S. E. Saunders Ltd was a British marine and aero engineering company based at East Cowes on the Isle of Wight in the early twentieth century. Samuel Edgar Saunders set the firm up in 1908 to carry on using Consuta, the light sewn plywood construction he had developed at the family works at Goring on the Thames, after his earlier Saunders Patent Launch Building Syndicate had expired; the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company held a small interest. The company began with powerboats and gunboats, among them the multi-step hydroplane Maple Leaf IV, which won the Harmsworth Cup for Britain in 1912, and it also built lifeboats for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. As aviation developed it made hulls, fuselages and engine gondolas for other firms and then flying boats and aircraft of its own and under licence. In 1929 Alliott Verdon Roe and John Lord took a controlling interest and the company was re-established as Saunders-Roe.
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S. E. Saunders Ltd, was a British marine and aero-engineering company based at East Cowes, Isle of Wight in the early 20th century.
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In 1908, S. E. Saunders Ltd was established, the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company held a small interest.
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with the dawn of the aviation era, Sam saw that the strong, light nature of Consuta was ideal for aircraft.
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S. E. Saunders Ltd, was a British marine and aero-engineering company based at East Cowes, Isle of Wight in the early 20th century.
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They continued designing and building marine craft, including powerboats:
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1929 Company bought by Alliott Verdon-Roe; name changed to Saunders-Roe.
Saunders A.10 (Wikipedia)
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After their first aircraft, the T.1, Saunders did not build another landplane until 1928 when the Saunders A.10 single-seat fighter appeared.
Saunders A.14 (Wikipedia)
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The Saunders A.14 was a test aircraft for Saunders' new metal hull construction method, being a Supermarine Southampton fitted with the Saunders' fuselage.
Saunders T.1 (Wikipedia)
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The T.1 (T for Henry Haberfield Thomas, its designer) was the first all-Saunders aircraft, appearing in 1917.
Saunders Kittiwake (Wikipedia)
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The Saunders Kittiwake was a British amphibian flying-boat built by S. E. Saunders at East Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Saunders Valkyrie (Wikipedia)
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The Saunders A.3 Valkyrie was built in response to Air Ministry specification 22/24 for a large general duty and patrol flying boat, Saunders receiving an order for a single prototype for trials in February 1925.
Saunders Medina (Wikipedia)
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The Saunders A.4 Medina was a British flying boat built by S.E. Saunders at East Cowes, Isle of Wight.
Saunders Helicogyre (Wikipedia)
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The Saunders Helicogyre was a 1920s experimental helicopter designed by Vittorio Isacco and built by S.E. Saunders Limited for the British Air Ministry.
Saunders Severn (Wikipedia)
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The Saunders A.7 Severn was the last flying boat designed by S.E. Saunders Ltd before the takeover by A.V. Roe and John Lord late in 1928
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