Great Airship over London R26 (the first airship designated under the new system

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Great Airship over London R26 (the first airship designated under the new system

Great Airship over London
R26 (the first airship designated under the new system of adding an " R" prefix rather than an " r" suffix for rigids) had the benefit of only being in the early stages of construction when the weight problems with her sisters were discovered, allowing weight-saving measures to be implemented from the outset. On 4 - 5 June 1918, she set a new endurance record for the 23 class by carrying out a patrol of 40 hours 40 minutes. With 23r, she oversaw the surrender of the German U-boats at Harwich, before being assigned to experiments in early 1919 to investigate the practicalities of mooring airships in the open. While promising at first, her envelope was eventually soaked with rain, and the airship was subsequently beaten into the ground by a snowstorm. Although refloated by removing her power cars, the structural damage was found to be too great to warrant repairs, and she was struck off for scrap on 10 March.
1920

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