage between locks, from Braunston to Oxford, Oxford Canal, Napton, Warwickshire. Date: 1960s

HMS Empress aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Empress, British Royal Navy aircraft carrier during the First World War. Launched 1907 as a cross-channel steamer, converted as aircraft carrier 1914, based at Harwich, then Queenstown

Convair CV-240-27 N95 (msn 331, ex ET-29C 52-1092), of the Federal Aviation Administration flying unit, at the 1975 International Air Tattoo, RAF Greenham Common

Tennessee Air National Guard - Boeing KC-97L Stratotanker O-53-0315 (msn 17097) Built as a KC-97G-29-BO, then to KC-97G-145-BO and converted to KC-97L. Date: 1960s

LCC-MFB Battersea sub-fire station, London SW8
Battersea sub-fire station, at 32 Battersea Park Road, one of only a few London stations not actually built as a fire station

Spitfire with Floats
A sketch of the successful Royal Airforce fighter plane converted for landing on water

Old Baptist Church - Black and white lantern slide. Old church converted to petrol station.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900

Baptism of King Guthrum, Viking leader
The Baptism of Guthrum, King of the Danish Vikings in the Danelaw - King Alfred was his Godfather. Guthrum was christened Aethelstan on his conversion to Christianity. 878

Boeing RC-135U-BN Combat Sent 3 63-9792
United States Air Force - Boeing RC-135U-BN Combat Sent 3 63-9792 (msn 18706). Built as an RC-135B specification from the outset and later modified by Martin as an RC-135C

Wagner Twin Tri Pacer NX932A. A twin-engined Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer, powered by two 125hp Lycoming engines, converted by Harold Wagner, who flew it about 100 hrs then reverted to single engine

United States Army Beechcraft RU-21D Laffing Eagle 67-18105 (msn LM-101) converted to JRU-21D, later to RU-21H Guardrail V, then U-21H

Handley Page Clive III G-ABYX of Sir Alan Cobhams National Aviation Day flying circus. One of the Hinaidi I prototypes, J9126

Avro 695 Lincolnian G-ALPF
The sole UK registered Avro 695 Lincolnian G-ALPF (ex RAF Lincoln B.2 RE290)parked at Southend prior to being scrapped in 1952. Converted by Airflight Ltd

McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 71-0291 (msn 0012/B002), at the 1980 SBAC Farnborough Airshow on 6 September 1980. Built as the second TF-15A

Prison ship Success Australia, c. 1890
Image show offcers quarters on board. The ship was converted into a floating museum and used to display the horrors of the penal era. She was destroyed by fire in 1946

The Downs Sanatorium, Belmont, Sutton
A uniformed porter stands at the entrance to the Downs Sanatorium, at Belmont, near Sutton, Surrey. The former childrens institution was converted for use as a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1912

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