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| Date: | Saturday 23 August 1913 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Sopwith Bat Boat Type 1 |
| Owner/operator: | Royal Naval Air Service |
| Registration: | 38 |
| MSN: | 2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Calshot Naval Air Station, Hampshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Calshot, Hampshire |
The second Bat-Boat was purchased by the Royal Naval Air Service and was delivered to Calshot in June 1913, being allocated the serial number 38. It was badly damaged, however, sinking at its moorings on 23 August 1913, having to be rebuilt again by Sopwith's. After serving at several Naval Air Stations, it was destroyed in a gale at Scapa Flow, Orkney on 21 November 1914.
Sources:
1. Air Enthusiast 56
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopwith_Bat_Boat
3. http://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/wight-living/holy-smokes-49559.aspx/
4. http://www.crashsiteorkney.com/orkney-projects
5. http://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2013/06/26/bat-boat-100-commemorative-exhibition-classic-boat-museum-gallery-east-cowes-isle-of-wight/
6. http://www.cowes.co.uk/Those-magnificent-men-in-their-flying-machines.aspx
7. http://wight.hampshireairfields.co.uk/sar.html
8. Flight Magazine 30 August 1913, p.967.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Mar-2008 05:04 | Bleiente | Added |
| 29-Sep-2012 03:25 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Feb-2017 19:25 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Source, ] |
| 24-Jul-2023 18:22 | Nepa | Updated |
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