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The R31 class of British rigid airships was constructed in the closing months of World War I and comprised two aircraft, His Majesty's Airship R31 and R32. They were designed by the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors – with assistance from a Herr Müller who had defected to Britain and previously worked for the Schütte-Lanz airship company – and built by Short Brothers at the Cardington airship sheds. The airship frame was made from spruce plywood laminated into girder sections, weatherproofed with varnish, and also fireproofed. These enclosed 21 gas bags. R31 was the largest British airship to fly before the end of the war, and the class remains the largest mobile wooden structures ever built.

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  • R31-class airship
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  • The R31 class of British rigid airships was constructed in the closing months of World War I and comprised two aircraft, His Majesty's Airship R31 and R32. They were designed by the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors – with assistance from a Herr Müller who had defected to Britain and previously worked for the Schütte-Lanz airship company – and built by Short Brothers at the Cardington airship sheds. The airship frame was made from spruce plywood laminated into girder sections, weatherproofed with varnish, and also fireproofed. These enclosed 21 gas bags. R31 was the largest British airship to fly before the end of the war, and the class remains the largest mobile wooden structures ever built.
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dia in
  • 6(xsd:integer)
eng1 type
  • piston engine
primary user
Type
  • Fleet defense airship
volume m
  • 43976(xsd:integer)
eng1 kW
  • 205(xsd:integer)
Manufacturer
  • Short Brothers
max speed kmh
  • 104(xsd:integer)
length m
  • 187(xsd:double)
max speed mph
  • 65(xsd:integer)
National Origin
  • United Kingdom
dia m
  • 19(xsd:double)
length ft
  • 615(xsd:integer)
First Flight
  • July
lift kg
  • 16800(xsd:integer)
lift lb
  • 36960(xsd:integer)
prime units?
  • imp
dia ft
  • 65(xsd:integer)
Number Built
  • 2(xsd:integer)
eng1 name
eng1 hp
  • 275(xsd:integer)
volume ft
  • 1547000(xsd:integer)
eng1 number
  • 5(xsd:integer)
abstract
  • The R31 class of British rigid airships was constructed in the closing months of World War I and comprised two aircraft, His Majesty's Airship R31 and R32. They were designed by the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors – with assistance from a Herr Müller who had defected to Britain and previously worked for the Schütte-Lanz airship company – and built by Short Brothers at the Cardington airship sheds. The airship frame was made from spruce plywood laminated into girder sections, weatherproofed with varnish, and also fireproofed. These enclosed 21 gas bags. R31 was the largest British airship to fly before the end of the war, and the class remains the largest mobile wooden structures ever built. As the airships were intended for fleet protection operations, they were to be fitted with defensive machine guns on top of the envelope, at the stern and in the gondolas. A 12-pounder gun was to be fitted in a special position centrally below the airship for use against U-boats. In the event, this armament was only fitted to R31, as R32 was only completed after the armistice with Germany. It had also been intended to fit a bomb load of two bombs and four bombs. but with the end of hostilities these were never installed on either airship.
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