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Airships at the Royal Navy Air Station, Capel, Surrey

Kenneth A. McDonough (1921–2002)

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Airships at the Royal Navy Air Station, Capel, Surrey

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World War I. The airship station at Capel le Ferne between Dover and Folkestone, Kent, was established in spring 1915 to provide anti-submarine patrols urgently needed to protect British shipping in the Dover Straits. At the end of World War I, it had a fleet of nine 'Submarine Scout' airships, which required a large number of men to manoeuvre them around the site and in and out of their huge sheds. Wingless aeroplanes were sometimes used to power airships, as shown here.

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Ilchester

Title

Airships at the Royal Navy Air Station, Capel, Surrey

Date

1978

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 63.3 x W 76.1 cm

Accession number

1979/067/0002

Acquisition method

purchased from the artist, 1979

Work type

Painting

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Kenneth A. McDonough

1921–2002

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