Historic World War One airship station site up for sale in £4 million Aberdeenshire forestry deal [Grampian Online]
Date: 15/11/2023
The site of the former Lenabo Airship Station (RNAS Longside) established in 1915 is included in a major forestry site sale.
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Historic World War One airship station site up for sale in £4 million Aberdeenshire forestry deal
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The site of the former Lenabo Airship Station (RNAS Longside) established in 1915 is included in a major forestry site sale.
RNAS Longside - RAILSCOT
RNAS Longside
This was a Great War airship station (opened 1918) built for defence of shipping by spotting submarines from the air. There were landing sites and storage sheds. It was built for Air Ministry, Royal F
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Deep in the forest at Lenabo, Aberdeenshire, is the trackbed of the railway running north from the the WW1 Royal Naval Airship Station to meet the GNSR Maud - Peterhead line near the site of Longside station. RNAS Longside became Operational in 1917, providing patrols across the North Sea and was rail-served from the start of construction.
Location: RNAS Longside
Company: RNAS Longside Branch
20/06/2015 Brian Taylor
Location: RNAS Longside
Company: RNAS Longside Branch
20/06/2015 Brian Taylor
Remains of the former RNAS Longside (better known as Lenabo) airfield. During the Great War airships based here were used in defence of shipping by spotting submarines from the air. It was served by a branch from [[Longside]] station on the Formartine and Buchan Railway.
Location: RNAS Longside
Company: RNAS Longside Branch
//1999 Ewan Crawford
Location: RNAS Longside
Company: RNAS Longside Branch
//1999 Ewan Crawford
'Ohhh... Grandpa, what big feet you have!''All the better to show the scale of these old moorings my dear...'
Adjacent to the railway siding at the former Longside Airship Station are mooring rings and anchor blocks, once used to tie-down the airships. Evidence of the massive hangars, 150m long and 30m high, can also be found here.(For the record the brogues are size 10!) See image [[52311]]
Location: RNAS Longside
Company: RNAS Longside Branch
20/06/2015 Brian Taylor
Location: RNAS Longside
Company: RNAS Longside Branch
20/06/2015 Brian Taylor
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