Flying Boats
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Short S.25 Sandringham VII Bermuda Class
SH.57C
G-AKCO
St George
Withdrawn Aug. 49
SH.58C
G-AKCP
St David
Withdrawn Sep. 49
SH.59C
G-AKCR
St Andrew
Withdrawn Sep. 49
Short S.45 Seaford 1
S.1923
G-AGWU
Loaned for evaluation Nov. 45–Feb. 46
Short S.45 Solent 2
S.1300
G-AHIL
Salisbury
Converted to Solent 3. Withdrawn Dec. 49
S.1301
G-AHIM
Scarborough
Withdrawn Dec. 49
S.1302
G-AHIN
Southampton
Converted to Solent 3. Withdrawn Nov. 50
S.1303
G-AHIO
Somerset
Converted to Solent 3. Withdrawn Nov. 50
S.1304
G-AHIR
Sark
Withdrawn Dec. 49
S.1305
G-AHIS
Scapa (later City of York)
Converted to Solent 3. Withdrawn Sep. 50
S.1306
G-AHIT
Severn
Withdrawn Nov. 49
S.1307
G-AHIU
Solway
Withdrawn Aug. 49
S.1308
G-AHIV
Salcombe
Withdrawn Sep. 50
S.1309
G-AHIW
Stornoway
Withdrawn Oct. 49
S.1310
G-AHIX
Sussex (later City of Edinburgh)
Converted to Solent 3. Crashed near Southampton Feb. 50
S.1311
G-AHIY
Southsea
Converted to Solent 3. Withdrawn Sep. 50
Short S.45 Solent 3
S.1294
G-AKNO
City of London
Sold in Australia Dec. 50
S.1295
G-AKNP
City of Cardiff
Sold in Australia Mar. 51
S.1296
G-AKNR
City of Belfast
Sold in New Zealand Jul. 51
S.1297
G-AKNS
City of Liverpool
Sold to RAF Nov. 50
Boeing 314A
2081
G-AGBZ
Bristol
Returned to USA
2082
G-AGCA
Berwick
Returned to USA
2083
G-AGCB
Bangor
Returned to USA
Pan American Airways
Sikorsky S-42
4200X
NC822M
Brazilian Clipper (later Colombia Clipper)
Scrapped Jul. 46
4201
NC823M
West Indies Clipper (later Pan American Clipper and Hong Kong Clipper)
Sank Antilla, Cuba Aug. 44
4202
NC824M
Destroyed Port of Spain Dec. 35
Sikorsky S-42A
4203
NC15373
Jamaica Clipper
Scrapped Jul. 46
4204
NC15374
Antilles Clipper
Scrapped Jul. 46
4205
NC15375
Brazilian Clipper
Scrapped Jul. 46
4206
NC15376
Dominican Clipper
Destroyed San Juan Mar. 41
SIKORSKY S-42B
4207
NC16734
Pan American Clipper II (later Samoan Clipper)
Lost near Pago Pago Jan. 38
4208
NC16735
Bermuda Clipper (later Alaska Clipper and Hong Kong Clipper III)
Destroyed by bombing Jul. 41
4209
NC16736
Pan American Clipper III (later Bermuda Clipper)
Destroyed Manaus Jul. 43
Martin M-130
556
NC14714
Hawaiian Clipper (later Hawaii Clipper)
Lost east of Manila Jul. 38
557
NC14715
Philippine Clipper
Hit mountain 100 miles north of San Francisco Jan. 43
558
NC14716
China Clipper
Sank, Port of Spain Jan. 45
Boeing 314
1988
NC18601
Honolulu Clipper
Sank at sea by naval gunfire Nov. 45
1989
NC18602
California Clipper (later Pacific Clipper)
Purchased by US War Assets Dept Dec. 46
1990
NC18603
Yankee Clipper
Sank, Lisbon Feb. 43
1991
NC18604
Atlantic Clipper
Purchased by US War Assets Dept 46
1992
NC18605
Dixie Clipper
Purchased by US War Assets Dept 46
1993
NC18606
American Clipper
Purchased by US War Assets Dept 46
Boeing 314A
2083
NC18609
Pacific Clipper
Purchased by US War Assets Dept 46
2085
NC18611
Anzac Clipper
Purchased by US War Assets Dept 46
2086
NC18612
Capetown Clipper
Purchased by US War Assets Dept 46
Aquila Airways
Short S.25 Sunderland III
G-AGER
Hadfield
Withdrawn Jul. 56
G-AGEU
Hampshire
Withdrawn Mar. 53
G-AGHZ
Hawkesbury
Withdrawn Jan. 49
G-AGIA
Haslemere
Withdrawn Feb. 51
G-AGJJ
Henley
Withdrawn Jan. 51
G-AGJK
Howard
Withdrawn Jan. 52
G-AGJL
Hobart
Withdrawn Jan. 52
G-AGJM
Hythe
Withdrawn Jan. 52
G-AGJN
Hudson
Written off, Funchal Jan. 53
G-AGKY
Hungerford
Withdrawn May 53
G-AGLA
Hunter
Withdrawn Aug. 49
Short Sunderland V
G-AHEO
Halstead
Withdrawn Nov. 49
G-AHER
Helmsdale
Withdrawn Jan. 52
Short S.25 Sandringham
G-AGKX
Himalaya
Withdrawn Mar. 53
Short S.45 Solent 3
S.1302
G-AHIN
Southampton
S.1299
G-AKNU
Sydney
Crashed IOW Nov. 57
S.1293
G-ANAJ
City of Funchal
Withdrawn Sep. 56
Short S.45 Solent 4
SH.1558
G-ANYI
Awatere
SH.1556
G-AOBL
Aotearoa II
Qantas Empire Airways
Short S.23C Empire
S.489
VH-ABC
Coogee
To RAAF Jun. 40
S.850
VH-ABD
Corio
Shot down Jan. 42
S.851
VH-ABE
Coorong
To BOAC Nov. 40
S.876
&
nbsp; VH-ABA
Carpentaria
To BOAC Jun. 42
S.877
VH-ABB
Coolangatta
To RAAF Jun. 40
S.878
VH-ABF
Cooee
To BOAC Jun. 42
S.838
VH-ABG
Coriolanus
Withdrawn Dec. 47
Short S.33 Empire
S.1025
VH-ACD
Clifton
Crashed Rose Bay Jan. 44
Short S.25 Sandringham IV
SH.30C
VH-EBW
Damaged beyond repair Jun. 51
SH.32C
VH-EBX
Pacific Chieftain
To Barrier Reef AW Dec. 54
Short S.25 Sandringham V
SH.40C
VH-EBV
Pacific Warrior
Withdrawn Jun. 55
SH.41C
VH-EBY
Pacific Voyager
Withdrawn Jul. 55
SH.37C
VH-EBZ
Pacific Explorer
Withdrawn Jun. 55
Tasman Empire Airways
Short S.30C Empire
S.886
ZK-AMA
Aotearoa
Withdrawn Nov. 47
S.885
ZK-AMB
Australia
Crashed, Bathurst Sep. 42
S.884
ZK-AMC
Awarua
withdrawn 1947
Short S.25 Sandringham IV
SH.30C
ZK-AMB
RMA Tasman
To Qantas Apr. 50
SH.32C
ZK-AMD
RMA Australia
To Qantas Apr. 50
SH.33C
ZK-AME
RMA New Zealand
To Barrier Reef AW Apr. 50
SH.55C
ZK-AMH
RMA Auckland
To Barrier Reef AW Apr. 50
Short S.45 Solent 4
SH.1556
ZK-AML
Aotearoa II
Withdrawn Jun. 54
SH.1557
ZK-AMM
Arurangi
Withdrawn May 54
SH.1558
ZK-AMN
Awatere
To Aquila AW 54
SH.1559
ZK-AMO
Aranui
Withdrawn. Donated to MOTAT
SH.1296
ZK-AMQ
Aparima
SOURCES OF REFERENCE
Many publications have been consulted for information and cross-checking purposes, including the following books:
Coster, G., Corsairville (London: Viking, 2000)
Davies, R.E.G., Pan Am: An Airline and Its Aircraft (Twickenham: Hamlyn, 1987)
Frater, A., Beyond the Blue Horizon (London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1986)
Hodgkinson, V., Beachcomber: The Story of a Sandringham (V. Hodgkinson, 1989)
Hull, N., Flying Boats of the Solent (Kettering: Silver Link, 2002)
Hull, N., Aquila to Madeira (Kettering: Silver Link, 2002)
Jackson, A.S., Imperial Airways and the First British Airlines 1919–1940 (Lavenham: Terence Dalton Ltd, 1990)
Lowe, D., The Flying Boat Era (Auckland: The Lodestar Press, 1978)
Norris, Geoffrey ‘The Short Empire Boats’, Aircraft in Profile Number 84 (Surrey,:Profile Publications Ltd., 1966)
Merchant Airmen (HMSO, 1946)
Phipp, M., Flying Boats of the Solent and Poole (Stroud: Amberley Publishing, 2013)
Quinn, T., Tales from the Golden Age of Air Travel (London: Aurum Press, 2003)
Rance, A.B. (ed.), Sea Planes and Flying Boats of the Solent (Southampton: Southampton University Industrial Archeology Group, 1981)
Sedgley, P., Wings over the Solent (Southampton: Southampton Hall of Aviation, 1985)
Sims, P.E., Adventurous Empires: The Story of the Short Empire Flying Boats (Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2013)
Smith, P., The Last Flying Boat (Southampton: Ensign Publications, 1993)
Trautman, J., Pan American Clippers (Boston: The Boston Mills Press, 2011)
Articles
Flight
Aircraft Illustrated
The Imperial Airways Gazette
Propliner
Air-Britain Digest
Websites
Poole Flying Boat Celebration, www.pooleflyingboats.com
The Pan Am Historical Foundation, www.panam.org
Solent Sky Museum, www.solentskymuseum.org
Queensland Air Museum, www.qam.com.au
Foynes Flying Boat and Maritime Museum, www.flyingboatmuseum.com
Wings over New Zealand Aviation Forum, www.rnzaf.proboards.com
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A Qantas poster promoting the joint Qantas/Imperial Airways flying boat service between London and Sydney. (Qantas Heritage Collection)
A Qantas poster promoting the airline’s UK–Australia Empire flying boat services. (Qantas Heritage Collection)
A TEAL poster featuring one of its Short S.23 flying boats. (via author)
A TEAL poster promoting the airline’s Coral route and featuring a cutaway illustration of a Short Solent. (via author)
TEAL poster featuring a C-class flying boat. (via author)
Aquila Airways luggage label. (Dave Thaxter)
Artist’s impression of Qantas Short S.23 VH-ABA Carpentaria at her moorings. (Qantas Heritage Collection)
A cutaway diagram of a Pan American Airways Martin M-130. (via author)
Artist’s impression of a proposed interior layout for the Saunders-Roe Princess flying boat. (via author)
Artist’s impression of the ‘Honeymoon Suite’ compartment at the rear of the Boeing 314s. (via author)
Ansett Short Sandringham VH-BRC Beachcomber ashore at the Rose Bay, Sydney base. (Ian McDonell collection)
Short Sandringham VH-BRF at Rose Bay, Sydney, in Antilles Air Boats livery after sale. (Stuart Bremner)
Ansett Short Sandringham VH-BRC on Lake Eucumbene in the Snowy Mountains during a charter flight. (Geoff Goodall)
The front end of Ansett Short Sandringham VH-BRC in November 1973, with the purser standing in the nose mooring hatch. (Geoff Goodall)
Short Sandringham VH-BRC in an old Ansett livery at Lord Howe Island, c. 1954. (Barrie Colledge collection)
View from cabin of Ansett Short Sandringham VH-BRF while taxiing at Lord Howe Island in July 1974. By then the scheduled service from Sydney had officially been terminated. (Geoff Goodall)
Shortly after a dawn departure from Lord Howe Island in Ansett Short Sandringham VH-BRF in July 1974, after the scheduled service had officially ceased. (Geoff Goodall)
An impressive sight as Ansett Short Sandringham VH-BRF takes off. (Stuart Bremner)
The French airline RAI used its Short Sandringham F-OBIP for services between Papeete and Bora Bora. (Ron Cuskelly collection via Queensland Air Museum)
The f
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The amazing Boeing 314 full-size replica available for inspection at Foynes, Ireland. (Foynes Flying boat and Maritime Museum)