Projects
Following the end of the First World War, the company proposed a number of designs published 31 July 1919 in Flight magazine:[6]
- Gosport Fire Fighter - a 10-seater flying boat designed to carry men and material to the scene of a forest fire or emergency based on the Felixstowe F.5.
- Gosport Mail - a six passenger luxury flying boat for long distance passenger, mail and goods-carrying based on the Norman Thompson N.T.4A.
- Gosport Patrol Boat - a two-seater flying boat for use as a fast patrol or police boat.
- Gosport Two-seater Touring Boat - a flying boat with a tail boom for the American market.
- Gosport Popular - a touring flying boat.
- Gosport Shrimp - a single-seat flying boat.
In December 1919 a number of larger flying-boats were proposed, designed by John Porte who joined the company in August 1919:[7]
- Gosport G5 - a twin-engined biplane flying boat with a 103 ft span and a length of 49 ft 3in, for two crew and six passengers or cargo based on the Felixstowe F.5.
- Gosport G5a - a smaller variant of the G5 with a 97 ft 6in span and only 46 ft in length.
- Gosport G8 - a biplane flying boat for one pilot and three-passengers.
- Gosport G8a - a biplane flying boat similar to the G8.
- Gosport G9 - a triplane three-engined flying boat for long distance cargo work or ten passengers and three crew, with a 113 foot wingspan. A commercial version of Porte's Felixstowe Fury[8]
With the death of Porte in October 1919 none of the flying boats proposed were built, and by the middle of 1920 the company had closed.
