on 2 august 1917, while performing trials, squadron commander edwin dunning landed a sopwith pup, believed to have been "n6453", successfully on board "furious", becoming the first person to land an aircraft on a moving ship. on 7 august, he made one more successful landing in the same manner, but on his third attempt, in pup "n6452", the engine choked and the aircraft crashed off the starboard bow, killing him. the deck arrangement was unsatisfactory because aircraft had to manoeuvre around the superstructure to land.