The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
The residence of Lieutenant (Lt) (later Captain) Thomas H Piper (left) near the port of Mudros on the island of Lemnos. The pilot on the right is unidentified. Note the COOEE sign attached to the wall. Lt Piper was an Australian but was holidaying in England when war broke out in 1914. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service and served on HMAS Ark Royal (a seaplane tender). As an aircrew member he flew reconnaissance patrols over Turkish positions during the Dardanelles Campaign in 1915. In 1917 he and his pilot (Flight Commander Hackman) were shot down and became Prisoners of the Turks for the duration of the war.
A Henri Farman F.27 floatplane of the Royal Naval Air service (RNAS), possibly from the seaplane tender HMS Ark Royal, at a launching ramp, probably in Mundros Harbour, Lemnos Island, and likely after
A Henri Farman F.27 floatplane of the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), possibly from the seaplane tender HMS Ark Royal, returning to its launching ramp, probably in Mundros Harbour, Lemnos Island, afte
View of the deck area of seaplane tender HMS Ark Royal. A Short Seaplane is on the upper deck, with another just visible in its hanger in the hold below.
Sopwith Schneider seaplane, serial number 1579, being hoisted by the tender HMS Ark Royal. A Short Seaplane, with wings folded for storage, is in the foreground.
Short Admiralty type 166 Seaplane aboard the tender HMS Ark Royal. The wings are folded for storage in its hangar.
The "eyes" of the fleet at the Dardanelles, a sea plane tender, possibly the Ark Royal.
