24r was built by William Beardmore and Company at Inchinnan, in Renfrewshire, Scotland.
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On one occasion, this led to a situation over Bass Rock where the airship was held immobilized by a headwind, prevented from making any headway at all.
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The accident occurred less than 48 hours after the airship R34 arrived at RAF Pulham after a successful double-crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, including the first-ever East-West crossing by air.
On May 6, the enormous airship hangars in Frankfurt were leveled by explosives, three years to the day after the destruction of the Hindenburg.
The Vickers-designed 23 class rigid airships, which were basically "stretched" and modified versions of the No. 9 design, were never used in combat; however, the four ships in the class provided many hours of valuable training for British airship crews and experimental data for designers and engineers, and some radical changes and refinements were consequently incorporated into the design of the R23X class.
A 12-pounder gun was to be fitted in a special position centrally below the airship for use against U-boats.