A Short Type 166 torpedo bomber reconnaissance seaplane taxying at speed prior to take off.

A starboard near beam view of a Short Type 166 torpedo bomber reconnaissance seaplane with a full load of bombs under way at speed prior to taking off. A Thornycroft "M" class destroyer is moored in background, almost certainly HMS Patriot (1916) [identified in part due to her funnel configuration, the Pendant No being G, the lack of a flag yard on her main mast].

Object Details

ID: N22833
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore
Vessels: Short Type 166, serial numbers 9751 to 9770 (1916); Patriot (1916)
Date made: July 1916
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection
Measurements: Overall: 60 mm x 86 mm