NS-CLASS GALLERY
The images below are either from the NS11.org collection, gathered over the last 25 years, or have been kindly donated by in digital form by our supporters and friends. Please get in contact if you wish to use any of the images elsewhere.
N.S.1 at unknown location. Image: NS11.org
N.S.7 at unknown location. Image: NS11.org
N.S.16 at Kingsnorth. From a glass negative, this image is of the last of the North Sea class airships, N.S.16. 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. S. Montagu with Capt J. W. Havers as 2nd Officer. N.S.16 had been accepted into service 11 days before. Image: NS11.org
N.S.7. Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France
N.S.6 over Trafalgar Square, London. 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. Image: NS11.org
Trafalgar Square, London taken from N.S.6 over – we are assuming just before the previous shot was taken on 22 May 1918 on a flight in support of the War Bonds drive. Image: Brian Turpin
Example of flyer dropped from N.S.6 over Trafalgar Square, souvenired by AC Frederick Walton who was on the flight of 22 May 1918. Image: Mike Walton (Fred’s grandson)
N.S.7 abourd 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. Image: NS11.org.
N.S.7 above HMS Furious. Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France
N.S.7. Source: gallica.bnf.fr / Bibliothèque nationale de France
NS-Class airship “on duty above the waves. The entire cover is taken up with a photograph taken onboard an NS-class airship. It shows two of the crew relaxing at the rear of the car (it seems from other photographs this is the favoured perch when not ‘on duty’) while an engineer tends the port engine. Image: The War Illustrated, 8 February 1919.
N.S.16 flying at low altitude over the River Stour, Harwich. Taken from airplane carrier/seaplane carrier HMS Pegasus, November 1918. Image: NS11.org
N.S.8 above a destroyer. Image: NS11.org
N.S.6 leaving Pulham for East Fortune. Image: The Pennoyer Centre, Pulham St Marys.
N.S.1 and a Coastal-class airship, Pulham. Image: The Pennoyer Centre, Pulham St Marys.
N.S-class airship and a Coastal-class airship, Pulham. Image: The Pennoyer Centre, Pulham St Marys.
N.S.5 at Pulham. Image: The Pennoyer Centre, Pulham St Marys.
N.S.7 Image: Thomas A Norris.
British dirigible, N.S.7 guiding the German Fleet through mine fields 21 November 1918. Image: Thomas A Norris.
N.S.7 Image: Thomas A Norris.
German postcard with the inscription”British airship escorts to German torpedo boats to Scapa Flow”. Image: Thomas A Norris.
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 NS11.org
Control car of N.S.7. Image: Bibliothèque nationale de France
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 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. Image kindly provided by John Wisdom
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. Image kindly provided by John Wisdom
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