Royal Navy C23 Coastal Airship, c 1917.
- Made:
- 1916 in Kingsnorth
- maker:
- Board of Admiralty
Model of C-type airship, C.23.
Model of C (Coastal) type non-rigid Airship, C.23. Mostly powered by 150 hp Sunbeam engines, those that survived the war were scrapped in 1919. The C23 was 200 feet long and had an envelope capacity of 170,000 cu.ft. A close up with a side view of the gondola and propulsion system fashioned from two Avro 504 fuselage sections.
Details
- Category:
- Aeronautics
- Object Number:
- 1923-687
- Measurements:
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- type:
- aeroplanes, aircraft, airships and military aircraft
- copyright:
- Unlinked Name
- credit:
- Imperial War Museum
