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FLYING BOATS STATIONED ABOARD H.M. SHIPS
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Flying Boats and amphibians have by their very nature been inextricably linked to sea-going ships and have proved time and again their worth operating from aboard ship.

This gallery is designed to illustrate the flying boats that were stationed aboard individual ships of the Royal Navy and the Commonwealth, together where possible with details of the specialised equipment mounted on-board from which these craft operated - the catapult, hangars and cranes - by featuring contemporary images of the actual 'boats aboard.

This gallery will continue to grow as images become available. If you have access to any additional images that can be displayed here, please send them into SEAWINGS for inclusion here.

Credits: Bill Larkins : Brian Gibbins : the late Leo White/White Co. photos at NZ Archive : City of Vancouver archive : I.W.M. archive

Click on flying boat gallery image to view the photograph:
H.M.S. RODNEY
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
 
 
 

 
H.M.S. WARSPITE
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
 
 
 

 
H.M.S. BELFAST
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
       
 
 

 
H.M.S. KING GEORGE V
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
     
 
 

 
H.M.S. MAURITIUS
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
 
 

 
H.M.S. PRINCE OF WALES
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
       
 
 

 
H.M.S. PEGASUS
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
     
 
 

 
H.M.S. SYDNEY
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
   
 
 

 
H.M.S. ANSON
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
       
 
 

 
H.M.S. ALBATROSS
On-Board: Supermarine Seagull III
         
     
 
 

 
H.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
 
 

 
H.M.A.S. CANBERRA
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
       
 
 

 
H.M.N.Z.S. LEANDER
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
 
         
 

 
H.M.A.S. HOBART
On-Board: Supermarine Seagull V
         
     
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H.M.S. BERMUDA
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
       
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H.M.S. BERWICK
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
       
 
 

 

H.M.S. SHEFFIELD
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
   
 
 

 
H.M.S. SUFFOLK
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
     
 
 

 
H.M.S. MANCHESTER
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
     
 
 

 
H.M.S. CORNWALL
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
       
 
 

 
H.M.N.Z.S. ACHILLES
On-Board: Supermarine Seagull V
         
   
 
 

 
H.M.S. DORSETSHIRE
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
       
 
 

 
H.M.S. EXETER
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
     
 
 

 
H.M.S. SOUTHAMPTON
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
       
 
 

 
H.M.S. YORK
On-Board: Supermarine Walrus
         
       
 
 

 
H.M.A.S. MANOORA
On-Board: Supermarine Seagull V
         
       
 
 

 

H.M. SHIPBORNE CATAPULT REFERENCES

Credits: Maarten Schönfeld
CATAPULT IMAGE GALLERY

Click on the flying boat gallery image to view the photograph:
 
OUT-OF-PRINT CATAPULT REFERENCE ARTICLES
'Assisting the Take-Off'

"The development of the catapult..."
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Published: FLIGHT 29th July 1937

 

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'Aircraft Catapults'

"Technical description of two Mactaggart, Scott & Co. Ltd catapults"
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Published: FLIGHT 27th February 1931

 

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'A Naval Occasion'

"Being an account of a visit paid to HMS Exeter and describing her Mactaggart Scott catapult"
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Published: FLIGHT 17th June 1932

 

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'Catapult Training'

"Describing a five-day course for pilots, aircrews and catapult operators"
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Published: FLIGHT 26th November 1942

 

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'The Mactaggart Scott Shipboard Catapult'

"Superb article by one of the finest model reference authors of our time"
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Published: Model Shipwright Vol.33 Conway Maritime Press 1980 -article by the late Harry Woodman