35 results found
| 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: | 595 |
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: | 595 |
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: | 691 |
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: | 691 |
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: | 716 |
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: | 716 |
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-AEUE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.847 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Cameronian |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Kupang - Roadstead of Kupang Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | 15 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 354025Submit Correction |
| View count: | 728 |
Sophie Petersen sure got around. Kupang (then Koepang in Dutch) in West Timor was a stop between Darwin and Singapore, a route operated by Qantas crews. The flying boat is flying a Dutch courtesy flag. Photo by: Sophie Petersen / National Museum of Denmark
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUE |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.847 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Kupang - Roadstead of Kupang Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | 15 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUE |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.847 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Cameronian |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Kupang - Roadstead of Kupang Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | 15 August 1938 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 354025Submit Correction |
| View count: | 728 |
Sophie Petersen sure got around. Kupang (then Koepang in Dutch) in West Timor was a stop between Darwin and Singapore, a route operated by Qantas crews. The flying boat is flying a Dutch courtesy flag. Photo by: Sophie Petersen / National Museum of Denmark
| Registration / Serial: | G-AEUE |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-23 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.847 |
| Operator Titles: | Imperial Airways / Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Kupang - Roadstead of Kupang Seaplane (closed)Map |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Photo Date: | 15 August 1938 |
| 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 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 349692Submit Correction |
| View count: | 704 |
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 flying 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 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 349692Submit Correction |
| View count: | 704 |
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 flying 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 |
| View count: | 876 |
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 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 345645Submit Correction |
| View count: | 876 |
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: | 1161 |
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 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 314622Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1161 |
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-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 |
| Aircraft Name: | Canopus |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 298904Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1407 |
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-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 |
| Aircraft Name: | Canopus |
| Location: | Not known |
| Region / Country: | England, United Kingdom |
| Photo Date: | 1938 |
| Photo from: | Peter de Jong CollectionContact |
| Photo ID: | 298904Submit Correction |
| View count: | 1407 |
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: | VH-ACD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-33 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.1025 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Clifton |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1944 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Photo ID: | 216176Submit Correction |
| View count: | 538 |
Badly damaged during a night training landing at Rose Bay on January 18, 1944. Seen here after being brought ashore. Assessed as not worth repairing and scrapped. Qantas photo. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ACD |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-33 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.1025 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1944 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ACD |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Short S-23 Empire |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-33 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.1025 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| Aircraft Name: | Clifton |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1944 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| Photo ID: | 216176Submit Correction |
| View count: | 538 |
Badly damaged during a night training landing at Rose Bay on January 18, 1944. Seen here after being brought ashore. Assessed as not worth repairing and scrapped. Qantas photo. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia
| Registration / Serial: | VH-ACD |
| Aircraft Version: | Short S-33 Empire |
| C/n (msn): | S.1025 |
| Operator Titles: | Qantas Empire Airways - QEA |
| City / Seaplane Base: | Sydney - Rose Bay Seaplane (YRAY / RSE)Map |
| Region / Country: | New South Wales, Australia |
| Photo Date: | January 1944 |
| Photo from: | Ed Coates Collection / CAHSContact |
| 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 |
| View count: | 504 |
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 |
| View count: | 504 |
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: | 586 |
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 |
| View count: | 586 |
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-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: | 701 |
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 |
| View count: | 701 |
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: | 876 |
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 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 148350Submit Correction |
| View count: | 876 |
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: | 471 |
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 |
| View count: | 471 |
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: | 780 |
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: | 780 |
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 |