C.26
British airship (1916-1917) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Royal Naval Air Service C.26 was a Coastal class World War I non-rigid airship. The airship was used to search for German submarines off the British coast. The airship had made a total of 202 flight hours between 21 November 1916 and 14 November 1917.[1]
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C.26 | |
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Role | Submarines patrol, aerial bombardment |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Built by | RNAS Kingsnorth |
Type | non-rigid airship |
Serial | C.26 |
First flight | 21 November 1916 (1916-11-21) |
Last flight | 14 December 1917 (1917-12-14) |
Flights | 202 hours |
Fate | After drifting over the North Sea due to an engine failure while searching C.27, the airship finally crashed in Eemnes |
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The airship was powered by two Daimler-branded 12-cylinder engines and could stay in the air for 22 hours. The balloon of the airship was about 60 meters long. The airship had a crew of five in a gondola below the balloon. After drifting over the North Sea due to an engine failure, the airship finally crashed in Eemnes the Netherlands in the morning of 14 November 1917.[2]