RNAS Kingsnorth
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For other stations named RAF Kingsnorth, see RAF Kingsnorth.
RNAS Kingsnorth was a First World War Royal Navy air station for airships, initially operating as an experimental and training station, it later moved on to large scale production of airships. It also provided anti-submarine patrols. A number of experimental and prototype blimps were designed and tested there and until 1916, it was the lead airship training establishment in the Royal Naval Air Service.[1]
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Airport type | Military |
Location | Kingsnorth, Isle of Grain |
Opened | April 1914 |
Closed | August 1921 |
Commander | Commander Neville Usborne RNVR |
Occupants | Royal Naval Air Service Royal Air Force |
Coordinates | 51°25′22″N 0°36′07″E |
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It was located at the southeastern coast of the Hoo Peninsula in Kent.[2]
It is not to be confused with RAF Kingsnorth, a separate airfield in southern Kent under RAF control before and during World War II.