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British Blimp NS-7
c 1917-1918
A total of fourteen NS (North Sea) class non-rigid airships, or blimps, were made for the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) in 1917 and 1918. Given their long flight endurance (twenty-four hours at fifty-seven miles per hour) and their ability to carry both bombs and machine guns, they escorted convoys and patrolled the Western Approaches to the British Isles in search of German U-boats. NS-7 was the last of its type, making its final flight on 25 November 1921. |