S.E. Saunders Ltd, boatbuilders of Goring on Thames, and later Cowes, Isle of Wight with offices at Bush House, London (1923)
See also Saunders-Roe Aircraft
Samuel Edward Saunders started his boat-building business at Goring on Thames[1].
1901 S. E. Saunders showed boat at the Yachting Exhibition using his patented method of construction using several skins sewn together with copper wire, making for lightweight construction [2] - see Saunders Patent Launch Building Syndicate
c.1911 Started construction of aircraft
1912 By this time, the company was operating as S. E. Saunders Ltd of East Cowes [3]
1912 In conjunction with T.O.M. Sopwith, designed and built what may have been the first amphibious flying boat which won the Mortimer-Singer prize, piloted by Harry Hawker.
1913 Constructed a life boat for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, building 33 lifeboats by 1929 [4].
1917 Patented an aeroplane frame design. [5]
1918 Patented a radiator for aircraft engines. [6]
1920 Details of the Motor Lifeboat 'Dunleary' made by S. E. Saunders [7]
1929 Exhibited the Cutty Sark, a 4-seater flying boat with all metal hull at the International Aero Exhibition at Olympia [8]
1929 Company bought by Alliott Verdon-Roe; name changed to Saunders-Roe.
Notes
Produced marine engines rated from 2.5 to 5 hp and these were mounted on a frame for stationary applications [9]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, 18 December 1933
- ↑ The Times, 5 February 1901
- ↑ The Times, 20 February 1912
- ↑ The Times, 19 December 1933
- ↑ The Engineer 1918/03/29
- ↑ The Engineer 1918/11/08
- ↑ The Engineer 1920/03/19 p298
- ↑ The Times, 18 July 1929
- ↑ A-Z of British Stationary Engines by Patrick Knight. Published 1996. ISBN 1 873098 37 5