Supermarine Sea Eagle

The Supermarine Sea Eagle was a British passenger-carrying amphibious flying boat designed and built by the Supermarine Aviation Works for its subsidiary, the British Marine Air Navigation Company, to fly the company's cross-channel route between Southampton, the Channel Islands and France. Three civil aircraft were built, registered G-EBFK, G-EBGR and G-EBGS. The regular service between Southampton and Guernsey began on 25 September 1923 and was Britain's first scheduled passenger air service by flying boat, though the planned service to France was never started. G-EBFK crashed on 21 May 1924 and G-EBGS was lost in January 1927 when a ship rammed it in St Peter Port harbour, and the third continued until 1928, when it was replaced by a Short Calcutta. The Sheldrake and the military Scarab were developed from it.