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ROYAL AIR FORCE : aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm and aircraft operating from shore bases [Main]

First, the seaplane carrier. A Short 184 seaplane is lifted from a seaplane carrier into the water and takes off. On return it is hoisted on board again. Then the launch from a capital ship. A Beardmore WBIII is taken out of the hold of a ship and launched from a short platform running down to the bows. A Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter is launched from the B Turret platform of a battle cruiser (three view…

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Contributors

  • Gaumont

Subject

  • EFG1914
  • Royal Navy
  • Royal Navy, FURIOUS (HMS), light cruiser
  • Royal Air Force
  • ships, British naval - aircraft carrier, fleet: Furious
  • aircraft, British naval - seaplane: Short 184
  • aircraft, British - combat: Beardmore WBIII
  • aircraft, British - combat: Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter
  • aircraft, British naval - combat: Sopwith Snipe
  • aircraft, British naval - seaplane: Supermarine Seagull
  • …
  • World War, 1914-1918--Naval operations, British
  • Air warfare
  • World War I

Type of item

  • motion pictures (visual works)
  • Film