HMS Engadine (1911)
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HMS Engadine was a seaplane tender which served in the Royal Navy during the First World War. Converted from the packet ship SS Engadine, she was initially fitted with temporary hangars for three seap
Engadine at anchor, 1915, with a Short Brothers seaplane on her stern
Sopwith Baby
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The Sopwith Baby is a British single-seat floatplane that was operated by the Royal Naval Air Service from 1915.
HMS Engadine (1911)
…May 1916, Engadine was attached to the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron, commanded by Rear Admiral Trevylyan Napier, and carried two Short Type 184 and two Sopwith Baby floatplanes aboard. The two-seat Type 184s were intended for observation and were fitted with a low-power wireless while the Babies were intended to…
Sopwith Baby in use with the Royal Norwegian Navy Air Service
Composite Baby with original parts displayed at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, named The Jabberwock
Sopwith Baby drawing (shown on beaching gear)