32 results found
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.795 |
| Operator Titles: | BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation |
| Aircraft Name: | Canopus |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Lagos - Iquoi Seaplane (closed) |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Photo Date: | February 1942 to December 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 568043Submit Correction |
| View count: | 458 |
The oldest Empire flying boat in BOAC wartime markings, seen landing on the Lagos Lagoon. Canopus was operated by Qantas between Singapore and Karachi until early 1942. Scrapped at Hythe in October 1946 after flying just over 15,000 hours in just over ten eventful years. Photo from: Imperial War Museums
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHL |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.795 |
| Operator Titles: | BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Lagos - Iquoi Seaplane (closed) | Country: | Nigeria |
| Photo Date: | February 1942 to December 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHL |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.795 |
| Operator Titles: | BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation |
| Aircraft Name: | Canopus |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Lagos - Iquoi Seaplane (closed) |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Photo Date: | February 1942 to December 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 568043Submit Correction |
| View count: | 458 |
The oldest Empire flying boat in BOAC wartime markings, seen landing on the Lagos Lagoon. Canopus was operated by Qantas between Singapore and Karachi until early 1942. Scrapped at Hythe in October 1946 after flying just over 15,000 hours in just over ten eventful years. Photo from: Imperial War Museums
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHL |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.795 |
| Operator Titles: | BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Lagos - Iquoi Seaplane (closed) | Country: | Nigeria |
| Photo Date: | February 1942 to December 1945 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AETW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.839 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Calpurnia |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 17 June 1937 to 27 November 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 461504Submit Correction |
| View count: | 532 |
Crashed into Lake Habbaniyah, Iraq on 27 November 1938.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AETW |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.839 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 17 June 1937 to 27 November 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AETW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.839 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Calpurnia |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 17 June 1937 to 27 November 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 461504Submit Correction |
| View count: | 532 |
Crashed into Lake Habbaniyah, Iraq on 27 November 1938.
| Registration / Serial: | G-AETW |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.839 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 17 June 1937 to 27 November 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.814 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Castor |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Macon - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 3 January 1937 to 31 December 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 452749Submit Correction |
| View count: | 568 |
The Short S.23 was rather short on range and it seems that a stop on the Saône river in Mâcon was sometimes necessary on the leg between Portsmouth and Marseille. The Hôtel d'Europe et d'Angleterre in Mâcon says the flying boats moored at their doorsteps and this seems to be correct - the Pont Saint-Laurent bridge is just visible under the wing and the pointy house seen above the cockpit still stands. Photo from: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUW |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.814 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Macon - Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 3 January 1937 to 31 December 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.814 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Castor |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Macon - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 3 January 1937 to 31 December 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 452749Submit Correction |
| View count: | 568 |
The Short S.23 was rather short on range and it seems that a stop on the Saône river in Mâcon was sometimes necessary on the leg between Portsmouth and Marseille. The Hôtel d'Europe et d'Angleterre in Mâcon says the flying boats moored at their doorsteps and this seems to be correct - the Pont Saint-Laurent bridge is just visible under the wing and the pointy house seen above the cockpit still stands. Photo from: Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUW |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.814 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Macon - Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | France |
| Photo Date: | 3 January 1937 to 31 December 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.812 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Cavalier |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | July 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 447544Submit Correction |
| View count: | 322 |
'Resting in the water off Long Island Sound prior to its flight to Bermuda.' Photo by: Margaret Bourke-White / Life
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUU |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.812 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | July 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.812 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Cavalier |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | July 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 447544Submit Correction |
| View count: | 322 |
'Resting in the water off Long Island Sound prior to its flight to Bermuda.' Photo by: Margaret Bourke-White / Life
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUU |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.812 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | July 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.877 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Coolangatta |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1938 to 18 March 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 432527Submit Correction |
| View count: | 373 |
First flown on 17 December 1937. Delivered to Qantas in March 1938. Impressed by the RAAF in June 1940 as A18-13 for reconnaissance flights out of New Guinea and transport work. Back to Qantas in July 1943 for Sydney - Townsville transport flights on behalf of the military. Crashed at Rose Bay in October 1944. Photo from: Paul Sheehan collection
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABB |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.877 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1938 to 18 March 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABB |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.877 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Coolangatta |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1938 to 18 March 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 432527Submit Correction |
| View count: | 373 |
First flown on 17 December 1937. Delivered to Qantas in March 1938. Impressed by the RAAF in June 1940 as A18-13 for reconnaissance flights out of New Guinea and transport work. Back to Qantas in July 1943 for Sydney - Townsville transport flights on behalf of the military. Crashed at Rose Bay in October 1944. Photo from: Paul Sheehan collection
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABB |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.877 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Location: | Not known | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1 January 1938 to 18 March 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.851 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Coorong |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed) |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 431590Submit Correction |
| View count: | 500 |
Extensively damaged at Darwin in December 1938, see other photo. Shipped to Engeland for repairs. Registered to Imperial Airways as G-AEUI in October 1939, but British reg apparently not applied until 1942. Scrapped at Hythe in 1947.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABE |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.851 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed) | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.851 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Coorong |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed) |
| Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 431590Submit Correction |
| View count: | 500 |
Extensively damaged at Darwin in December 1938, see other photo. Shipped to Engeland for repairs. Registered to Imperial Airways as G-AEUI in October 1939, but British reg apparently not applied until 1942. Scrapped at Hythe in 1947.
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABE |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.851 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Brisbane - Pinkenba Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed) | Region / Country: | Queensland, Australia |
| Photo Date: | 1 April 1938 to 11 December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.850 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Corio |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 431463Submit Correction |
| View count: | 325 |
Delivered to Qantas in 1938. To Imperial Airways in a swap with another aircraft in September 1939, becoming G-AEUH, but leased back by the Australian airline. Shot down by Zero fighters off West Timor, Netherlands East Indies on 30 January 1942. Photo from: Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABD |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.850 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.850 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Corio |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 431463Submit Correction |
| View count: | 325 |
Delivered to Qantas in 1938. To Imperial Airways in a swap with another aircraft in September 1939, becoming G-AEUH, but leased back by the Australian airline. Shot down by Zero fighters off West Timor, Netherlands East Indies on 30 January 1942. Photo from: Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ABD |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.850 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map | Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | September 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.848 |
| Aircraft Name: | Corinthian |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Cairo - Rod El Farag Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 429659Submit Correction |
| View count: | 352 |
Corinthian at Cairo in wartime BOAC colours. Hit debris while landing and sank off Darwin, Australia, on a military transport flight from Brisbane on 22 March 1942. Photo from: Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUF |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.848 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Cairo - Rod El Farag Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUF |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.848 |
| Aircraft Name: | Corinthian |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Cairo - Rod El Farag Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 429659Submit Correction |
| View count: | 352 |
Corinthian at Cairo in wartime BOAC colours. Hit debris while landing and sank off Darwin, Australia, on a military transport flight from Brisbane on 22 March 1942. Photo from: Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUF |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.848 |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Cairo - Rod El Farag Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.845 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Corinna |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 24 September 1937 to 31 December 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 429628Submit Correction |
| View count: | 330 |
Photographed over Rochester presumably before delivery on 30 September 1937 - the factory is just beyond the bottom of the picture. Destroyed at Broome, Australia in Japanese raid on 3 March 1942. Photo by: Charles E Brown
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUC |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.845 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 24 September 1937 to 31 December 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.845 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Corinna |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 24 September 1937 to 31 December 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 429628Submit Correction |
| View count: | 330 |
Photographed over Rochester presumably before delivery on 30 September 1937 - the factory is just beyond the bottom of the picture. Destroyed at Broome, Australia in Japanese raid on 3 March 1942. Photo by: Charles E Brown
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUC |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.845 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 24 September 1937 to 31 December 1939 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUX |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.815 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Cassiopeia |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 10 April 1937 to 31 December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 428530Submit Correction |
| View count: | 455 |
Cassiopeia crashed at Sabang on 29 December 1941, hitting debris on take-off while carrying a load of ammunition from India to Singapore following the outbreak of the Pacific War. The flying boat is seen with a type of embarkation raft first used in April 1937, designed to prevent damage to the hull. From 1938, passengers boarded straight from the shore at Berth 108 in the port of Southampton, rather than from the Hythe facility.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUX |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.815 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 10 April 1937 to 31 December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUX |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.815 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Cassiopeia |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 10 April 1937 to 31 December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 428530Submit Correction |
| View count: | 455 |
Cassiopeia crashed at Sabang on 29 December 1941, hitting debris on take-off while carrying a load of ammunition from India to Singapore following the outbreak of the Pacific War. The flying boat is seen with a type of embarkation raft first used in April 1937, designed to prevent damage to the hull. From 1938, passengers boarded straight from the shore at Berth 108 in the port of Southampton, rather than from the Hythe facility.
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUX |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.815 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 10 April 1937 to 31 December 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AETY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.841 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Clio |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 5 August 1937 to 31 July 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 421257Submit Correction |
| View count: | 310 |
Delivered on 30 July 1937. Impressed in 1940 and converted to an armed maritime patrol aircraft, AX659. Used by No 119 Sqn at RAF Bowmore, on Loch Indaal, Isle of Islay, Scotland, between March 1941 and 22 August 1941 when it crashed into the loch. Photo by: Library of Congress
| Registration / Serial: | G-AETY |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.841 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 5 August 1937 to 31 July 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AETY |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.841 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Clio |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 5 August 1937 to 31 July 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 421257Submit Correction |
| View count: | 310 |
Delivered on 30 July 1937. Impressed in 1940 and converted to an armed maritime patrol aircraft, AX659. Used by No 119 Sqn at RAF Bowmore, on Loch Indaal, Isle of Islay, Scotland, between March 1941 and 22 August 1941 when it crashed into the loch. Photo by: Library of Congress
| Registration / Serial: | G-AETY |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.841 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 5 August 1937 to 31 July 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADVE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.822 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Centurion |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 29 May 1937 to 12 June 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 421223Submit Correction |
| View count: | 275 |
At the Lido on the Sea of Galilee. Centurion crashed and sank in the Hoogly River in Calcutta on 12 June 1939. Photo from: Library of Congress
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADVE |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.822 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 29 May 1937 to 12 June 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADVE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.822 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Centurion |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 29 May 1937 to 12 June 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 421223Submit Correction |
| View count: | 275 |
At the Lido on the Sea of Galilee. Centurion crashed and sank in the Hoogly River in Calcutta on 12 June 1939. Photo from: Library of Congress
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADVE |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.822 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Israel |
| Photo Date: | 29 May 1937 to 12 June 1939 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AETV |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.838 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Coriolanus |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Cairo - Rod El Farag Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | 28 June 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 420925Submit Correction |
| View count: | 370 |
The passengers were having breakfast on the Imperial Airways station boat. Coriolanus was brand new, having commenced her maiden trip to Alexandria as flight IE 559 on 20 June and going back to Southampton as IW 557 on 22 June. She carried out evacuation missions from Java to Broome, Australia in February 1942 and was transferred to Qantas as VH-ABG later in 1942. The last Empire flying boat in service, she was withdrawn on 23 December 1947 and scrapped soon thereafter. Photo by: Sophie Petersen / National Museum of Denmark
| Registration / Serial: | G-AETV |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.838 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Cairo - Rod El Farag Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | 28 June 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AETV |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.838 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Coriolanus |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Cairo - Rod El Farag Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | 28 June 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 420925Submit Correction |
| View count: | 370 |
The passengers were having breakfast on the Imperial Airways station boat. Coriolanus was brand new, having commenced her maiden trip to Alexandria as flight IE 559 on 20 June and going back to Southampton as IW 557 on 22 June. She carried out evacuation missions from Java to Broome, Australia in February 1942 and was transferred to Qantas as VH-ABG later in 1942. The last Empire flying boat in service, she was withdrawn on 23 December 1947 and scrapped soon thereafter. Photo by: Sophie Petersen / National Museum of Denmark
| Registration / Serial: | G-AETV |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.838 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Cairo - Rod El Farag Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | Egypt |
| Photo Date: | 28 June 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.812 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Cavalier |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | Maryland, United States |
| Photo Date: | 17 November 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 420275Submit Correction |
| View count: | 375 |
Pictured over Chesapeake Bay, most likely by the 104th Observation Squadron of the Maryland National Guard on 17 November 1937 according to the photo source. The service from Bermuda - not from Britain - to New York was redirected to Baltimore Municipal Airport between this date and 6 April 1938 to avoid the icy winter conditions in New York. The next winter the service continued to New York, until Cavalier ditched and sank in the ocean on 21 January 1939. Photo from: Enoch Pratt Free Library
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUU |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.812 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | Maryland, United States |
| Photo Date: | 17 November 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.812 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Cavalier |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | Maryland, United States |
| Photo Date: | 17 November 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 420275Submit Correction |
| View count: | 375 |
Pictured over Chesapeake Bay, most likely by the 104th Observation Squadron of the Maryland National Guard on 17 November 1937 according to the photo source. The service from Bermuda - not from Britain - to New York was redirected to Baltimore Municipal Airport between this date and 6 April 1938 to avoid the icy winter conditions in New York. The next winter the service continued to New York, until Cavalier ditched and sank in the ocean on 21 January 1939. Photo from: Enoch Pratt Free Library
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUU |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.812 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | Maryland, United States |
| Photo Date: | 17 November 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.814 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Castor |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 6 February 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 420265Submit Correction |
| View count: | 350 |
Castor flying the light blue Civil Air Ensign before its first commercial flight to Alexandria, which took two and a half days according to schedule. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUW |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.814 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 6 February 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUW |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.814 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Castor |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 6 February 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 420265Submit Correction |
| View count: | 350 |
Castor flying the light blue Civil Air Ensign before its first commercial flight to Alexandria, which took two and a half days according to schedule. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUW |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.814 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 6 February 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.812 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Cavalier |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 2 August 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 419961Submit Correction |
| View count: | 377 |
The S.23 flying boats lacked the range to cross the big pond with payload but a limited route was opened between the British territory of Bermuda and New York or Baltimore. Cavalier was actually shipped to Bermuda. Suffering icing, the aircraft ditched en route from NY - Port Washington to Bermuda on 21 January 1939 and three of the 13 people on board lost their lives. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUU |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.812 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 2 August 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUU |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.812 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Cavalier |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 2 August 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 419961Submit Correction |
| View count: | 377 |
The S.23 flying boats lacked the range to cross the big pond with payload but a limited route was opened between the British territory of Bermuda and New York or Baltimore. Cavalier was actually shipped to Bermuda. Suffering icing, the aircraft ditched en route from NY - Port Washington to Bermuda on 21 January 1939 and three of the 13 people on board lost their lives. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUU |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.812 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 2 August 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.811 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Centaurus |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Wellington - Evans Bay Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 31 December 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 419959Submit Correction |
| View count: | 322 |
Beauty shot of Centaurus visiting Wellington on the last day of 1937. The people are watching from Point Jerningham, at the entrance of Evans Bay. Photo from: Evening Post/ Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUT |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.811 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Wellington - Evans Bay Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 31 December 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUT |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.811 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Centaurus |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Wellington - Evans Bay Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 31 December 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 419959Submit Correction |
| View count: | 322 |
Beauty shot of Centaurus visiting Wellington on the last day of 1937. The people are watching from Point Jerningham, at the entrance of Evans Bay. Photo from: Evening Post/ Alexander Turnbull Library
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUT |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.811 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Wellington - Evans Bay Seaplane (closed)Map | Country: | New Zealand |
| Photo Date: | 31 December 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUV |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.813 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Cambria |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 7 August 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 419654Submit Correction |
| View count: | 412 |
During the 1930s and 1940s there was a New York Seaplane Airport outside the city in Port Washington, Long Island. Both Pan Am and Imperial Airways used it pending the completion of La Guardia's Marine Air Terminal. Their Sikorsky S-42 and Short Empire class flying boats didn't have enough range for transatlantic services and only proving flights were made, although a limited commercial service was started between Bermuda and New York. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUV |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.813 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 7 August 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUV |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.813 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Cambria |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 7 August 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 419654Submit Correction |
| View count: | 412 |
During the 1930s and 1940s there was a New York Seaplane Airport outside the city in Port Washington, Long Island. Both Pan Am and Imperial Airways used it pending the completion of La Guardia's Marine Air Terminal. Their Sikorsky S-42 and Short Empire class flying boats didn't have enough range for transatlantic services and only proving flights were made, although a limited commercial service was started between Bermuda and New York. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADUV |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.813 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Port Washington - Tom's Point Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 7 August 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHM |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.804 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Caledonia |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 9 July 1937 to 6 October 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 419434Submit Correction |
| View count: | 518 |
Caledonia made Imperial Airways' first survey flight across the North Atlantic, via Foynes in Ireland and Botwood in Newfoundland to Montreal and New York. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHM |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.804 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 9 July 1937 to 6 October 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHM |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.804 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Caledonia |
| Location: | In Flight |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 9 July 1937 to 6 October 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 419434Submit Correction |
| View count: | 518 |
Caledonia made Imperial Airways' first survey flight across the North Atlantic, via Foynes in Ireland and Botwood in Newfoundland to Montreal and New York. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHM |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.804 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Location: | In Flight | Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Photo Date: | 9 July 1937 to 6 October 1937 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-21 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.797 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Maia |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Dundee - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 3 October 1938 to 6 October 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 419015Submit Correction |
| View count: | 487 |
In another transatlantic airmail scheme, the Short-Mayo Composite devised by Robert Mayo of Imperial Airways, the modified Empire flying boat was the launch aircraft for the S.20 floatplane, G-ADHJ Mercury. The combination is seen on the River Tay at Dundee. Mercury separated from Maia over Dundee to fly 9728 km (6045 miles) to Alexander Bay in South Africa, a record distance for a seaplane. Photo from: Mary Paul / Newport History Group
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHK |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-21 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.797 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Dundee - Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 3 October 1938 to 6 October 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHK |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-21 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.797 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| Aircraft Name: | Maia |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Dundee - Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 3 October 1938 to 6 October 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 419015Submit Correction |
| View count: | 487 |
In another transatlantic airmail scheme, the Short-Mayo Composite devised by Robert Mayo of Imperial Airways, the modified Empire flying boat was the launch aircraft for the S.20 floatplane, G-ADHJ Mercury. The combination is seen on the River Tay at Dundee. Mercury separated from Maia over Dundee to fly 9728 km (6045 miles) to Alexander Bay in South Africa, a record distance for a seaplane. Photo from: Mary Paul / Newport History Group
| Registration / Serial: | G-ADHK |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-21 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.797 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Dundee - Seaplane (closed)Map | Region / Country: | Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 3 October 1938 to 6 October 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |