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N.S. 6 0ver Trafalgar Square

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.

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N.S.7 aboard HMS Furious, 1919

N.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.

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A page from history

A 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

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....

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N.S.11 at Eastchurch

N.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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New image of N.S.11

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.

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N.S. Class over the Firth of Forth

N.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.

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N.S.7 and N.S.8

N.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.

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Candlelit Vigil at Memorial

Candlelit 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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