The Short Sunderland
Flying Boat and Short Solent flying boat shown in aviation art prints
published by Cranston Fine Arts.
The Short
Sunderland, Patrol and Reconnaissance Flying Boat. normal crew level 10.
maximum speed of 210mph for Mark I, 205mph Mark II and Mark III, and
213mph Mark V. ceiling 17,900 feet and range of 2110 miles (mk I) 2880
miles for Mark V. endurance in the air 13.5 hours. The
Sunderland carries 1 .303 machine gun in the nose, (mark I) and four .303 browning
machine guns in the Tail Turret. Also in the Mark II four Vickers
.303 inch machine guns were used in the body positions. and four browning
machineguns in the nose flanks in the Mark III. Maximum bomb load of
4960 lbs.
Based
on the design of the Civil Empire class flying boat. The Short Sunderland
entered service with the Royal Air Force in June 1938 with 230 squadron.
and by the end of the war, 20 squadrons of the Royal Air Force, Royal
Canadian Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force were equipped with
Sunderland's. By the end of the production in 1946 a total of 749
were built, The roles the Short Sunderland played, mainly were in Maritime
and anti Submarine duties, especially in the battle of the Atlantic, The
Sunderland accounted for 58 U-Boats sunk or badly damaged. The Sunderland
was also used in other theatres of the war and in the Mediterranean helped
in the evacuation of troops from Crete and Greece, as well as helping in
the evacuation of troops in Burma. The Short Sunderland remained in
service with the Royal Air Force until 1959. used during the Korean
War, The Berlin Air Lift, and during Operation Firedog, , The Malayan
Emergency.
Tireless Vigilance by Stephen Brown.
With grace and majesty of mighty battleships, a pair of Short Sutherlands sweep out towards the dangers of the North Atlantic. With a 12-hour mission ahead of them the skill and dedication of the crews would once again play a crucial role in protecting vital supply lines from the menace of German U-boats.
Item Code : DHM2482
Tireless Vigilance by Stephen Brown. - Editions Available
Short Sunderland ML814 served with 01, 422 (Canadian) and 330 (Norwegian) Squadrons during World War II and is now the worlds last airworthy Sunderland. Battered and weatherbeaten by the North Atlantic, ML814 flies over the Antrim coast.
Item Code : MR0044
The Last Sunderland by Michael Rondot. - Editions Available
Paper size 27 inches x 19 inches (69cm x 48cm) Sold Out Edition. Just two secondary market prints left.
Artist : Michael Rondot
£180.00
Atlantic Convoy by Gerald Coulson. (GS)
RAF Coastal Command fought a lonely war charged with defending the English Channel and the North Atlantic convoy routes, hunting U-boats, reconnaissance and rescuing downed airmen. And one aircraft above all others came to symbolise Coastal Command - the Short Sunderland, one of the finest flying boats ever built. Just a few days after the declaration of war Sunderland flying boats were in action, rescuing all 34 crew from the cargo ship Kensington Court sunk by U-32 off the Scillies. It was the beginning of the long and deadly struggle between Coastal Command and the U-boats. Winston Churchill wrote that the only thing that really worried him during the war was the submarine menace. He knew that if the vital North Atlantic lifeline was severed, there could be no ultimate victory. The task facing the Allies was immense, and the Battle of the Atlantic raged for nearly three years before, in May 1943, heavy losses forced Admiral Doenitz to pull his U-boats out of the North .........
Atlantic Convoy by Gerald Coulson. (GS) - Editions Available
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Size 40 inches x 20 inches (102cm x 51cm)
Artist : Gerald Coulson
£275.00
Caught on the Surface by Robert Taylor
In a strange quirk of fate, a Sunderland of 461 Sqn RAAF identification letter U, destroys submarine U-461, a type XIV tanker, one of three German submarines caught on the surface by Allied aircraft in the Bay of Biscay on July 30, 1943. At extreme low level, Sunderland U braves a barrage of gunfire from all three encircling German submarines to deliver a successful depth charge attack, sinking U-461 in a single pass. In an act of grace, the Sunderland pilot returned to the scene to drop a dingy to the U-boat survivors.
Item Code : DHM2435
Caught on the Surface by Robert Taylor - Editions Available
Downed aircrew often drifted for days in their small inflatable dingies hoping rescue would come. Robert Taylors painting depicts that first sighting by an Air Sea Rescue Sunderland and the moment of joy of the aircrew.
Item Code : DHM2148
First Sighting by Robert Taylor. - Editions Available
After take off a Sunderland of Coastal Command flies low over its base at Rosneath on the Gareloch, as Royal Navy battleships lay at anchor around the naval base of Faslane, near Helensburgh, Scotland during 1945.
Item Code : DHM0287
Sunderland Over the Gareloch by Geoff Lea. - Editions Available
During WW I Germany made very effective use of its U-boat fleet in a campaign which almost resulted in Englands defeat. As a result, the Versailles Treaty prohibited Germany from possessing submarines. By the late 1920s Germany had circumvented these restrictions and by the time WW II began, they had several dozen U-boats in service. The period between July of 1940 and December of 1941 was known as the fat years for the U-boat fleet. During this period, aided by the use of French Atlantic ports, and the effective use of wolfpack hunting techniques, German U-boats wreaked havoc on convoys in the Atlantic. By the spring of 1941 the Nazi U-boat fleet numbered 120, and later in the war would exceed 350 in number. The tide began to turn in favor of the Allies in late 1941 when the Royal Navy acquired fifty old destroyers from the U.S., and began an effective campaign against German weather and supply surface ships which supported the undersea hunters. The RAF was also involved, and the Sho.........
A Short Sunderland Mark III of 201 sqn. Coastal Command above an allied convoy in the North Atlantic as it continues to search for marauding German U-Boats.
Item Code : DHM2403
Atlantic Patrol by Keith Woodcock. - Editions Available
After a long patrol, a Short Sunderland III of No.422 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, makes a low pass over RAF Pembroke Dock in Milford Haven, South Wales.
Item Code : DHM6137
Guardian of the Skies by John Young. - Editions Available
