R101 Airship
Type: | Hydrogen-filled Rigid Airship |
Role: | Patrol Airship |
Top speed: | 71 mph / 114 kph |
Range: | 4,000 mi / 6,427 km |
Volume: | 5,509,753 ft3 / 156,018 m3 |
Length: | 777' / 237 m |
Diameter: | 131' 4" / 40.03 m |
Engine Type: | 5 585hp Beardmore Tornado 8-cylinder Inline Diesel Engines |
Crew: | 42 |
Designer | V.C. Richmond |
Manufacturer: | Royal Airship Works |
Number Manufactured: | 1 |
Country of Origin: | England |
First Flight: | October 14, 1929 |
Retired | October 1930 (Crashed) |