SSP class airship
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Template:Wikidata image| SSP class | |
|---|---|
| Role | Patrol airshipTemplate:Short description |
| National origin | United Kingdom |
| Introduction | 1917 |
| Primary user | Royal Navy |
| Number built | 6 |
The SSP (Submarine Scout Pusher) were a class of Royal Navy non-rigid airship or "blimp" developed by the United Kingdom during World War I as a successor to the earlier SS class airship. Found to be inferior to a parallel development, the Submarine Scout Zero non-rigid, only a few were built. The main role of these craft was to escort convoys and scout or search for German U-boats.[1]
Design and development
In 1916, design commenced at RNAS Kingsnorth on an SS class -type airship that would have a more comfortable purpose-built car,[2] and not simply be an adaptation of an aeroplane fuselage. The SSP cars were of rectangular cross-section, had a blunt nose, and could accommodate a crew of three.[3]
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Six SSPs entered service between January and June 1917,[4] but because of the success of the SSZ type it was decided that these would become the standard SS variant, and the SSP programme was terminated.[3]
Operators
Specifications
Data from [4]
General characteristics
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See also
- Comparative specifications for all SS class variants
- List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service
References
- Notes
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- ↑ SS-class airships Airship Heritage Trust. Retrieved on 25 March 2009.
- ↑ Twenty-One Years of Airship Progress. flightglobal.com. Retrieved on 28 March 2009.
- ↑ a b c Whale (2008), p.60.
- ↑ a b SSP-class airship specifications and logs. AHT. Retrieved on 25 March 2009.
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- Bibliography
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External links
- SS-class airships on the Airship Heritage Trust website
- SSP-class airship specifications and logs on the Airship Heritage Trust website
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