Types you’ll see alongside
de Havilland Sea Vixen, de Havilland Vampire, Harrier family, Supermarine Spitfire, Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde.
Aircraft hub · 1933 · Interwar
‘The Shagbat’ — Mitchell’s ugliest child, catapulted off battleships to fish downed airmen out of the sea. The gazetteer currently lists it at 3 UK museums.
Last verified 2026-10-11 against the gazetteer Compendium. Airframes move — confirm on museum pages before travel.
On charge
The gazetteer records 3 Supermarine Walrus & Seagull airframes (including cockpit sections and replicas where noted) across 3 UK collections, in 3 regions: South West England, South East England, East of England.
| Museum | City | Region | Airframes recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet Air Arm MuseumChecked 2026-10-08 | Yeovil | South West England | Supermarine Walrus I L2301 |
| IWM DuxfordChecked 2026-10-08 | Cambridge | East of England | Supermarine Walrus I (restoration) W2718 Under restoration |
| Solent SkyChecked 2026-10-08 | Southampton | South East England | Supermarine Seagull nose section Cockpit or section |
3D model
A procedural model built in Blender from the type’s published dimensions, painted as L2301, the Fleet Air Arm Museum’s Supermarine Walrus I, R. J. Mitchell’s single-step metal-hulled amphibian with its Bristol Pegasus VI radial driving a four-blade pusher propeller, delivered in 1939 to the Irish Air Corps as N18, later the civil EI-ACC and G-AIZG, and now displayed at Yeovilton, painted as it is shown there: Temperate Sea Scheme of Extra Dark Sea Grey and Dark Slate Grey over Sky, a Sky boot on the lower bow, a roundel on the rear hull with ‘ROYAL NAVY’ over ‘L 2301’ behind it, a fin flash under the tailplane, roundels above the upper wing only, grey struts, Sky undercarriage legs and a black propeller with yellow tips. Drag to orbit, scroll or pinch to zoom · all 215 models · download .glb (879 KB) · Plate 51 in The Hangar
Computed from the survey
de Havilland Sea Vixen, de Havilland Vampire, Harrier family, Supermarine Spitfire, Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde.
East of England has 1 collection recording the type.
Type notes
| Type | Supermarine Walrus & Seagull |
|---|---|
| UK museums holding one | 3 |
| Airframes recorded in this survey | 3 |
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
The Aviation Gazetteer records 3 Supermarine Walrus & Seagull airframes in UK collections.
Fleet Air Arm Museum has the most in this survey, with 1 recorded airframe.