Lowering a Big British Hydroaeroplane

LOWERING A BIG BRITISH HYDROAEROPLANE TO CHASE AWAY

One of the big British hydroaeroplanes being lowered into the water

to chase away enemy eroplanes. It was being transported on board an aero-

plane carrying ship when enemy aeroplanes tried to bombard the vessel.

After being lowered into the water the plane chased away the enemy and

then circled about to make sure that no hostile aircraft or submarine %vere

near. That task finished it settled into the water alongside the ship and

was raised to the deck by pulleys, the same apparatus by which it was low-

ered into the water. The hydroaeroplane is housed on the back part of the

deck of the ship.