Handley Page Type L

The Handley Page Type L, known by its internal designation L/200, was a biplane conceived to compete for the Daily Mail prize of 10,000 pounds for the first nonstop air crossing of the Atlantic. One prototype was designed and built in 1914 at the order of Prince Ludwig of Löwenstein-Wertheim. The designation came from its 200 hp Salmson 2M.7 engine, but the Admiralty requisitioned the engine when it arrived from France, so although the aircraft was substantially built it was never finally assembled or flown. It was then offered to the Admiralty as a coastal defence aircraft, in variants called M/200 and MS/200 (a seaplane) for more readily available engines of under 100 hp, but these were not ordered because the Admiralty had already contracted for a seaplane for that duty. The plans had been lost by February 1920 and no photographs remained.