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Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4578

Данный самолет Singapore III первоначально поступил вначале 1935 года в 210-ю эскадрилью британских ВВС в Пемброке. Позже он входил в состав 230-й эскадрильи на Дальнем Востоке.

Air Enthusiast 1992-12 / P.MacDougall - Medway Dynasty

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: N246

Singapore II N246. Really the prototype of the Singapore III, only one of this type was ever built. Seen here above the River Medway, the aircraft is in its much improved version having an enclosed cockpit, triple rudder replacing a single rudder and a planing unit with a pointed main step.

Flight 1933-07 / Flight Advertisements

The Short Singapore III 4 Rolls-Royce "Kestrel" engines.

Aviation Historian 6 / A.Harris - Under Development

Предшественник "Сандерленда" - патрульная летающая лодка Шорт "Сингапур" III
With the unmistakable Rochester Bridge in the background, a Singapore III flies over the Medway after its completion at the nearby Short factory. The Singapore III would ultimately be replaced by the same company’s superlative Sunderland, examples of which entered RAF service in the summer of 1938.

Flight 1936-04 / Flight Advertisements

Short Singapore

Flight 1937-01 / Flight Advertisements

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4577   [9]

Flight 1936-07 / Flight Advertisements

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4577   [9]

A cod's-eye view of the "Singapore III," now being issued to certain squadrons.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1979-04

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K8567

We simply could not resist the photograph loaned by Charles Cain. On 29 July 1938, 250 members of the Officer Training Corps from a variety of schools were flown from Odiham and Boscombe Down to Gosport while attending summer camps at Aldershot and Tidworth. Which was quite a sizeable airlift for its time and probably more than the entire British airline system carried that day. Perched on the slopes of the Lee-on-Solent slipway (has anyone scheduled that as an ancient monument and if not, why not?), they watched a procession of Coastal Command types including one of the very first Sunderlands and the majestic Singapore illustrated.
According to the caption writer, there is a Walrus amphibian in the foreground. Perhaps it is just out of shot since the audience seem profoundly unmoved by the passage of the big boat...
Incidentally, it is K8567 from the Flying Boat Training Squadron at Calshot.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1980-04

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6916

Singapore III K6916 of No.230 Squadron over the Cleddau Estuary

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1982-03

Singapore IIIs of No.209 Squadron

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

SHORT SINGAPORE III: Reconnaissance flying boat (two Kestrel IX and two Kestrel VIII engines - 730 h.p. each at 5,250ft.); span, 90ft.; gross weight, 27,500 lb.; max. speed, 145 m.p.h. at 2,000ft.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-06 / Personal album. Military

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4581   [2]

Short Singapore III K4581 was another ’boat from a batch of nine supplied to the RAF during 1935. It first flew with 230 Sqn and then passed to 205 Sqn. It was taken off RAF charge in March 1938. The Singapore III was the immediate predecessor of the Sunderland and was the last of the long line of Short biplane flyingboats.

Aeroplane Monthly 1985-06 / ??? - RAF Pageantry

The flying boats: In the vee, left to right, are the Vickers-Supermarine "Scapa" and "Stranraer," Short "Sarafand" and "Singapore III," and Saro "London"; bringing up the rear is the Saro "Cloud" (Short "Knuckleduster" ???)
Like fish out of water - six flying-boats from Felixstowe. They are, from left to right, Scapa, Stranraer, Sarafand, Singapore, London and, in the rear, the Cloud.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Saunders-Roe London / A.27 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934Short Knuckleduster / S.18 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1933Short Sarafand / S.14 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932Supermarine Scapa - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932Supermarine Stranraer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Flight 1936-07 / Flight

Visitors from the seas: the Saro London, two Short Singapore IIIs (centre) and the Supermarine Stranraer.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Saunders-Roe London / A.27 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934Supermarine Stranraer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Flight 1937-09 / Flight

Sea and cloud: A pleasing impression ol the Singapore III's ot Nos. 209 and 210 (G.R.) Squadrons leaving for the Mediterranean to join the anti-piracy patrol.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

NOT ANOTHER “COMPOSITE” - just a pair of Short Singapore flying boats (two Kestrel VIII and two Kestrel IX) of No. 209 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron practising near Harwich for their Empire Air Day display. This picture was secured from the third machine in the echelon.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

Short Singapore IIIs of No. 209 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron, Felixstowe, through the window top machine in an echelon formation

Flight 1936-11 / Flight

125-KNOT CRUISERS: Short Singapore III reconnaissance flying boats of No. 230 (F.B.) Squadron which is being added to the establishment at Singapore. Singapores are still being delivered to R.A.F. units and are powered with four Rolls-Royce Kestrel engines rated at 675 h.p. at 3,000 ft.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2022-01 / В.Морозов - "Битва" за Сингапур (1)

Летающая лодка Шорт «Сингапур» Mk.III из 205-й аэ садится в одноименной гавани. Снимок 1936-1938 гг.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1978-03

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4581   [2]

Short Singapore III K4581 of No.205 Squadron sits on its beaching gear in the maintenance area of Royal Air Force Station, Seletar, Singapore, shortly before the outbreak of World War Two.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-12 / Personal album. Military

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K3593

Short Singapore III K3593 on the slip, presumably at RAF Seletar. Delivered to the RAF late in 1934, K3593 was first evaluated by the MAEE and then delivered to 210 Sqn before being assigned to 205 Sqn. It was struck off RAF charge in March 1938.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1938 / 03 - All the world's aeroplanes

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K3592   [6]

The Short "Singapore III" Open-sea Reconnaissance Flying-boat (four Rolls-Royce "Kestrel" engines).

Aviation Historian 6 / A.Harris - Under Development

Singapore IIIs of No 203 Sqn undergo maintenance on the slipway beside the hangar at Basra. Some 37 examples of the Singapore III were built, 19 of which were still in RAF service when war broke out in September 1939. Four of No 205 Sqn were sent to Fiji to become the nucleus of No 5 Sqn RNZAF, which used them until 1945.

Flight 1934-11 / Flight

Flight 1935-03 / Flight

ON THE TIGRIS: One of the "Singapores" for No. 205 (F.B.) Squadron off Hinaidi. On board can be seen F/O. W. J. Hickey, Sqn. Ldr. A. F. Lang, M.B.E., and Mr. Oswald Short.

Flight 1934-07 / Flight

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-06 / Personal album. Military

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K3592   [6]

Short Singapore III K3592, delivered to the RAF in July 1934, served initially as a trials aircraft with the MAEE before being delivered to 210 Sqn. Later the 'boat moved to 205 Sqn and was taken off RAF charge in December 1937.

Моделист-Конструктор Гидросамолеты Второй мировой войны

Лодка "Сингапур" III на воде

Моделист-Конструктор Гидросамолеты Второй мировой войны

"Сингапур" III на якоре в Александрии, январь 1935 г.

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-04 / V.Hodgkinson - Water Wings

Supermarine Singapore III, K4579, moored in the Solent.

Flight 1935-01 / Flight

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1980-04

We could not resist printing the photo on the back cover. The scene is Calshot and the boat is a target launch. Its crew appears to be prepared for gas bombs and/or sunstroke since close examination will show that his headgear is a pith helmet and not a tin hat.
These launches had an armoured cabin which protected the crew of three and the topee was to protect them from concussion while gas masks were worn as a protection from CO fumes in the battened-down cabin.
Calshot's target boats used a range in Christchurch Bay, an area obviously treated as a plague spot by local motor boat owners. An obvious parallel was flying one's Moth near a naval force expecting a Queen Bee.
It was these launches that AC.2 Shaw (Lawrence of Arabia was his better-known designation) helped to design, according to his biographers and they were obvious candidates for radio control. Two Singapore IIIs and a Stranraer are in the back ground, or should we say backwater?

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Stranraer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Flight 1938-07 / Flight

STRENGTH FOR THE EAS: A Short Sunderland long-range flying boat of the type now being supplied to Singapore, with a background of Singapore IIIs.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Sunderland / S.25 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1937

Flight 1936-11 / Flight

AT CALCUTTA: Singapore flying boats of No. 230 (F.B.) Squadron moored on the River Hoogli. They arrived at Seletar station, Singapore, on November 6.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1980-04

A Singapore III of No. 230 Squadron moored off Pembroke Dock

Aviation Historian 6 / A.Harris - Under Development

A poor-quality but previously unpublished photograph of three of No 203 Sqn’s Singapore IIIs at anchor off Aden in September 1939, just after the outbreak of war. The Singapores were soon put into “sand and spinach” camouflage and, following 203 Sqn’s conversion to Blenheim IVs, were left in Aden Harbour, partly as a deterrent to raiders from Somaliland across the Gulf of Aden.

Flight 1937-10 / Flight

PIRATES BEWARE! No. 209 (G.R.) Squadron arriving at Malta from Felixstowe on September 19. The Squadron has been taking part in anti-piracy patrols

Flight 1936-02 / Flight

MILITARY AND CIVIL: Singapores, Scapas and an Imperial Airways Calcutta off the Khedival Palace, Alexandria.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Calcutta / Rangoon / S.8 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1928Supermarine Scapa - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1932

Flight 1935-01 / Flight

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K3592   [6]

One of the "Singapore III's" taking off in a 25-knot wind. The "unstick run" is very short and the absence of spray noticeable.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-06 / Personal album. Military

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4577   [9]

Singapore III K4577 of No 203 Sqn on the step while taking off from Basra in August 1939. The type’s first overseas posting was with No 230 Sqn to Alexandria, Egypt, in January 1935, and the Singapore IIIs of Nos 209 and 210 Sqns were used for anti-piracy patrols from Malta to protect British shipping during the Spanish Civil War.
Short Singapore III K4577 was one of a batch of nine delivered to the RAF between April and August 1935. After first serving with 209 Sqn the 'boat transferred to 203 Sqn and was eventually struck off RAF charge in January 1940.

Flight 1935-08 / Flight

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4577   [9]

The Short "Singapore III" powered with four 525 h.p. "Kestrels" has a speed of 145 m.p.h. Boats of this type are now going into service with squadrons overseas.

Flight 1935-05 / Flight

Flight 1939-05 / Flight

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4577   [9]

The tandem disposition of the engines (four Rolls-Royce Kestrels) is but one of the striking features of the Short Singapore III being used by, and introduced for, the R.A.F.

Flight 1937-11 / Flight

The Short Singapore III, with four medium supercharged Kestrels, is doing excellent service in home waters and overseas.

Aeroplane Monthly 1982-04 / V.Hodgkinson - Water Wings

An unidentified Singapore III lifts off from the Solent.

Flight 1934-07 / Flight

ON TEST: View of the new Short "Singapore III" flying boat (4 Rolls-Royce "Kestrels") which recently underwent trials at Rochester. Note the clean running during take-off. The pilot was Mr. Lankester Parker.

Flight 1938-05 / Flight

A formation touch-down by Singapore IIIs of No. 209 (G.R.) Squadron.

Aviation Historian 6 / A.Harris - Under Development

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K6921

The Singapore III was the last of Short’s long line of biplane flying-boats for the RAF. Based on the single-finned Singapore Mks I and II, the Mk III made its first flight in June 1934 and entered RAF service with No 230 Sqn at Pembroke Dock in April 1935. This example, K6921, served with No 209 Ыйт until it was struck off charge in August 1939.

Flight 1934-11 / Flight

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K3592   [6]

A "Singapore III" flying boat (4 "Kestrels") of the type in which Sir Philip Sassoon recently flew from England to Egypt. That boat belongs to No. 210 (F.B.) Squadron at Pembroke Dock.

Flight 1937-09 / Flight

SALT IN THE AIR: A Short Singapore III (four Rolls-Royce Kestrels) touches down alongside destroyers in Portland Harbour. The Singapore is probably the largest military flying boat in service in the world

Flight 1935-09 / Flight

Group Capt. Saul and crew of a Singapore of No. 203 (F.B.) Squadron.

Flight 1935-01 / Flight

The flagship of the Squadron receiving its final attentions on the floating dock. This "Singapore III" had already done some 180 hours' flying, including taking Sir Philip Sassoon out to the Near East.

Flight 1937-07 / Flight

Looking aft from a Singapore III taxi-ing in from a patrol: an unusual impression by Flight's photographer during a trip in one of Redland's reconnaissance aircraft

Flight 1938-04 / Flight Advertisements

Flight 1936-10 / Flight

COINCIDENT NOMENCLATURE: No. 230 (Flying Boat) Squadron is proceeding to Singapore with its five Short Singapore IIIs (four Kestrel engines). This photograph shows one of these boats being bombed-up before its recent return from service in the Middle East.

Flight 1938-04 / Flight

Подвеска бомб под крыло летающей лодки, 1938 г.
Light bombs on a Kestrel-engined Singapore III, a type used extensively by Blueland for long-distance reconnaissance.

Flight 1935-01 / Flight

UNIQUE: The floating seaplane dock at Pembroke is unique in being the only one of the type in the world. It can be sunk to take any vessel, seaplane or flying boat up to a draught of seven feet. Four adjustable jacks are provided, also workshops capable of undertaking extensive repairs. It will accommodate two flying boats at one time. On the dock is one of the four Short "Singapores" which left for the Far East on Tuesday Commanded by Flt. Lt. H. A. Castaldini (Retd.), who was in charge of all the water transport during the last Schneider contest, the dock is a model of efficiency and tidiness.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1982-02

Four of No.210 Squadron's Singapores are afloat with a Stranraer of No.228 Squadron. In the background is the RAF floating dock with a fifth Singapore inboard. In the foreground are four more Singapores, two without their outer wing panels, and a hangar under construction. The slipway can be seen on the left with the platform at the water's edge. From the number of people visible, we would guess that the photograph was taken during the Empire Air Day display which most RAF stations, and some civil airports, arranged in May each year.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Supermarine Stranraer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1979-02

Three Supermarine Stranraers of No.228 Squadron carry our a practice fly-past over Calshot for the 1939 Empire Air Day. Noteworthy are the Type B roundels on the leading aircraft although it has yet to be camouflaged. On the ramp are three Singapore IIIs and a London. The old castle built by Henry VIII with its later addition of a control tower can be seen below the tail of the leading Stranraer, surely the oldest control tower in the world.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Saunders-Roe London / A.27 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934Supermarine Stranraer - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1934

Aviation Historian 6 / A.Harris - Under Development

THE F.24 CAMERA (an example of which is seen attached to the outward-opening nose-hatch of a Short Singapore), was the primary RAF aircraft camera for 30 years.

Авиация и Космонавтика 2022-01 / В.Морозов - "Битва" за Сингапур (1)

Разведчики PBY «Каталина» Mk.I из 205-й РАЭ в ангаре сингапурского аэродрома Селетар. Справа на заднем плане видно крыло летающей лодки Шорт «Сингапур» Mk.III, весна-лето 1941 г.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Consolidated PBY Catalina - СШАUSA - 1935

Aeroplane Monthly 1989-12 / J.Stroud - Wings of Peace

The main assembly shop at Rochester with Canopus (left) and Caledonia. In the left background another six hulls are under construction. In the foreground are Singapore IIIs.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: Short Empire / S.23 - ВеликобританияUnited Kingdom - 1936

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1981-04

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4577   [9]

Singapore III K4577 at the Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment at Felixstowe in November 1935. This boat was the first of a production batch of nine conforming to Specification R.14/34 (K4577-4585), four preceding Singapore IIIs, K3592-K3595, being regarded as development aircraft. K4577 made its first flight on 8 March 1934 and was fitted with uprated Rolls-Royce Kestrel VIII and IX engines. It remained at Felixstowe for armament and equipment trials although officially on the strength of No.209 Squadron.

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1981-04

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4577   [9]

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1981-04

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4577   [9]

Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 1981-04

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4577   [9]

Flight 1935-01 / Flight

Sqd. Ldr. Lang at the controls during a test flight.

Aeroplane Monthly 1988-12 / Personal album. Military

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K3594

Short Singapore III K3594 was destroyed when it crashed on a dawn take-off from RAF Seletar on February 2, 1937. The pilot was Sqn Ldr Albert Wentworth Bates; the second pilot, Plt Off Blair, was drowned.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-05

Harold Garland’s painting The Unexpected Visitor has disappeared and he is anxious to trace it.

Flight 1935-01 / Flight Advertisements

SHORT SINGAPORE III FLYING BOATS, FITTED WITH FOUR ROLLS-ROYCE ENGINES

Flight 1936-02 / Flight Advertisements

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K4582

Flight 1936-01 / Flight Advertisements

Flight 1935-05 / Flight Advertisements

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K3592   [6]

Flight 1936-09 / Flight Advertisements

Flight 1936-04 / Flight Advertisements

Регистрационный номерRegistry number: K3592   [6]

Aeroplane Monthly 1990-06

First flight of the Short Singapore III: June 15, 1934

Flight 1936-06 / Flight

Моделист-Конструктор Гидросамолеты Второй мировой войны

Short Singapore III