Thomas Sopwith
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Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS was a British aviation pioneer, businessman and yachtsman.
Sopwith in 1911
Thomas Sopwith at the controls of his Howard Wright 1910 Biplane
Sopwith's gravestone in Little Somborne
Bust of Sopwith at Kingston Library, London
HNoMY Norge
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HNoMY Norge is the Royal Yacht of the king of Norway. One of only three remaining Royal Yachts in Europe, the ship's name Norge is Norwegian Bokmål for Norway. The Royal Yacht Norge was the Norwegian
Thomas Sopwith
…at the entrance to Strangford Lough. In 1946 a fire gutted her and she sank in Ringhaddy Sound in Strangford Lough. In 1937 Sopwith received the yacht Philante, also built for him by Camper and Nicholsons. In the Second World War the ship was requisitioned by the Royal Navy and used as a convoy escort vessel…
HNoMY Norge in Oslo in August 2019
HNoMY Norge at her home port of Oslo