Floats Collection (page 2)

Gotha WD-10 German single-seat naval fighter biplane designed by Oskar Ursinus, seen here with floats retracted, thus improving its aerodynamic effect

Paranormal: William S. Marriott fake seance with flying banjo
A banjo floats mysteriously in the air at one of William S. Marriotts fake seances, thanks to a hook in the curtain, manipulated by the medium. Date: 1910

Albatros W 4 German single-seat floatplane fighter used by the German Navy to defend its shore bases. It entered service in late 1916. Seen here is serial no

Fairey Swordfish I, L2742, of No 701 Catapult Flight on ?
Fairey Swordfish I, L2742, of No 701 Catapult Flight on floats in the air near Gibralter in 1938

Fairey Swordfish I L2742
Fairey Swordfish I, L2742, of No 701 Catapult Flight on floats in the air near Gibralter in 1938. Date: 1938

German seaplane on a beach, WW1
A German seaplane on a beach during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German Gotha WD7 seaplane, WW1
A German Gotha WD7 seaplane (water biplane), used for reconnaissance work during the First World War. It had two 120 hp Mercedes engines. Date: 1916-1918

Sinking of H. M. S. Hampshire
H.M.S. Hampshire sinks in heavy seas just off the Orkneys, having most likely struck a mine laid by a German submarine before the Battle of Jutland

Types of British Aircraft -- The Sopwith Seaplane. 1914-1918

Types of British Aircraft - The Wright Seaplane, tractor type. 1914-1918

Types of British Aircraft -- The Bristol Fighter. 1914-1918

Hvitarvatn Lake, Iceland
Hvitarvatn is a glacier lake in the Icelandic highlands, feeding the glacier river Hvita in South Iceland. North of the lake is the mountain hut Hvitarnes. Date: circa 1930

A plastic bag floats in the Bridgewater Canal in Eccles. Date: circa 1977

Log Rafts - Norway. Date: 1916

Men with fishing nets at Seaton, Devon
Men with fishing nets on the beach at Seaton, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

View of Boscastle, Cornwall, with a boy in a boat and fishing equipment on the quayside. Date: circa 1970s

A vision of the (near) future, WW1 cartoon by H. M Bateman
H.M. Bateman comments amusingly on the prospect of cars driven entirely by coal gas, with the result of overcharging being that the car floats off into the atmosphere. Date: 1917

Seaplane on water. Date: circa 1940s

Seaplane in a field, with two men in uniform standing alongside. Date: circa 1940s

Westland N1B single-seat floatplane fighter, one of two which were built for shipboard use in 1916. They were first flown in August 1917. Date: circa 1916-1917

Sopwith Baby or Schneider scout, acquired by the RNAS during the early days of the First World War. From early 1915 the seaplanes were fitted with Lewis guns for attack and defence purposes

Sopwith Admiralty Type 807 two seater seaplane, produced in 1914. Seen here is serial no. 807, the first to be delivered to the RNAS. Date: circa 1914-1915

Short Admiralty Type 310 torpedo bomber seaplane
Short Admiralty Type 310 two-seater torpedo bomber seaplane, first flown in July 1916. Seen here is serial no. N1303, the 14th Type 310 to be built. Date: circa 1916-1917

Sablatnig SF 2 German two-seater advanced trainer seaplane (serial no. 580), photographed at Warnemunde on the German Baltic coast

Hansa-Brandenburg FB German flying boat
Hansa-Brandenburg FB German two-seat flying boat reconnaissance scout. Date: circa 1915-1918

Fairey IIIB on floats-the IIIs were to be developed well into the 1930s

Fairey Hamble Baby single-seat floatplane, a development on the Sopwith Baby formula via the addition of wing edge flaps. They were used as anti-submarine patrollers from the summer of 1917

Blackburn TB two-man biplane, which first appeared in August 1915. It was found to be too cumbersome, with an unreliable engine, so that it never entered production. Date: circa 1915

Blackburn GP three-seater torpedo bomber seaplane
Blackburn GP three-seater long range patrol and torpedo bomber seaplane, of which only two were built, the first being completed in July 1916 (serial no. 1415, seen here). Date: circa 1916-1917

Mardi Gras Pageant, Canal Street, New Orleans, USA
Mardi Gras Pageant taking place in Canal Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Date: 1904

Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, WW2
Blitz in London -- oil tank fire, Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 8 September 1940. Two fire floats of the Essex Fire Brigade moored alongside a jetty

British naval seaplane, the Britannia AOVO, WW1
The Britannia AOVO, a British naval seaplane in use near Palestine during the First World War. This model was also used by Germany, having been supplied to both sides before the war broke out. 1917

WW1 Home Front - Milkmaid - Cowleys Dairy, Brighton, Sussex
WW1 - Brighton, Sussex - A Milkmaid from Cowleys Dairy sells milk from a churn on a hand cart. The newspaper billboards in the background announce the exacuation of Warsaw

Aerial view of seaplane
Aerial view of a seaplane floating on the water, about to have a hook attached to it from a crane

Seaplane hanging from a crane
A seaplane hanging from a crane, with people inside it

People loading a car at Perranporth, Cornwall. Date: 1931

Gloster I, serialed J7234, on floats at Felixstowe in 1924

Saab SB17BS fitted with floats

Hondarribia, Spain - House in the Marina Neighbourhood with its many occupants! Date: circa 1910s

Fun Seaside Transport - Bubble Boating. This postcard was presented as an award for correct dictation in 1931! Date: late 1920s

Chalon-sur-Soane - Carnival Day
Chalon-sur-Soane, a commune in the Saone-et-Loire department in the region of Burgundy in eastern France. The Gladiators Circus is the theme of the first float, complete with columned theatre

The Floating Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey
The Floating Bridge across the Golden Horn, Istanbul, Turkey Date: 1838

Submarine training at HMS Vernon - Escape Chamber
Submarine training at HMS Vernon, a shore establishment or stone frigate of the Royal Navy at Chatham Dockyard, Kent. Waiting on the surface after a successful escape. Date: late 1930s

Festival Day - Rawalpindi - Pakistan Date: circa 1910s

de Havilland Canada DHC2 Beaver Mk1, CF-OMI, fitted with floats

de Havilland Canada DHC2 Beaver, CF-FHF, fitted with floats

Fairey IIIF, J9165, with float struts designed to measure the resistance of the floats

Airspeed AS30 Queen Wasp, K8888, fitted with floats

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