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ANGLESEY
(Llangfni)
3 miles from Llangfni railway station
and 5 miles from Gaerwen railway station
106/114 : (23) SH 437758 : Isle of Anglesey
(Gwynedd), Wales : 242 acres : 1600
x 1200 yards : 185 feet amsl.
Class B Airship Station (with sub-station
at Malahide) for non-rigid airships
RNAS/RAF 26.9.1915 – 1919 : Temporary
Marine Operation Station RAF 6.1918
– 8.1918.
AULDBAR
(Montrose)
3¾ miles from Auldbar Road railway
station and east of the Auldbar –
Brechin road
50/54 : (37) NO 570560A : Forfarshire
(Grampian), Scotland.
Mooring out station (sub-station to
Longside) for non-rigid airships RAF
31.7.1918 – 1919.
BALLYLIFFAN
55º17’25”N 07º23’00”W
: County Down, Ireland.
Airship Station for non-rigid airships
(sub-station to Luce Bay) under construction
for RAF 1918.
BARKING
(Creekmouth)
161/177 : (51) TQ 450830 : Essex (London
Borough of Barking).
Private airship station taken over by
RNAS 6.1916 for the unrealised construction
of the MacMechan airship.
BARLOW
(Selby) 3 miles from Selby railway station
95/105 : (44) SE 660294 : Yorkshire, West
Riding (North Yorkshire) : 880 acres :
3760 x 2260 yards.
Airship Construction Station RNAS/RAF
leased to Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth &
Co Ltd for the construction and testing
of rigid airships 1916 – 1920. Relinquishment
confirmed 11.8.1921.
BARROW-IN-FURNESS
(Cavendish Dock)
88/96 : (34) SD 215683 : Lancashire (Cumbria)
: Dock area 142 acres.
Airship Construction Station for Vickers
Sons & Maxim : Base for hydro-aeroplane
experiments under the auspices of HMS
Hermione Flying Club, that was formed
for the purpose.
BARROW-IN-FURNESS
(Walney Island) 1½ miles from Barrow
Central railway station
88/96 : (34) SD 175700 : Lancashire (Cumbria)
: 325 acres : 1730 x 1186 yards : 25 feet
amsl.
Airship Construction Station RNAS/RAF
leased to Vickers Ltd for the construction
of rigid airships 6.1914 – 4.1921
: Relinquishment confirmed 25.8.1921.
BEDFORD
(Cardington)
3 miles from Bedford railway station
147/153 : (52) TL 085465 : Bedfordshire
: 1064 acres : 3150 x 230 yards.
Airship Construction Station RNAS/RAF
leased to Short Bros for the construction
of rigid airships 1917 – continued
in service.
BUDE
174/190 : (21) SS 238013 : Cornwall.
Mooring our station (sub-station to Mullion)
for non-rigid airships RAF 1918 –
1919.
CALDALE
no railways on island, boat to Thurso
on mainland Scotland
06/06 : (N30) HY 417105 : Mainland, Orkney
Islands : 146 acres.
Class B Airship Station and Kite Balloon
Base RNAS/RAF 7.1916 – 1919.
CAPEL
(Capel-le-Ferne/Folkestone) 2 miles from
Folkestone Junction railway station
173/179 : (61) TR260390 : Kent : 124 acres
: 960 x 780 yards : 465 feet amsl.
Class C Airship Station (with sub-stations
at Godmersham Park, Wittersham and Boulogne)
for non-rigid airships RNAS/RAF 5.1915
– 8.1920.
CHATHILL
71/75 : (46) NU 193273 : Northumberland
Mooring out station (sub-station to East
Fortune) for non-rigid airships RAF 22.7.1918
– 1919.
CRAMLINGTON
II
Cramlington railway station adjoined the
site
78/88 : (45) NZ 254782 : Northumberland
: 57 acres : 870 x 680 yards : 200 feet
amsl
Class D Airship Station under construction
at the time of the Armistice.
CRANWELL
(HMS Daedalus) 4 miles from Sleaford railway
station and 4 miles from Caythorpe railway
station
113/130 : (53 TF 010510 (North aerodrome)
and TF 015490 (South aerodrome) : Lincolnshire
: 2466 acres (combined area) : 4200 x
2800 yards (combined dimensions) : 200
feet amsl (North aerodrome) and 220 feet
amsl (South aerodrome).
Aeroplane School (Central Training Establishment)
RNAS using both aerodromes 4.1916 –
4.1918 : Kite Balloon Training Depot and
Free Balloon Training Depot RNAS/RAF (using
North aerodrome)4.1916 – 1919 : Class
G Airship Training Station RNAS/RAF 3.1916
– 1919 (using North aerodrome) :
Boys Training Wing, Physical Training
School and Boy Apprentices School RNAS/RAF
(using South aerodrome) 1916 – continued
in service : TDS and ARD RAF 4.1918 –
3.1919. RAF (Cadet) College 23.12.1919
– continued in service : Listed as
unavailable for civilian use 22.1.1920
CROMER
126/133 : (63) TG 2—4-- : Norfolk.
Proposed airship station RNAS. Acquisition
of land and construction of an airship
shed was sanctioned in 12.1913. Only half
the cost of the shed was provided in fiscal
year 1914 – 1915. As late as 6.1915,
the Admiralty was endeavouring to ascertain
the situation at Cromer. Nothing was heard
and the planned station was apparently
abandoned.
EAST
FORTUNE
East Fortune railway station adjoined
the site
63/66 : (36) NT 550785 : East Lothian
(Lothian), Scotland : 1330 acres : 4000
x 2700 yards : 100 feet amsl.
HD Flight Station RNAS 1916 : Class G
Airship Station (with sub-station at Chathill)
for non-rigid airships RNAS/RAF 23.8.1916
– 1920 : Airship Station for rigid
airships RNAS 10.1917 – 1920 : Fleet
Aeroplane Base RNAS/RAF 11.1916 –
1918 : Flying School and Training Depot
Station RAF 6.1918 – 1920 : Relinquishment
confirmed 18.3.1920.
FARNBOROUGH
2 miles from Farnborough railway station
169/186 : (41) SU 865542 : Hampshire :
286 acres : 220 feet amsl.
Balloon Factory RE 1905 – 9112 :
Royal Aircraft factory 5.1912 – 4.1918
: Training Squadron Station, HD Station,
School, Depot, Aircraft Park, Record Office,
ARD & ERD RFC/RAF 5.1912 – continued
in service : Royal Aircraft Establishment
4.1918 – 3.1994 : Listed as unavailable
for civilian use 22.1.1920.
FLOOKBURGH
88/96 : (34) SD 374745 : Lancashire (Cumbria).
Airship Construction Station under construction
for Vickers Ltd and to replace Walney
Island which was considered vulnerable
to U-boat attack. Work was abandoned 9.1917
due to steel shortages and cost –
expenditure to date was £ 800000.
GODMERSHAM
PARK
172/179 : (61) TR 049504 : Kent.
Airship Moorings (sub-station to Capel-le-Ferne)
RNAS/RAF 1918 – 28.2.1919.
HOWDEN
1½ miles from Howden railway station
97/105 : (44) SE 750328 : Yorkshire, East
Riding (Humberside) : 1240 acres : 3100
x 2600 yards : 18 feet amsl.
HD NLG for 33 (HD) Sqn RFC 1916 : Class
G Airship Station (with sub-stations at
Lowthorpe and Kirkleatham) for non-rigid
airships RNAS/RAF 3.1916 – 1919 :
Airship Station for rigid airships RNAS/RAF
12.1916 – 9.1921 : Listed as unavailable
for civilian use 22.1.1920.
INCHINNAN
6 miles from Glasgow railway station and
1 mile from Honston railway station
60/64 : (26) NS 476682 : Renfrewshire
(Strathclyde), Scotland : 413 acres :
1830 x 1400 yards.
Manufacturer’s aerodrome for Wm Beardmore
& Co Ltd, ex Dalmuir, 1916 –
1919 : Manufacturer’s Airship Station
for rigid airhip construction by Wm Beardmore
& Co Ltd : AAP RFC/RAF 1917 –
1918 (replaced by Renfrew). Relinquished
5.1920.
KILLARNEY
52º04’00”N 09º30’00”W
: County Kerry, Ireland.
Proposed Airship Station RNAS (no evidence
of construction).
KILLEAGH
1½ miles from Killeagh railway
station
51º55’52”N 07º56’30”W
: County Cork, Ireland : 361 acres : 2000
x 1040 yards.
Class G Airship Station under construction
but not completed for rigid and non-rigid
airships RAF 1918 – 1919 and held
until 1921.
KINGNORTH
(Hoo/Chatham) Beluncle railway halt adjacent
to the site
172/178 ; (51) TQ 800727 : Isle of Grain,
Kent : 570 acres : 2566 x 1700 yards.
Class G Airship Station for the construction
and assembly of non-rigid airships RNAS
3.1914 – 1920 : Relinquishment confirmed
25.8.1921.
KIRKLEATHAM
(Redcar)
86/94 : (45) NZ 590220 : Yorkshire, North
Riding (Cleveland/Borough of Redcar &
Cleveland)
Mooring out station (sub-station to Howden)
for non-rigid airships RAF 4.6.1918 –
1919
LAIRA
187/201 : (20) SX 510550 : Devonshire.
Airship Moorings (sub-station to Mullion)
for non-rigid airships RAF 5.1918 –
1919 after initial RNAS mooring experiments
there 3.1918.
LARNE
(White Head)
5446’00”N 0543’35”W
: County Antrim, Ireland.
Class A Airship Station (sub-station to
Luce Bay) for non-rigid airships RNAS/RAF
1917 – 1919 : Relinquishment notified
20.2.1920.
LONGSIDE
(Peterhead/Lenabo)
4 miles from Longside railway station
31/30 : (48) NK 030421 : Aberdeenshire
(Grampian), Scotland : 950 acres : 2730
x 2330 yards : 200 feet amsl.
Class G Airship Station (with sub-station
at Auldbar) for non-rigid airships RNAS/RAF
3.1916 – 1919 : Temporary Marine
Operations Station RAF 11.1918 –
12.1918 : Relinquishment confirmed 10.3.1921.
LOUGH
NEAGH
54º34’28”N 06º16’15”W
: County Antrim, Ireland.
Proposed RNAS airship station 1916 but
never built.
LOWTHORPE
99/101 : (54) TA 070610 : Yorkshire, East
Riding (Humberside).
Airship Moorings (sub-station to Howden)
for non-rigid airships RAF 6.5.1918 –
1919.
LUCE
BAY
5 miles from Stranraer Harbour railway
station
79/82 : (25) NX 120550 : Wigtownshire
(Dumfries & Galloway), Scotland :
444 acres : 2270 x 1530 yards : 41 feet
amsl.
Class B Airship Station (sub-stations
at Ballyliffan, Larne, Machrihanish and
Ramsey) for non-rigid airships RNAS 15.7.1915
– 5.1919 : Marine Operations Station
RAF 6.1918 – 3.1919.
MALAHIDE
53º26’40”N 06º09’00”W
: County Dublin, Ireland.
Airship Moorings (sub-station to Anglesey)
for non-rigid airships RAF 5.1918 –
1919.
MORETON
(Dorchester)
1mile from Moreton railway station
178/194 : (30) SY 764895 : Dorsetshire
: 355 acres : 1930 x 1330 yards : 170
feet amsl.
Airship Station RAF for non-rigid airships,
under construction 1918 but not completed.
MULLION
5 miles from Helston railway station
190/203 : (10) SW 705210 : Cornwall :
320 acres : 1933 x 1100 yards : 304 feet
amsl.
Class F Airship Station (with sub-stations
at Bude, Laira, Toller and Tresco) for
non-rigid airships RNAS/RAF 6.1916 –
1919 : Marine Operations Station RNAS
4.1917 – 8.1917 : Marine Operations
Station RNAS/RAF 12.1917 – 5.1919
PEMBROKE
5 miles from Tenby railway station and
4½ miles from Pembroke Dock railway
station
151/157 : (22) SN 054030 : Pembrokeshire
(Dyfed), Wales : 272 acres : 1700 x 1100
yards : 83 feet amsl.
Class C Airship Station (with sub-station
at Wexford) for non-rigid airships RNAS/RAF
1.1916 – 1,1919 : Marine Operations
Station RAF 5.1918 – 1.1919 : Relinquishment
confirmed 18.3.1920.
POLEGATE
1 mile from Polegate railway station
183/199 : (51) TQ 581035 : Sussex : 142
acres : 970 x 830 yards.
Class C Airship Station (with sub-stations
at Slindon and Upton) for non-rigid airships
RNAS/RAF 6.7.1915 – 1919.
PULHAM
ST MARY
¾ mile from Pulham St Mary railway
station
137/156 : (62) TM 194836 : Norfolk : 920
acres : 2600 x 2330 yards..
Class G Airship Station for non-rigid
airships on Marine Operations RNAS/RAF
2.1916 – 1918 : Airship Experimental
Station for rigid airships RNAS/RAF 2.1918
– continued in service.
RAMSEY
87/95 : (24) SC 417962A : Isle of Man.
Airship moorings (sub-station to Luce
Bay) for non-rigid airships RAF 1918.
SLINDON
181/197 : (41) SU 952104 : Sussex.
Airship moorings (sub-station to Polegate)
RAF 1918 – 1919.
TOLLER
(Bridport)
177/193 : (30) SY 540980 : Dorsetshire.
Airship Moorings (sub-station to Mullion)
RAF 1918.
TRESCO
(Abbey Wood)
boat to Penzance railway station
189/203 : (00) SV 895145 : Isles of Scilly.
Airship Moorings (sub-station to Mullion)
RAF 1918.
UPTON
179/195 : (30) SY 990930 : Dorsetshire.
Airship Moorings (sub-station to Polegate)
for non-rigid airships RAF 1918 –
1919.
WEXFORD
(Johnstown Castle)
4½ miles from Wexford railway station
52º17’42”N 06º30’56”W
: County Wexford, Ireland.
Airship Moorings (sub-station to Pembroke)
US Navy 1918.
WITTERSHAM
184/189 : (51) TQ 886281 : Kent.
Airship Moorings (sub-station to Capel-le-Ferne)
RAF 1918 – 31.3.1919.
WORMWOOD
SCRUBS
(HMS President) ½ mile from Wormwood
Scrubs railway station
160/176 : (51) TQ 225818 : Middlesex (London
Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham) :
30 acres : 666 x 286 yards.
Stores Depot RNAS 4.1915 – 10.1915
: Airship pilots school and depot for
the construction of non-rigid airships
RNAS/RAF 9.1915 – 1919 : Repair Depot
(MT) 1918 – 1919 : Relinquishment
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