BRITAIN'S LARGEST AIRSHIP.
UNDERGOING BUOYANCY AND SPEED TRIALS. (Rec. March 8, 1.20 a.m.) London, March. 6. Tho largest British airship, R33,.began its buoyancy and speed trial at Selby to-day. Its length ' is' 670 feet, diameter 79 feet, cubic capacity two million feet, ■and carrying capacity thirty tons. The vessel is equipped with five engines, giving an aggregate horse-power of 1250.— Aus.-N.Z, Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 140, 8 March 1919, Page 7
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63BRITAIN'S LARGEST AIRSHIP. Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 140, 8 March 1919, Page 7
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