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Various (Airship Service) British SS-Class Blimp
Various (Airship Service) · Coastal Patrol Non-Rigid Airship / Coastal Anti-Submarine Patrol / Convoy Escort · UK · WWII (1939–1945)
Britain's WWI coastal patrol airship and the direct ancestor of the American K-class. Improvised from BE2 aeroplane fuselages suspended under a gas envelope. 158 built. Proved the fundamental principle that no escorted convoy lost a ship to a U-boat while under airship protection — the same record achieved by WWII K-ships. The concept was passed to the US Navy and shaped inter-war blimp development.