The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
A BRITISH ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE SOPWITH PUP AIRCRAFT. SOPWITH AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING THIS ONE, PIONEERED THE OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT FROM THE DECKS OF SHIPS. THEY OPERATED FROM THE CONVERTED CRUISER HMS FURIOUS, AND WERE FITTED WITH SPECIAL SKIDS TO SHORTEN THE LANDING RUN. SOPWITH PUPS (OFFICIALLY SOPWITH SCOUTS) WERE USED BY THE BRITISH OVER FRANCE AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST FROM 1916.
HMAS Melbourne standing by the destroyer that collided with HMS Furious, an aircraft carrier that was a pioneer of British naval aviation. On 2 August 1917 the first aircraft to land on a ship, a Sop
A Sopwith Baby Sea Plane 110 hp single seater scout about to take off. Lifting brackets can be seen on the centre of the wing indicating that the plane was ship based, the seaplane-carriers operated
A Sopwith Baby Sea Plane 110 hp single seater scout about to take off. Lifting brackets can be seen on the centre of the wing indicating that the plane was ship based, the seaplane-carriers operated
Depicts a town class light cruiser most likely to be the ship HMAS Sydney on patrol in the North Sea. The painting possibly depicts the flight of an airplane from an Australian warship, hence the Sopw
Java Sea. Smoke from anti aircraft fire from the British cruiser HMS Exeter, seen from the Australian cruiser, HMAS Hobart, as Exeter and Hobart engage attacking Japanese aircraft. Exeter survived thi
Java Sea. Smoke from anti aircraft fire from the British cruiser HMS Exeter, seen from the Australian cruiser, HMAS Hobart, as Exeter and Hobart engage attacking Japanese aircraft. Exeter survived thi
