N.S. 6 0ver Trafalgar Square
Our latest image acquisition shows N.S 6 flying low over London’s Trafalgar Square. Yet to be confirmed, we believe the photograph would have been taken from the rooftop of what is now Canada House on 22 May 1918 in support of the War Bonds drive.
Read MoreN.S.7 aboard HMS Furious, 1919
Our latest image acquisition shows North Sea Class airship N.S.7 aboard the aircraft carrier HMS Furious on 7 July 1919 with Captain H C Irwin in command. This was part of the towing and landing exercises conducted in the Firth of Forth.
Read MoreA page from history
Small, crumpled and ink-stained, a single loose page from a long-lost photo album captures a significant moment in time for N.S.11 and the airship service, just a month before she was lost.
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N.S.16 at Kingsnorth
From a glass negative comes this new image of the last of the North Sea class airships, N.S.11. British naval airship historian, Brian Turpin has been enormously helpful in that, referring to the slightly obscured image code at the bottom left, he can determine that the photograph was taken at Kingsnorth airship station (where all N.S class airships were constructed) on Tuesday, 21 January 1919. According to the Daily Report the flight was a short one of 15 minutes, described as a mine sweeping experiment in towing, trailing a hemp rope 210 fathoms from the power units. The Captain was R....
Read MoreN.S.11 at Eastchurch
From Spike Johnson of the Kent History Forum comes this photographs of N.S.11, possibly taken by his grandfather at RAF Eastchurch, Isle of Sheppy, Kent, where he was an RAF Warrant Officer Gunnery Instructor (having started out in the Royal Flying Corps during WWI). On a journey that started from Longside on 16 March 1919, N.S.11 landed at Eastchurch on 18 March 1919, after a flight of 40 hours, 30 minutes. The flight was intended to be a complete circuit of the North Sea but the ship developed trouble with the starboard engine and the attempt had to be terminated. More information and...
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NS11 – As Bright As Day is very much a work in progress and has been made possible by the generous and enthusiastic support of many individuals and organisations. If you have any information, records or material relating to British NS Class airships we would be very interested to hear from you – especially anyone related to members of the crew of NS11 or any airship of the class during their service with the RNAS or RAF during and beyond WWI.
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