AP 118 · No. 10 Section II · Aircraft 1915

Aircraft hub · 1915 · First World War

Sopwith Baby

A fighter on floats, lowered over the side like shopping. The gazetteer currently lists it at 2 UK museums.

1915
First flight
~460
Built
100 mph
Top speed
2
Museums

Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.

On charge

Where to see the Sopwith Baby in the UK

The gazetteer records 2 Sopwith Baby airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 2 UK collections, in 2 regions: South West England, Northern England.

MuseumCityRegionAirframes recorded
Fleet Air Arm MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 Yeovil South West England Sopwith Baby N2078
Hooton Park HangarsChecked 2026-10-08 Ellesmere Port Northern England Sopwith Baby replica BAPC.137 Replica

3D model

The Sopwith Baby in 3D

A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as the Fleet Air Arm Museum’s Baby at Yeovilton, a composite built from parts of the Sopwith-built 8214 and 8215 and displayed as N2078 ‘The Jabberwock’, the Blackburn-built Baby of the War Flight at Killingholme and Hornsea Mere in 1918: the Royal Naval Air Service single-seat floatplane scout with a 130 hp Clerget rotary in a bare aluminium horseshoe cowl, a synchronised Lewis gun on the decking, Le Prieur rockets on the interplane struts, varnished wooden twin main floats and tail float; PC10 olive drab upper surfaces and fuselage, clear-doped undersides, roundels on the fuselage sides, upper wing and lower wing undersides, blue, white and red rudder stripes, and the serial ‘N-2078’ with the name ‘The Jabberwock’ in white on the fuselage. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (1.1 MB) · Plate 23 in The Hangar

Computed from the survey

Collection context

Types you’ll see alongside

de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth, de Havilland Vampire, Europa & the kit-plane age, Fairey Gannet, Gloster Meteor.

Where the type is thickest

Northern England has 1 collection recording the type.

Type notes

The Sopwith Baby in brief

TypeSopwith Baby
UK museums holding one2
Airframes recorded in this survey2

Serials are the gazetteer's survey snapshot of what each collection records on charge — restorations move between workshops and reserve hangars, so check the museum page for opening times and current display status before travelling. Every type across 119 museums is indexed in the Compendium.

Aircraft questions

Frequently asked

How many Sopwith Baby airframes are left in the UK?

The Aviation Gazetteer records 2 Sopwith Baby airframes in UK collections.

Which museum has the most Sopwith Baby airframes?

Fleet Air Arm Museum has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.