| Valentia | |
|---|---|
 Valentia (N126) at the Marine and Armament Experimental Establishment,Isle of Grain, April 1923.[1] | |
| General information | |
| Type | Flying boat |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Manufacturer | Vickers-Armstrongs |
| Primary user | Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment |
| Number built | 3 |
| History | |
| Introduction date | 1921 |
| First flight | 5 Mar 1921 |
| Retired | 1924 |
TheVickers Valentia was a 1920s Britishflying boat designed during theFirst World War.
Three Valentia prototypes were built by theVickers Company at theirBarrow works (Walney Island perhaps), having been ordered in May 1918 as a potential replacement for theFelixstowe F.5. The hull was built byS.E.Saunders works atCowes. The first of the three (Serial Number N124) first flew on 5 March 1921, whenStanley Cockerell began test-flying it over theSolent.[2] N124 was damaged on landing in June 1921 and was dismantled, the second N125 forced landed on its delivery flight on 15 March 1922[3] The third flying boat N126 was delivered in 1923 and used for trials until it was withdrawn from use in November 1924.
The name was later re-used for atransport aircraft, theVickers Type 264 Valentia.
Data from Vickers Aircraft since 1908[4]
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