RNAS Kingsnorth was a First World War Royal Navy air station for airships, initially operating as an experimental and training station, it later moved on to large scale production of airships. It also provided anti-submarine patrols. A number of experimental and prototype blimps were designed and tested there and until 1916, it was the lead airship training establishment in the Royal Naval Air Service.[1]
It was located at the southeastern coast of the Hoo Peninsula in Kent.[2]
It is not to be confused with RAF Kingsnorth, a separate airfield in southern Kent under RAF control before and during World War II.
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^Historic England. "Kingsnorth Airship Station (1458978)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
RNASKingsnorth was a First World War Royal Navy air station for airships, initially operating as an experimental and training station, it later moved...
periods. RAF Kingsnorth, (1918-24) formerly RNASKingsnorth (1914–1918) on the Isle of Grain RAF Kingsnorth (World War II), (1943–45) at Kingsnorth near Ashford...
completely unrelated design. In total 35 Coastals were built, all at RNASKingsnorth, Kent. Entering service in 1916, the Coastal class remained in widespread...
within weeks rather than months. The prototype SS craft was created at RNASKingsnorth on the Hoo Peninsula, and was effectively a B.E.2c aeroplane fuselage...
the site of the former World War I Royal Naval airship base RNASKingsnorth, Kingsnorth power station began construction in 1963. It began power generation...
from Kingsnorth to Maidenhead, Farnborough, Guildford, and back to Kingsnorth again. Following the success of this flight, N.S.1 transferred to RNAS Pulham...
703179 (Port Victoria, Kent). From about 1912 an airship station, RNASKingsnorth was positioned at Grain by the Admiralty. From the beginning of World...
experimental air station at RNASKingsnorth on the Isle of Grain. Day was already an experienced pilot when he joined No. 13 Squadron RNAS, based at Dunkirk, on...
new sea scout class of non-rigid airships, on delivery to Capel from RNASKingsnorth on 7 May it hit telegraph wires and was destroyed. Despite the accident...
design was judged superior to the SSP, which had been developed at RNASKingsnorth at the same time, and so the SSP was cancelled. The SSZ's patrolled...
January 1914, and in April 1914 was appointed the commanding officer of RNASKingsnorth. On 1 July 1914 Neville was promoted to Wing-Commander, and on 13 August...
was used for artillery spotting. It was then used for training at RNASKingsnorth. It was struck off charge in 1916. The gondola of the Beta II is in...
lists the owners of the airstrip from 1909 to the end of the RAF use. RNASKingsnorth – another Royal Navy Air Station providing flying training during the...
and scout or search for German U-boats. In 1916, design commenced at RNASKingsnorth on an SS class -type airship that would have a more comfortable purpose-built...
the planned RNAS strategic bombing force to RFC squadrons on the Western Front because the Sopwith firm were contracted to supply the RNAS exclusively...
England Northamptonshire 1941 1959 (USAAF) RAF Kingsnorth England Kent 1914 1919 WWI formerly RNASKingsnorth, Isle of Grain, 51° 22' 25" N 0° 36' 07" E,...
Hospital in 1914, serving during the war as an experimental officer at RNASKingsnorth. In 1916 he married Kathleen Wilson, and they later had four children...
Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) in 1914 as a Flight Sub-Lieutenant and trained at Farnborough in Hampshire and RNASKingsnorth in Kent. Between May 1915...
commander in July 1916. By February 1917, he was a squadron commander at RNASKingsnorth. In August 1917, he was decorated by Italy with the Order of Saints...
use, and became 'RNAS Middle Wallop'. HMS Flycatcher, the headquarters for the Mobile Naval Air Base organisation then moved in from RNAS Ludham, Norfolk...
the Royal Air Force) on communications bases at Crystal Palace and RNASKingsnorth. While working as a despatcher for Mosers, Spratt was one of 35 people...
2c fuselage from a spare Willows envelope; this was done by the R.N.A.S. at Kingsnorth, and on seeing the result for the first time, Horace Short, already...
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