Originally Posted by
DHfan
It was two of the three Saro Princess flying boats built that were cocooned, having never flown, in the Solent/Southampton Water at Calshot.
The bulk of the BOAC flying boats, both the prewar (Empire) and postwar (Hythe etc) fleets, minus the notable number that were written off along the way, were likewise stored at Hythe after being withdrawn, and finally broken up there.