NS-Class images

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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N.S.8 and Destroyer

N.S.8 and Destroyer

© The Lewry Collection  |  NS11.org

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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.7

N.S.7

© The Lewry Collection

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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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N.S.7 at surrender of German Fleet

N.S.7 at surrender of German Fleet

Image kindly provided by John Wisdom

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N.S.7 at surrender of German Fleet

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.

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