File:HMS Hibernia first ship aircraft takeoff 1912 IWM Q 71041.jpg

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Description AWM caption : "This image shows the moment Commander C Samson of the Royal Naval Air Service took off from HMS HIBERNIA in his modified Shorts S.38 “hydro-aeroplane” to be the first pilot to take off from a ship underway at sea. The S.38 T.2 aircraft had air-bag floats to enable landing on water and was launched via a trolley-shuttle system off of a ramp which stretched from Hibernia’s bridge to bow, over her forward 12 inch guns."
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This photograph Q 71041 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 6708-01)
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