A founder member of the RAF Museum when it opened in September 1972 and seen here just over a year later. Ex-CF-BXO. Current in 2022.

The first production Stranraer, first flown in December 1937. It entered RAF service in April 1937. Print is stamped 25 November 1937. The flying boat was serving with No 240 Sqn, based at Wig Bay near Stranraer in Scotland early in 1941. Photo from: Flight

Photo appears to show Stranraers under construction at the Canadian Vickers works in Montreal in late 1940. 919 was sold into the civil marker in 1944 as CF-BYA. In 1945 it was sold in the US. Photo from: Ken Molson fonds - Ingenium

The first Stranraer for No 4 Squadron here at Jericho Beach in Vancouver, delivered to the unit in July 1939. Canadian-built Stranraers served with the RCAF throughout WWII. One is preserved at Hendon in London. Photo from: City of Vancouver Archives

The Stranraer was the final development of the Southampton and one the last biplane flying boats to be produced. The type served much longer with the RCAF than with the RAF. This example was built in 1940 and patrolled the Canadian coastline until 1944, when she was demobbed and registered CF-BXO. In 1947 she was acquired by Queen Charlotte Airlines, renamed 'Alaska Queen' and based in Vancouver until retirement in 1952.

Ex RCAF 920. Preserved at the RAF Museum, Hendon, UK since the 1970s.

Developed from Supermarine's earlier biplane flying boats, the Stranraer first flew in 1934. Only 17 Stranraers were built for the RAF, but 40 more were built by Canadian Vickers and flown on anti-submarine patrols from Canadian shores during WWII.

The Stranraer was a development of the Southampton flying boats, a colossal seaplane biplane preserved in the livery of the RCAF.