Originally Posted by
Cubs2jets
Thank you izod tester for inadvertently (??) providing the best clue to "What happened to S 1596?".
Though that's not necessarily the end of the story.
The accident happened on Wednesday 16th September 1931. A report the following day in the Daily Herald suggested that attempts would be made to raise the aircraft, which was lying in about 50 feet of water in the Solent at Calshot.
Whether the attempts were successful or not I don't know, though obviously the aircraft never flew again.