35 results found
Registration / Serial:A18-14
Military Code:DQ-B
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.1025
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
Unit Markings:41 Sqn
City / Airport:Townsville - flying boat base (closed)
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:March 1942 to May 1942
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:719042Submit Correction
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Leased from BOAC ex G-AFPZ. Transferred to Qantas VH-ACD in June 1943. Scrapped after a landing accident at Rose Bay. Sydney, on January 18, 1944. Photo from: Townsville City Library
Registration / Serial:A18-14
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.1025
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Townsville - flying boat base (closed)
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:March 1942 to May 1942
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:A18-14
Military Code:DQ-B
Aircraft Original Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Generic Type:Short S-23 Empire
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.1025
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
Unit Markings:41 Sqn
City / Airport:Townsville - flying boat base (closed)
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:March 1942 to May 1942
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:719042Submit Correction
View count: 124
Leased from BOAC ex G-AFPZ. Transferred to Qantas VH-ACD in June 1943. Scrapped after a landing accident at Rose Bay. Sydney, on January 18, 1944. Photo from: Townsville City Library
Registration / Serial:A18-14
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.1025
Operator Titles:Australia - Air Force
City / Airport:Townsville - flying boat base (closed)
Region / Country:Queensland, Australia
Photo Date:March 1942 to May 1942
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
Location:In Flight
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:10 January 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:712881Submit Correction
View count: 148
Centaurus photographed during the flying boat's visit to New Zealand. Photo by: Leo White / Whites Aviation Collection / Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:G-ADUT
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.811
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Location:In Flight
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:10 January 1938
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
Location:In Flight
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:10 January 1938
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:712881Submit Correction
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Centaurus photographed during the flying boat's visit to New Zealand. Photo by: Leo White / Whites Aviation Collection / Alexander Turnbull Library
Registration / Serial:G-ADUT
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.811
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
Location:In Flight
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:10 January 1938
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:Foynes - Seaplane
Country:Ireland
Photo Date:27 July 1937 to 29 July 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:712589Submit Correction
View count: 151
Cambria left from Foynes on a transatlantic proving flight on 29 July 1937. It looked like Foynes would become an important transatlantic terminal, but WWII killed the flying boat. The Foynes seaplane station closed in 1946, replaced by Shannon airport, not far away. Photo from: National Museum of Denmark
Registration / Serial:G-ADUV
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.813
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Foynes - Seaplane
Country:Ireland
Photo Date:27 July 1937 to 29 July 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:Foynes - Seaplane
Country:Ireland
Photo Date:27 July 1937 to 29 July 1937
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:712589Submit Correction
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Cambria left from Foynes on a transatlantic proving flight on 29 July 1937. It looked like Foynes would become an important transatlantic terminal, but WWII killed the flying boat. The Foynes seaplane station closed in 1946, replaced by Shannon airport, not far away. Photo from: National Museum of Denmark
Registration / Serial:G-ADUV
Aircraft Version:Short S-23 Empire
C/n (msn):S.813
Operator Titles:Imperial Airways
City / Seaplane Base:Foynes - Seaplane
Country:Ireland
Photo Date:27 July 1937 to 29 July 1937
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: 619
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: 619
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: 669
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: 669
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: 787
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
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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: 369
'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: 369
'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: 453
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: 453
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: 599
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: 599
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: 435
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: 435
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: 433
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: 433
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: 423
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: 423
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: 531
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: 531
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: 376
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: 376
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Photo ID:420925Submit Correction
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Photo ID:420275Submit Correction
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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
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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
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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
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Photo ID:420265Submit Correction
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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
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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
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Photo ID:419961Submit Correction
View count: 453
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
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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
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Photo ID:419959Submit Correction
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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
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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