Can we identify this one?

[tigersteve]

I have a personal interest in HMS Royal Oak ( my great uncle was killed when she was torpedoed in 1939 ) I have tracked this photo down from 1925 with HMS Victory in the background in Portsmouth. Just wondering what the aircraft is !

 

[papa 695]

It looks like a British Couldron G2, with floats on.

 

[Airborne01]

I think so too, my friend has a book of such weird contrivances and it looks very similar.
Steve

 

[Ian M]

In 1939 The Royal Oak carried a Fairey III F seaplane.

I saw an almost identical photo to the one you posted, but without the aircraft. How odd. The angle is a bit different so I guess it was taken just after...

Some excellent photos of the Oak here
https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/hms-royal-oak-battleship/
Including the one I mentioned above.

 

[Ancientmariner]

Victory in the water no less!

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Victory in the water no less!

I knew there was something strange about it....