Dreadnought HolidayPermit me to suggest the claim on Wikipedia that His Majesty's Airship Number One "provided valuable technical experience for British airship designers" is an overly sunny assessment of the featured predicament.
mossman@DreadShips is this just a staggering coincidence or were you also inspired by the Guardian's page of historical photos from Barrow-in-Furness which I was looking at just a couple of hours ago...?!
@mossman it reminded me of it, yes!