The Chilean navy received four Fairey IIIFs from 1927. They were based at Quintero and could be embarked on the battleship Almirante Latorre. Picture assumed taken in Hamble. Photo from: Flight

Built for RAF in 01.43 as Sunderland III JM660 but delivered direct to BOAC as G-AGER. Sold to Aquila in 12.48 and used on their routes to Madeira and elsewhere until scrapped in 07.56.

The Dutch navy bought these four Fairey IIIDs in 1925. They were sent to the East Indies in 1926 to serve aboard the cruisers Java and Sumatra, but did not fare well and were disposed of to the colonial army. The Dutch roundels are applied wrongly in modern eyes. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie

'Pilots of Imperial Airways who are to make experimental flights [using Short Empire flying boats] in preparation for the proposed transatlantic air service are undergoing special training at Hamble, near Southampton.' This machine was the Calcutta prototype, first flown on 14 February 1928. It entered Imperial Airways service on 9 August 1928 and was damaged beyond repair in December 1936 in a storm while moored in the Gulf of Mirabello, Crete. Photo from: Toronto Star