- Caption
- Sea view, Imbros
- Catalogue number
- CR03
- Date
- Probably 14 August 1915
- Place
- Imbros (map)
- Notes
Short seaplane number 162 at Aliki Bay. This incident may be the one recorded in Ark Royal’s log on 14 August 1915 – “4.30[pm] Dispatch left to render assistance to damaged Seaplane 162”.
Aeroplane details:
SHORT TYPE C TRACTOR BIPLANE SEAPLANE (Later 166 TYPE) ordered 1.14 under Cont No C.P.37385/14, built Rochester & numbered 161 to 166. (200-hp Canton-Unné)
162 Fitted to carry torpedo. Deld Grain in tow 15.5.15; Shorts Rochester for packing 20.5.15; En route to Aegean 20.6.15; Arrived HMS Ark Royal 14.7.15; Tested after erection then to Kephalo 2.8.15; HMS Ark Royal 5.9.15; Monitor HMS Earl of Peterborough 30.1.16; HMS Ark Royal 6.2.16; Stavros 29.2.16; HMS Ark Royal 8.4.16; Earl of Peterborough 23.4.16; Mudros 7.5.16; HMS Ark Royal by 7.6.16; Handed over for conversion to land machine 22.6.16 (NTU?); NFT
— Sturtivant and Page
This photo of 162 at Aliki Bay was published in Cross & Cockade International volume 34 number 1. The machine’s unusual markings are clearly visible.
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