On 24 August 1921, R.38 (designated ZR-2 by the USN) was destroyed by a structural failure while in flight over the city of Hull. It crashed into the Humber Estuary, killing 44 out of the 49 …

In February 1919 work commenced at Cardington on the R 38 which, at the time, would become the largest airship in the world, and commenced to be assembled in the airship shed in …

With the end of the war, and the R38/ZR2 disaster, production of airships was put on hold with many of the skilled work force departing to factories producing fixed wing aircraft. The station …

The R38 class (also known as the A class) of rigid airships was designed for Britain's Royal Navy during the final months of World War I, intended for long-range patrol duties over the North Sea.

The R38 class (also known as the A class) of rigid airships was designed for Britain's Royal Navy during the final months of World War I, intended for long-range patrol duties over the North Sea.

Sixteen U.S. Navy officers and men were killed (including the airship's PCO, CDR Louis Henry Maxfield), essentially wiping out the Service's small cadre of experienced rigid airship …

R38 officers (Flt. Lt. Archibald Herbert Wann & US naval officers). Members of the USN Detachment pose in their new flying suits.’ (Photos – winged Cobra Collection, Leeds)

The R38 class was designed to meet the British Admiralty’s request for an airship capable of six days of patrol, at ranges of up to 300 miles from home base, and at altitudes of up to 22,000 ft. …

The R38 Airship in flight - this airship was built and tested at Cardington and crashed in the River Humber 90 years ago on Aug 24 1921 with the loss of 44 lives. Work started on the R38 by …

Pulley/guide wheel from the ill fated R38 airship which was built at Howden, East Yorkshire and exploded mid-flight crashing into the River Humber on 24th August 1921. This was salvaged …