Originally Posted by
yellowtriumph
I have mentioned before that I understand these flying boats were eventually mothballed in the Solent, UK and then scrapped...
It was two of the three Saro Princess flying boats built that were cocooned, having never flown, in the Solent/Southampton Water at Calshot.
I saw them in the very early sixties as a kid, on a boat trip from the Isle of Wight to Southampton actually to see the Queen Mary, but 55+ years on I only remember I did - I can't picture them at all.
I've always thought I took a photograph using my first, very basic, camera but I've never found it yet. They'd probably only be a couple of specks in the distance anyway.