27 August 1913

At 5:42 AM on 27 August 1913, Harry Hawker and Harry Kauper departed Oban for the next leg of the Daily Mail Circuit of Britain, a flight to Dublin. Unfortunately, their Sopwith hydroaeroplane crashed while descending. Hawker was uninjured; Kauper sustained a broken arm. The sponsors awarded the aviators 1,000 pounds in recognition of their completing 1,043 miles of the 1,540 mile course.