TEAL's Sandringham 4 Tasman.

BOAC’s Sandringham 5 G-AHZD Portmarnock poised to alight in October 1949.

The Bermuda-class Sandringham 7 G-AKCO after being prepared for Capt Sir Gordon Taylor's Pacific cruises.

DNL’s Sandringham 6 Bukken Bruse. The ASV radar may be seen beneath the starboard wingtip.

Dodero was the first customer for the Sandringham. G-AGPZ, later LV-AAO, was the first Short & Harland conversion. Here it is taking off from Belfast Lough.

TEAL’s Sandringham 4 Australia.

The Qantas Sandringham 4 VH-EBX had been TEAL's ZK-AMB.

An evocative view of BOAC's Short Sandringham 5 G-AHZD Portmarnock, taken in October 1949.

BOAC’s Sandringham 5 G-AHZC Pembroke taking off from Southampton Water in 1947.

The flight deck of a Short Sandringham.

Part of a Sandringham’s passenger accommodation - almost certainly the upper deck of a Dodero 'boat.

KEITH WOODCOCK'S painting shows DNL’s Short Sandringham 6 LN-IAU Bamse Brakar.