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COASTAL class gallery

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In July 1917, a Coastal class airship set a new world record for a maritime patrol. This lasted for more than 24 hours, although a normal service lasted around 20 hours.

 

 

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The C-9 was the most successful Coastal airship, had one confirmed “kill” and three probable “kills”. In only 15 months of service covered more than 68,000 miles in 3,700 hours of patrols.

 

 

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Certainly their appearance was not very graceful, so they earned the nickname of “the ugliest airships ever built”, which did not prevent them from rendering a valuable service escorting maritime convoys.

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