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| Date: | Friday 23 November 1928 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: | Supermarine Southampton Mk 1 |
| Owner/operator: | 480 (Coastal Reconnaissance) Flt RAF |
| Registration: | N9899 |
| MSN: | - |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RNAS Portland, (HMS Osprey), Dorset, England, -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - |
The Flying Boat broke free from its moorings during a gale on 23rd August 1928 and was wrecked on a breakwater at Royal Naval Air Station Portland.
The fuselage was sold on in 1929 and converted into a houseboat. The waterlogged wooden hull was recovered by the Royal Air Force Museum in 1968 and put into storage. In 1984 restoration of the hull commenced and was completed in 1995 and put on display in the RAF Museum Hendon, London, UK.
Sources:
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/documents/collections/67-A-705-Supermarine-Southampton.pdf
http://www.aviationmuseum.eu/Blogvorm/royal-air-force-museum-hendon/supermarine-southampton-1-n9899-raf/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarine_Southampton
Images:
Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon, UK. - 18th September 2010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Oct-2020 17:08 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 14-Oct-2020 11:23 | Xindel XL | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
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