The Short Brothers' longstanding involvement with maritime aviation became firmly established in 1913, when Horace Short developed a mechanism that enabled a seaplane's wings to be folded back to lie alongside the fuselage. This device meant that the aircraft could easily be stored on board a warship. The Short Folder, as the new type was known, was to enter service with the Royal Naval Air Service in 1913, and on 28 July 1914 one of these aircraft, flown by Squadron Commander A.M. Longmore, airdropped a torpedo for the first time in Britain.

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