Seaplane Collection

Supermarine aeroplane, Rolls-Royce S. 6
The Supermarine aeroplane, Rolls-Royce S.6, winner of the International Schneider Trophy Air Race in 1922, 1927 and 1929, and holder of the world speed record of 357.7 mph

Short Sunderland flying boat in flight
Short Sunderland flying boat NSZ in flight. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - British RAF Flying Boat Sunderland Date: circa 1940

HMS Achilles, British light cruiser, WW2
HMS Achilles (70), British light class cruiser which served with the Royal New Zealand Navy during the Second World War. Seen here with a seaplane on board. Date: 1939

Short Sunderland flying boat, WW2
Short Sunderland flying boat RBO, seen here being towed up a jetty. Date: circa 1940s

Sunderland plane, Imperial Airways, Funchal, Madeira
Short S25 Sunderland plane (flying boat patrol bomber), belonging to Imperial Airways, seen here off Funchal, Madeira. Date: 1937-1959

Cabral and Coutinho fly from Portugal to Brazil
Gabo Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral - Portuguese aviators who flew from Lisbon, Portugal to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1922 in a Fairey IIIB Float plane- the first time this feat was achieved

Coastal view of Funchal, Madeira with seaplane taking off
Coastal view of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal with seaplane taking off on the regular mainland service. Date: circa 1940s

Fairey Swordfish I / 1 Floatplane
Royal Navy Fairey Swordfish of 810 Nas Squadron of Hms Courageous - Here Taxiing Past Battlecruiser Hms Hood (Later Sunk by the Bismarck) and Destroyer Hms Rocket (Behind) Date: 1940s

Supermarine Walrus
A Search & Rescue Supermarine Walrus Picking Up a Downed and Stranded Pilot in a Rubber Life-Raft Dinghy in the Sea Date: 1940s

The Schneider Trophy 1931 - Calshot Spit, England
Souvenir Programme for the Schneider Trophy of 1929 held at Calshot Spit, England. The Coupe d Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy or Schneider Prize)

The Schneider Trophy 1929 - Calshot Spit, England
Photograph from the Schneider Trophy of 1929 held at Calshot Spit, England. The Coupe d Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy or Schneider Prize)

Fairey Campania two-seat seaplane
Fairey Campania two-seat carrier-borne reconnaissance or coastal patroller seaplane, which entered production in early 1917. It was mounted on a wheeled trolley for takeoff from a ships flight deck

Short Sunderland flying boat on water
Short Sunderland flying boat moored on water with a town in the background. Date: circa 1940s

Short Sunderland flying boat, RAF Wig Bay, WW2
RAF Short Sunderland flying boat B9604/RBJ, in service with RaF (Royal Australian Air Force) 10th Squadron. Seen here on water at RAF Wig Bay, Stranraer, Scotland, 11 June 1942. Date: 1942

Boeing 314 Clipper
Pan American Airways System Paa, Boeing 314 Clipper Fleet Number 18 Flying Date: 1939

Fairey Flycatcher amphibians
Fleet Air Arm Fairey Flycatcher amphibians at a seaplane base in the far east. Date: circa 1925

Curtiss CR-3
Curtiss Cr-3 Number 4 Parked at the 1923 Schneider Trophy Air Race at Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK Date: 1923

The Schneider Trophy 1927 - Venice, Italy
Photograph from the Schneider Trophy of 1927 held at Venice, Italy. The Coupe d Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (commonly called the Schneider Trophy or Schneider Prize)

Poster, Norway by Airway. 20th century

Saunders Roe SR A1 fighter flying boat
Saunders Roe SR A1, an experimental fighter flying boat, in flight. Date: 1947-1951

Schneider contest nerve centre by G. H. Davis
The Schneider contest nerve centre: timing at over 300 mph. How the amazing speeds of the seaplanes were recorded: the timekeepers and their work on Ryde Pier. Date: 1929

Fokker CVII-W advanced training seaplane of the Royal Dutch Naval Air Force. 1928. Date: 1928

Parnall Hamble Baby seaplane, N1973

The Sopwith Tabloid seaplane at Monaco, 20 April 1914, when it won the Schneider Trophy contest flown by Howard Pixton. Date: 1914

Supermarine Seagull ASR-1 Type 381 prototype 1948
Supermarine Seagull ASR-1 Type 381 First Prototype in 1948 Date: 1948

Kawanishi H8K2 Type 2 Model 12 Flying Boat Emily
Imperial Japanese Navy Kawanishi H8K Nishiki Hikotei Type 2 Flying Boat Emily Parked Date: 1940s

Kawanishi H8K Nishiki Hikotei Type 2 Flying Boat Emily
Imperial Japanese Navy Kawanishi H8K Nishiki Hikotei Type 2 Flying Boat Emily Flying with an Engine-Fire after Being Shot-Down Date: 1940s

Martin P6M SeaMaster
Us Navy Martin P6M Seamaster Jet-Powered Seaplane Bomber Taxiing Ashore from the Sea in a Purpose Built Beaching-Vehicle Date: 1958

Martin P6M-2 SeaMaster
Us Navy Martin P6M Seamaster Jet-Powered Seaplane Bomber Splashing in the Sea During Take-Off Date: 1959

Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M. F. 10
Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service - Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.10. The M.F.10 (also known as the Hover M.F.10, after its designer) was a military trainer seaplane built in Norway in 1929

United States Navy Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk
Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk, a ship-board float-plane scout, for operation from capital ships with catapults, or seaplane tenders with launch and recovery apparatus. Date: circa 1945

Curtiss Nc-2 Seaplane Taxiing after Landing in Water Date: 1919

Curtiss Nc-4 Seaplane in the Usa after the Atlantic Crossing Date: 1919

Claude Grahame-Whites Henry Farman Wake Up England Wat?
Claude Grahame-Whites Henry Farman Wake Up England Waterplane / Seaplane Arriving at Paston Place Beach Brighton, UK on 14 August 1912 Date: 1921

Wight Aircraft No. 2 Navyplane Pusher Seaplane
John Samuel White & Company Limited (Wight Aircraft) Wight No.2 Navyplane (Modified) Pusher Seaplane Biplane 200HP Salmson Parked at Kiel

SPAD Deperdussin Monocoque floatplane
Schneider Trophy Air Race Winner 1913 Spad Deperdussin Monocoque Floatplane with 160HP Gnome Piloted by Prevast Number 19 on the Sea at the Monaco Hydro-Aeroplane Meeting April 1913 after a Landing

Grumman JRF-6B Goose
Royal-Navy Rn Fleet Air Arm Grumman Jrf-6B Goose Flying over Fields and Trees Date: 1946

Supermarine Walrus Mark 1 / I
A Royal-Navy 277 Squadron Supermarine Walrus Mark 1 Flying over Fields Date: 1941

Pan American Boeing 314 - Yankee Clipper, USA
Pan American Boeing 314 - Yankee Clipper - USA. IN service 1939-1943 - crashed in Portugal when coming in to dock when the wing hit the sea when turning. Of the 39 people on board, 24 died

Sopwith seaplane early 1900s

Sopwith seaplane

Early seaplane

Hydroplane during WW1

Hydroplane early 1900s

Sopwith 860 Biplane early 1900s Date: circa 1900s

Sir Alan Cobham's De Havilland Type 50 J Seaplane

Felixstowe Navy Seaplane early 1900s

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