Vickers Valentia

The Vickers Valentia was a British flying boat designed during the First World War.

History
Three Valentia prototypes were built by the Vickers Company at their Barrow works (Walney Island perhaps), having been ordered in May 1918 as a potential replacement for the Felixstowe F.5. Two were cancelled when the First World War ended, and the third went to the S.E.Saunders works at Cowes for completion. Captain Cockerall began test-flying it in the Solent in March 1921. Airframe crashed and was written off, June 1922.

The name was later re-used for a transport aircraft.