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848 FLIGHT, 29 November 1957 The Sopwith Tabloid, Schneider and Baby ... Schneiders and Babies were supplied in small numbers to Canada,America, and Japan; a few Babies went to France and Italy. Twelve Blackburn-built Babies were used by the Norwegian navy. Hamble Baby.—Seaplane stations at Fishguard, Calshot, Killing-holme, Lee-on-Solent, Cattewater. Mediterranean: Seaplane stations at Otranto and Santa Maria di Leuca; seaplane carrier Empress. Aegean:Seaplane stations at Suda Bay, Syra, Skyros and Talikna. Egypt: Seaplane stations at Port Said and Alexandria. Training: Hamble BabyConverts used at some R.N.A.S. aerodromes, e.g., Cranwell. Serial Numbers: Tabloid.—123, 124, 167-169, 326, 394, 1201-1213.Schneider.—1436-1447, 1556-1579, 3707-3806. Baby.—Sopwith-built: 8118-8217. Blackburn-built: N.300, N.1010-N.1039, N.1060-N.1069, N.1100-N.1129, N.1410-N.1449, N.2060- N.2134. Hamble Baby.—Fairey-built: N.1320-N.1339, N.1450-N.1479.Parnall-built: N.1190-N.1219, N.1960-N.2059 (N.1986-N.2059 were Hamble Baby Converts).Notes on Individual Machines: Tabloid.—167 and 168: R.N.A.S. squadron at Antwerp, October 1914; flown by Sqn. Cdr. Spenser D. A.Grey and F/L. R. L. G. Marix respectively, they bombed Cologne and Diisseldorf on October 8. 1208: R.N.A.S. station, Great Yarmouth. Schneider.—1436: R.N.A.S., Calshot, February 1915. 1437: toEastern Mediterranean, March 1915. 1443 : attached H.M.S. Engadine 0 12 3 4 5 FEET SOPWITH BABY WEIGHTS Weight empty (Ib) Military load (Ib)... Fuel and oil (Ib) ... Weight loaded (Ib) Max. speed (m.h.p.) at ground/sea level 2,000ft 6,500ft Climb (min and sec) to: 1,200ft 2,000ft 3,000ft 6,500ft 7,000ft 10,000ft Service ceiling (ft) Endurance (hr) AND PERFORMANCE Tabloid Proto- type 670 1,060 92 1 00 3i Produc- tion 730 1,120 — — — — Baby 110 h.p. Clerget 1,580 92 — — — 130 h.p. Clerget 1,226 255 234 1,715 100 35 00 2± Hamble Baby seaplane 110 h.p. Clerget 1,386 365 195 1,946 90 90 5 30 8 30 25 00 28 30 7,6002 DIMENSIONS Span Length Height Chord Gap ... Stagger Dihedral Incidence Span of tail... Areas (sq ft) Wiags Tailplane ... Elevators ... Fin Rudder Tabloid Prototype 25ft 6in 20ft 5ft 4ft 3in — — 9ft 6in 240 10 12 Nil 7 Production 25ft 6in 20ft 4in 8ft Sin 5ft 1iin 4ft 6in 11in 1 deg 30 min 1 deg 8ft 3in 241.3 11.8 11.8 1.875 4.27 Schn Aider 25ft 8in 22ft 10in 10ft 5ft 2in 4ft 6in 8in 2 deg 3 deg 8ft 240 14 12 2.7 6.5 Baby (130 h.p.) 25ft 8in 23ft 10ft 5ft 2in 4ft 6in 8in 2 deg 3 deg / 9ft 5in 240 14 12 2.7 6.5 Fairey Hfirtnhl A• •VtlflWIlS Baby 27ft 9iin 23ft 4in 9ft 6in 4ft 9in 4ft 6in — 5 deg or 2 deg 30 min10ft 9in 246 24 17 4.3 6.7 for anti-Zeppelin duties. 1445: lost in wreck of S.S. Junga. 1556:R.N.A.S., Calshot, April 1915. 1557: attached H.M.S. Undaunted. 1558 : R.N.A.S., Great Yarmouth. 1559 : to H.M.S. Campania. 1560and 1561: Ben-my-Chree. 1563 : Campania. 1566, 1577, 1578 and 1579 : Ark Royal. 3707 : Campania; later sent to Canada without engine.3709: Campania; later to Canada without engine. 3711: Engadine. 3713: Ark Royal. 3721: Ben-my-Chree. 3722: Ben-my-Chree,damaged at Port Said, 17.4.16. 3727: Ben-my-Chree. 3736: Great Yarmouth. 3755: Vindex. 3765: to Canada without engine. 3772,3773, 3774, 3775, 3787 and 3788: Empress (3773 damaged beyond repair, 16.3.17). 3796 and 3797: Campania. 3801: R.N.A.S. Killing-holme. 3806: to Canada without engine. Baby.—8120: to Campania, 29.10.15; written off 9.8.16. 8125:Campania, later to Canada without engine. 8128 and 8129: to French government, April 1916. 8134: to Fairey Aviation Co. for repair,23.10.16; became prototype Hamble Baby; written off at Eastchurch, 9.6.17. 8135 : damaged near El Arish, 17.9.16. 8138 : lost 10 miles northof Ostend, 16.11.16. 8140: interned in Holland. 8142: wrecked at Scarborough, July 1916. 8143 : Vindex, damaged in raid off Schleswig-Holstein, April 1916. 8152 : Vindex, lost off Schleswig-Holstein, 25.3.16. 8155: lost in Humber, 21.4.16. 8158 and 8159: Vindex, lost offSchleswig-Holstein, 4.5.16. 8164: Great Yarmouth. 8180: Engadine. 8185 : to French government without engine. 8194 : issued from WhiteCity stores to Parnall and Sons, January 1917; wrecked at Calshot, October 1917. 8197: to Canada without engine. 8198: wrecked atFelixstowe, April 1917. 8201: to Japan without engine. 8204 and 8209 : to Canada without engines. 8210 : R.N.A.S. Calshot. 8214 and8215 : sold to Italy, August 1916. 8216 and 8217 : to White City stores April 1916; dismantled there for spares, July 1917. N.300: Campania, February 1917; written off at Scapa Flow, 11.5.18.Campania. N.1013, N.1020, N.1021 and N.1022: Manxman lost, 14.2.17). N.1028: Empress, Port Said. N.1030; toOtranto; wrecked at Dover (H.M.S. Riviera), 28.6.17. N.1036 and N.1038: Empress, Port Said. N.1063: R.N.A.S. Dundee. N.H06:presented to French government with 110 h.p. Clerget. N.1117 : wrecked at Mudros. N.I 121 : to a foreign government with 110 h.p. Clert;et.N.1129: Empress, Port Said. N.1430 and N.1431: to a foreign govern- ment with 110 h.p. Clergets. N.2060, N.2061, N.2062, N.2065, N.2C66,N.2067 and N.2070: scrapped at Killingholme, December 1917. Hamble Baby.—N.1204 : accepted from makers, 26.7.17; deterioratedbeyond repair at Killingholme, 20.4.18. N.1209 and N.1210 : Empress, Port Said. N.1321: became Hamble Baby Convert. N.1970: R.N.-. S.Lee-on-Solent. N.1972: R.N.A.S., Calshot. N.1980: lost in S.S. Pener, sunk, 2-9.12.17, bound for Otranto. N.1012:(N.1020 Footnote: Information supplied by Mr. Bruce Robertson s-admaterial lent by Mr. A. R. Weyl, A.F.R.Ae.S., A.F.I.A.S., F.B.: »•> has contributed substantially to this history, and the author wi' '•'••&gratefully to acknowledge their assistance.
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