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Photograph H11937 First World War, 1914-1918"THE NAVY'S FLOATING AERODROME" HMS FURIOUS (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG188) (SOPWITH 1 1/2 STRUTTER ON FOREDECK AND SSZ AIRSHIP ON REAR DECK)
The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
"ALL LINED UP AND SOMEWHERE TO GO" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG259) [REAR VIEW OF SEVEN SOPWITH CAMELS ON HMS FURIOUS. NOTE COLOURED BANDS ON AIRCRAFT]
"THE NAVY'S FLOATING AERODROME" HMS FURIOUS (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG188) (SOPWITH 1 1/2 STRUTTER ON FOREDECK AND SSZ AIRSHIP ON REAR DECK)
"HMS FURIOUS" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG315)

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

"TOWED AT 36 KNOTS" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG257) [SOPWITH CAMEL ON LIGHTER BEING TOWED BY A SHIP. THE LIGHTERS ENABLED THE CAMELS TO BE BROUGHT INTO ACTION AGAINST GERMAN ZEPPELINS WHICH WOULD
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

"BACK TO HER FLOATING HOME" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG223) [SOPWITH PUP WITH SKID UNDERCARRIAGE LANDING ON BOARD SHIP. NOTE ROPE BARRIERS AND ARRESTOR RAMP]