Short Singapore III – drawings? Photos?

Interesting info Duggy, Vercoli & Farlam, thank you. Is G-ASEA still ‘airworthy’ or ‘struck off charge’? 

I find the seawings website very helpful for flying boat detailed images.

https://www.seawings.co.uk

Here’s a drawing scanned from ‘Flight’ magazine 25 June 1936 issue. See if it’s helpful…
 

I put this together a year ago. LINK —  http://axis-and-allies-paintworks.com/e107_plugins/forum/forum_viewtopi…

Would love to see G-ASEA’s prop…pusher or tractor…

From the Air International 1980 Yearbook.

Those massive radiators must have been a good source of drag. Does anyone know if they were dual radiators in each pod or a single large radiator to serve both engines?

Beautiful work, as always, John. Do you have any info as to which Squadron these lovelies belonged to.

Dave,

I do not know what cutaways you already have but there is a cutaway of a Singapore III in the RAF Yearbook 1980.

Paul

here are 7 profiles,

they are the most accurate out there, until someone comes up with more info:diablo:

i used harrys drawings as a base, then found better photos and corrected all the faults i could find.

dave,

be carefull, those drawings are not 100% correct, they are ok for a base starting point.

Short Singapore Cutaway Drawings

The Mark I Clock was used in some of the earlier RAF Flying Boats, and, in order to complete a book I have compiled on the subject of all the Aircraft Clocks used by the RAF up until 1945, I need to establish the actual location of the clock in the Short Singapore flying boat. I understand it was located somewhere in the Navigators compartment, but would like to confirm this if possible.
Does anyone have, or can direct me to, the purchase of any cutaway drawings of the Singapore which may help.
I do have a PDF on a CD of the old Air Publication 1479 and the drawings are good, but the text on the Key to these drawings is virtually unreadable, so I am unable to obtain any details from them.
Any help or suggestions would be very much appreciated.
Benrobe
Ottawa, Canada.
[email]benrobe@sympatico.ca[/email]

Hi Dave,ive got a cutaway drawing of the Singapore 111.
Ive mailed it to you.

Pics of SEA’s prop

Hi JDK,

What propeller are you referring to?

The one that G-AESA mentioned. Serious brain fade moment. Sorry.

Hi Dave,
For more technical stuff (usually very sparse on inter war British types) try the RAF Museum’s newish database, ‘Navigator’ the National Archives in Kew, and you are lucky that Shorts still exist as an entety; (unlike, say, Supermarine) and may be be to help if you can find the right person and if they’ve kept their archives.

Certainly the RAF Museum holds the Charles E Brown photo collection. IIRC, there’s a photo in one of the books of his work of a Singapore being bombed up.

Anyone able to elaborate on any of these leads?

Hi John,
Has anyone heard from Harry lately? Is he still working?

One of the great aviation historians and researchers IMHO.

David Eyre – I would be very appreciative of a photo of that propeller!
Cheers,

Hi JDK,

What propeller are you referring to?

Great photo, thanks Pondskater. I’ve never seen photos inside the Short factory before.

Hi Dave,

I’ve been sorting through photos this weekend but I don’t have much on the Singapore III – just some earlier models.

However, I did come across this from a Short Brother’s brochure of Singapores inside the Seaplane works at Rochester. The brochure is 1939 but it is likely that the photo is a year or two earlier, possibly when some boats were being refurbished.

All the best

Allan

Hi Dave,
For more technical stuff (usually very sparse on inter war British types) try the RAF Museum’s newish database, ‘Navigator’ the National Archives in Kew, and you are lucky that Shorts still exist as an entety; (unlike, say, Supermarine) and may be be to help if you can find the right person and if they’ve kept their archives.

Certainly the RAF Museum holds the Charles E Brown photo collection. IIRC, there’s a photo in one of the books of his work of a Singapore being bombed up.

Anyone able to elaborate on any of these leads?

The better drawings are those by Harry Woodman in Scale models.

Hi John,
Has anyone heard from Harry lately? Is he still working?

One of the great aviation historians and researchers IMHO.

David Eyre – I would be very appreciative of a photo of that propeller!

Cheers,

Thanks John, that would be great.