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.
Read MoreFace in the Crowd
One key aim of ours is to put a face to every crew member lost when NS11 came down in flames over the North Sea. Now we have an image of Aircraftman Frederick Cameron…
Read MoreNew images of N.S.11 come to light
Recently found in Flickr Commons are eleven photographs that record a significant event in the history of the British airship N.S.11. From March 1919 the images are part of the Adolphe Henri DuBois Special Photo Collection curated by the San Diego Air & Space Museum.
Read MoreN.S.11 over Crewe
Photographs, whatever their quality, can often shine a light on new aspects of a story and give substance to a rumour. Did Warneford fly N.S.11 over Crewe to keep a promise to his old workmates? Here’s proof he did.
Read MoreN.S.10 being ripped
N.S.10 being ripped at Longside on 21 September 1918. Together with N.S.9 and two Coastal Class airships, N.S.10 was recalled because of a rising gale. Wind gusts of 50 mph made landing impossible so all four were ripped at 100ft on the leeward side of the sheds. N.S.10 was never reassembled. The image was kindly provided by John Robertson of the Highland Aviation Museum who received it from Bruce Wells. We would very much appreciate Bruce Wells getting in contact with this site.
Read MoreImages of N.S.11 from Pulham
Our visit to the Pennoyer Centre in Pulham St Mary, Norfolk has opened a rich seam of imagery and information to help tell the story of N.S.11 and the North Sea airships.
Read MoreNew account of N.S.11 record breaking flight
WWI aviation author Michael J Dunn has provided a new account of NS11’s record breaking flight – written by Air Mechanic Redvers Robert Heath, NS11’s 2nd wireless operator. It provides a very different view from that of the commander and gives us a vivid insight into what life would have been like on board during the 100 hours and 50 minutes flight. The account was used in Michael’s article on NS11’s world record flight in the Spring 2012 edition of Cross & Cockade International’s quarterly journal. Heath’s account can seen here.
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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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