New image of N.S.11
Another eBay win brings a new image of N.S.11 to the collection. Yet to be fully confirmed, this could be of the airship taking off from Pulham Airship Station in Norfolk.
Read MoreN.S. Class over the Firth of Forth
Another find from the Wonder Book of the Navy is this photograph of an unidentified N.S. Class airship. The airship is flying due east along the Firth of Forth and has just passed over Inchcolm Island.
Read MoreN.S.7 and N.S.8
From the Wonder Book of the Navy of the early 1920s comes this fantastic full-colour plate of N.S.7 and N.S.8 at the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet on 21st November 1918.
Read MoreCandlelit Vigil at Memorial
Marking the centenary of the start of WWI, a candlelit vigil was held around the N.S.11 memorial in the grounds of the Earlestown Viaduct Sports & Social Club, Lancashire.
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N.S.7 at surrender of German Fleet
Kindly provided by John Wisdom at two new images of N.S.7 at the surrender of the German Fleet at Rosyth on or around 21 November 1918. N.S.7 was accompanied by N.S.8. The battleship at the head of the column is SMS König Albert – scuttled at Scapa Flow on 21 June 1919. The ship was raised by the British 1935 and was broken up for scrap in 1936. This class of battleship has asymmetrical gun turrets midships – a vital clue to show the correct way these images should be flipped.
Read More“With the Eyes of the Navy” now online
The Imperial War Museum has made the 1918 film “With the Eyes of the Navy” available online. Featuring NS7 and NS8 on patrol the film brings to life what life would have been like aboard a North Sea class airship. To view the film visit… IWM
Read MoreMore images from IWM
Many more images have been made available online from the Imperial War Museum’s collection. Where copyright allows we have included these in the NS-Class Gallery.
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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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