30 results found
Registration / Serial:G-AEUD
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.846
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:Cordelia
City / Seaplane Base:Rochester - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:24 September 1937
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Built in 1937. Impressed by the RAF in 1940 as AX660 but to BOAC in 1941. Withdrawn and scrapped at Hythe in 1947 after 11,665 flight hours. Photo from: Short
Registration / Serial:G-AEUD
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.846
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Rochester - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:24 September 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:G-AEUD
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.846
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:Cordelia
City / Seaplane Base:Rochester - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:24 September 1937
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Photo ID:349692Submit Correction
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Built in 1937. Impressed by the RAF in 1940 as AX660 but to BOAC in 1941. Withdrawn and scrapped at Hythe in 1947 after 11,665 flight hours. Photo from: Short
Registration / Serial:G-AEUD
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.846
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Rochester - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:24 September 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:G-ADVD
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.821
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:Challenger
City / Seaplane Base:Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Israel
Photo Date:8 May 1937 to 1 May 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:345645Submit Correction
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Mt Hermon looms in the background on a clear day. From 1931 Imperial Airways flying boats alighted on the Sea of Galilee at Tiberias, initially connecting with a landplane at the nearby Samak airfield. With the introduction of the S.23 the flying boats flew all the way between Southampton and Singapore. This aircraft, Challenger, also carried out the first through service to Sydney in July 1937. It crashed off Lumbo in Mozambique on 1 May 1939. Photo from: Library of Congress
Registration / Serial:G-ADVD
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.821
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Israel
Photo Date:8 May 1937 to 1 May 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:G-ADVD
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.821
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:Challenger
City / Seaplane Base:Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Israel
Photo Date:8 May 1937 to 1 May 1939
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Photo ID:345645Submit Correction
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Mt Hermon looms in the background on a clear day. From 1931 Imperial Airways flying boats alighted on the Sea of Galilee at Tiberias, initially connecting with a landplane at the nearby Samak airfield. With the introduction of the S.23 the flying boats flew all the way between Southampton and Singapore. This aircraft, Challenger, also carried out the first through service to Sydney in July 1937. It crashed off Lumbo in Mozambique on 1 May 1939. Photo from: Library of Congress
Registration / Serial:G-ADVD
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.821
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Tiberias - Seaplane (closed)Map
Country:Israel
Photo Date:8 May 1937 to 1 May 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:G-ADUY
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.816
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:Capella
City / Seaplane Base:Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 June 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:314622Submit Correction
View count: 977
In 1937, Imperial Airways rented some of the Supermarine buildings at Hythe for the maintenance of the new Empire flying boats. G-ADUY Capella was damaged beyond repair at Batavia (Jakarta) in 1939, see other photo. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
Registration / Serial:G-ADUY
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.816
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 June 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:G-ADUY
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.816
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:Capella
City / Seaplane Base:Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 June 1937
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Photo ID:314622Submit Correction
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In 1937, Imperial Airways rented some of the Supermarine buildings at Hythe for the maintenance of the new Empire flying boats. G-ADUY Capella was damaged beyond repair at Batavia (Jakarta) in 1939, see other photo. Photo from: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
Registration / Serial:G-ADUY
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.816
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Southampton - Hythe Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:16 June 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:298904Submit Correction
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The first Short Empire or C class flying boat.
Registration / Serial:G-ADHL
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.795
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
Photo ID:298904Submit Correction
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The first Short Empire or C class flying boat.
Registration / Serial:G-ADHL
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.795
Location:Not known
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:Peter de Jong CollectionContact
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:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:202687Submit Correction
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Swapped with Qantas at the outbreak of World War II then impressed by the RAAF as A18-10. Destroyed at Broome during a Japanese air raid on March 3, 1942.
Registration / Serial:G-ADUT
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.811
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
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:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Photo ID:202687Submit Correction
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Swapped with Qantas at the outbreak of World War II then impressed by the RAAF as A18-10. Destroyed at Broome during a Japanese air raid on March 3, 1942.
Registration / Serial:G-ADUT
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.811
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:1938
Photo from:Ben Dannecker (via David Carter)
Registration / Serial:VH-ABF
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.878
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Cooee
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:May 1938 to December 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:199751Submit Correction
View count: 394
VH-ABF over Brisbane where Qantas was headquartered at the time. When air services between Australia on the one side and the UK and Africa on the other were cut during World War II, Cooee was unable to get home. Likewise, BOAC's G-AFPZ was trapped on the Australian side, so a swap was arranged. -ABF became G-AFBL in July 1942 and continued with BOAC until scrapped in 1947. Photo from: State Library of Queensland
Registration / Serial:VH-ABF
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.878
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:May 1938 to December 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-ABF
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.878
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Cooee
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:May 1938 to December 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:199751Submit Correction
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VH-ABF over Brisbane where Qantas was headquartered at the time. When air services between Australia on the one side and the UK and Africa on the other were cut during World War II, Cooee was unable to get home. Likewise, BOAC's G-AFPZ was trapped on the Australian side, so a swap was arranged. -ABF became G-AFBL in July 1942 and continued with BOAC until scrapped in 1947. Photo from: State Library of Queensland
Registration / Serial:VH-ABF
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.878
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:May 1938 to December 1938
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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:Darwin - Harbour Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:12 December 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:149548Submit Correction
View count: 563
Blown on to the shore during a storm on December 11, 1938. Dismantled and shipped back the UK for repairs. Swapped with an aircraft from the Imperial Airways fleet and became G-AEUI after being repaired. Remained in service with Imperial until 1947 when it was scrapped. Coorong is a lagoon in South Australia. Qantas retained Imperial's "C" Class naming conventions for its S.23 fleet. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
Registration / Serial:VH-ABE
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.851
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Darwin - Harbour Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:12 December 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
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:Darwin - Harbour Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:12 December 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:149548Submit Correction
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Blown on to the shore during a storm on December 11, 1938. Dismantled and shipped back the UK for repairs. Swapped with an aircraft from the Imperial Airways fleet and became G-AEUI after being repaired. Remained in service with Imperial until 1947 when it was scrapped. Coorong is a lagoon in South Australia. Qantas retained Imperial's "C" Class naming conventions for its S.23 fleet. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
Registration / Serial:VH-ABE
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.851
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Darwin - Harbour Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:Northern Territory, Australia
Photo Date:12 December 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:G-ADUY
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.816
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:Capella
City / Seaplane Base:Jakarta - Tanjung Priok Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed)
Country:Indonesia
Photo Date:12 March 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:148350Submit Correction
View count: 767
G-ADUY sank after hitting a submerged object while landing at Batavia (Jakarta). It was shipped back to the UK but was found uneconomical to repair. Scrapped. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
Registration / Serial:G-ADUY
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.816
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Jakarta - Tanjung Priok Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed)
Country:Indonesia
Photo Date:12 March 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:G-ADUY
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.816
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Aircraft Name:Capella
City / Seaplane Base:Jakarta - Tanjung Priok Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed)
Country:Indonesia
Photo Date:12 March 1939
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Photo ID:148350Submit Correction
View count: 767
G-ADUY sank after hitting a submerged object while landing at Batavia (Jakarta). It was shipped back to the UK but was found uneconomical to repair. Scrapped. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
Registration / Serial:G-ADUY
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.816
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Jakarta - Tanjung Priok Seaplane (closed)Map (unconfirmed)
Country:Indonesia
Photo Date:12 March 1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:A18-10
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:Australia - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1939 to December 1940
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:147238Submit Correction
View count: 366
Ex G-ADUT "Centaurus" and involved in an aircraft swap at the start of World War II when Imperial Airways and Qantas exchanged equal numbers of S.23s. G-ADUT was immediately transferred to the RAAF. Used to supply bases in the Dutch East Indies when Japan entered the war in December 1941. A18-10 was destroyed in a Japanese air raid on Broome, Western Australia, on March 3, 1942. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
Registration / Serial:A18-10
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.811
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1939 to December 1940
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:A18-10
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:Australia - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1939 to December 1940
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:147238Submit Correction
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Ex G-ADUT "Centaurus" and involved in an aircraft swap at the start of World War II when Imperial Airways and Qantas exchanged equal numbers of S.23s. G-ADUT was immediately transferred to the RAAF. Used to supply bases in the Dutch East Indies when Japan entered the war in December 1941. A18-10 was destroyed in a Japanese air raid on Broome, Western Australia, on March 3, 1942. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
Registration / Serial:A18-10
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.811
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Seaplane Base:Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map
Region / Country:New South Wales, Australia
Photo Date:October 1939 to December 1940
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-ABC
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.849
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Coogee
City / Seaplane Base:Southampton - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:146183Submit Correction
View count: 645
Delivered in January 1938 but retained by Imperial Airways to cover aircraft losses. Finally delivered to QEA in September that year. Operated alongside Imperial's S.30s on the Sydney-Southampton route, with Qantas crews as far as Singapore. Impressed by the RAAF in June 1940 as A18-12. While in RAAF service it crashed on landing at Townsville during a test flight. RMS Queen Mary is the ship in the background. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
Registration / Serial:VH-ABC
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.849
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Southampton - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:VH-ABC
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.849
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
Aircraft Name:Coogee
City / Seaplane Base:Southampton - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:146183Submit Correction
View count: 645
Delivered in January 1938 but retained by Imperial Airways to cover aircraft losses. Finally delivered to QEA in September that year. Operated alongside Imperial's S.30s on the Sydney-Southampton route, with Qantas crews as far as Singapore. Impressed by the RAAF in June 1940 as A18-12. While in RAAF service it crashed on landing at Townsville during a test flight. RMS Queen Mary is the ship in the background. Photo from: Hudson Fysh Collection/State Library of New South Wales
Registration / Serial:VH-ABC
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.849
Operator Titles:Qantas Empire Airways - QEA
City / Seaplane Base:Southampton - Seaplane (closed)Map
Region / Country:England, United Kingdom
Photo Date:1939
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive