BRITISH DEPERDUSSINS

British Deperdu in Aeroplane Co., Ltd., 39, Victoria Street, Westminster, London, S.W. School: Hendon. Chairman: Admiral The Hon. Sir E. R. Free mantle, G.C.B., C.M.G. Managing Directors: Lieut. J. C. Porte, R.N., D. Laurence Santoni. Secretary: N. D. Thompson. This firm handles the French models of Deperdu ins , but has in addition a special hydro-aeroplane of its own, of which one was built in 1912. Details of this special machine are:— Length, 27 feet 10 inches (8.50 m.) Span, 42 feet (12.80 m.) Area, 290 sq. feet (27 m².) Weight, total, 1,800 lbs. (816 kg.); useful, 1,250 lbs. (566 kg.) Motor, 100 h.p. Anzani. Speed, 67 m.p.h. (110 k.m.) Other models sold by the firm are of French type exactly (see France ).