Sopwith
The company was founded in Kingston upon Thames by Thomas Octave Murdoch (Tommy, later Sir Thomas) Sopwith. An early collaboration with the S. E. Saunders boatyard of East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, in 1913, produced the Sopwith "Bat Boat", an early Flying boat with a Consuta laminated hull which could operate on sea or land. A small factory subsequently opened in Woolston, Hampshire in 1914. During the First World War, the company made more than 16,000 aircraft, but many more of the company's aircraft were made by subcontractors rather than by Sopwiths themselves. These included Fairey, Clayton and Shuttleworth, William Beardmore and Company and Ruston Proctor. The Sopwith company was wound up in 1920 after the business collapsed.
Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe E8105 The Sopwith Snipe photographed here in the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC in 2006 was...
Sopwith Triplane replica Photographed in the Calgary Aerospace Museum on 5 August 2004.
The name on the cockpit side, A.W. C...
Sopwith Triplane replica Photographed on 12 September 2005 at the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton.
1982 - with Leisur...
Sopwith Baby "N2078" "The Jabberwock" photographed on 12 September 2005 at the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton.
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Sopwith Triplane Reproduction The Shuttleworth Collection Sopwith Triplane Reproduction lands back at Old Warden after its Display...
Sopwith Camel N6812 Photographed at the Imperial War Museum, Lambeth, on 21 January 2006.
Sopwith Pup replica C417/N329CC Photographed at Oshkosh, Wisconsin on 29 July 2004.
This home-built replica has a 360 hp engine, an...
Sopwith Camel F.1 replica B7270/OK NUL 36 Photographed during the Czech Air Show at Brno on 6 September 2008.
Sopwith Camel F.1 replica B7270/OK NUL 36 Photographed at a different angle during the Czech Air Show at Brno on 6 September 2008.
Sopwith Pup replica N5192 at Creve Coeur Photographed at the Historic Aircraft Restoration Museum, Creve Coeur Airport, Maryland Heights, St ...
Sopwith Camel replica "B6401" Photographed on 12 September 2005 at the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton.
1969 - built by Sl...
Sopwith Pup replica "N6452"/G-BIAU Photographed on 12 September 2005 at the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton.
Built by EMK Aircr...
