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<h2 id="operators">Operators</h2> <a href="/facts/United_Kingdom/kuPAILt2">United Kingdom</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Royal_Naval_Air_Service/SNATPNh0">Royal Naval Air Service</a> / <a href="/facts/Royal_Air_Force/P10CbL5H">Royal Air Force</a></li></ul> <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/United_States_Army/WACWBEK9">United States Army</a></li></ul> <h2 id="specifications">Specifications</h2> <p><i>Data from</i> <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></p><p>General characteristics </p><ul><li>Crew: 5</li> <li>Length: 165 ft 0 in (50 m)</li> <li>Diameter: 35 ft 6 in (10.8 m)</li> <li>Height: 49 ft 0 in (15 m)</li> <li>Volume: 100,000 cu ft (2,800 m3)</li> <li>Useful lift: 2,240 lb (1,020 kg)</li> <li>Powerplant: 2 × <a href="/facts/Sunbeam_Motor_Car_Company/bftH8L7f">Sunbeam</a> , 100 hp (75 kW) each <i>or</i></li> <li>Powerplant: 2 × <a href="/facts/Rolls-Royce_Hawk/vt6P5lwv">Rolls-Royce Hawk</a> , 75 hp (56 kW) each</li></ul> <p>Performance </p> <ul><li>Maximum speed: 57 mph (92 km/h, 50 kn)</li> <li>Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6.1 m/s)</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/SS_class_airship/VyFI0JL9">Comparative specifications for all SS class variants</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/British_blimps_operated_by_the_USN/nzn4Aq1m">British blimps operated by the USN</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Naval_Air_Service/Nk7wJbR6">List of aircraft of the Royal Naval Air Service</a></li></ul> <h3>Notes</h3> <h3>Bibliography</h3> <ul><li>Whale, George (2008). <i>British Airships: Past Present and Future</i>. Toronto, Canada: Bastian Books. p. 124. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-554-30772-5.</li> <li>Mowethorpe, Ces (1995). <i>Battlebags British Airships of the First World War</i>. Gloucestershire, UK: Alan Sutton Publishing. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-7509-0989-7.</li> <li>Shock, James R. (2002). <i>U.S. Army Airships 1908-1942</i>. Atlantis Productions, Edgewater Florida. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-9639743-9-4.</li> <li>Shock, James R. (2001). <i>U.S. Navy Airships 1915-1962</i>. Atlantis Productions, Edgewater Florida. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-9639743-8-6.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/ss/index.html">SS-class airships on the Airship Heritage Trust website</a></li> <li><a href="http://aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/Technical%20Spec/SST%20Airships.htm">SST-class airship specifications and logs on the Airship Heritage Trust website</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Submarine Scout Class" Airship Heritage Trust. Retrieved on 25 March 2009. <a href="http://aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/ss/index.html" target="_blank">http://aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/ss/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>TAnti-Submarine Warfare in World War I: British Naval Aviation. Retrieved on 13 September 2018. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=HXyTAgAAQBAJ&dq=mines+destroyed+submarine+scout+airships&pg=PA103" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=HXyTAgAAQBAJ&dq=mines+destroyed+submarine+scout+airships&pg=PA103</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Whale (2008), p.61. <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Ship Identification : SST AIRSHIPS". AHT. Retrieved on 26 March 2009. <a href="http://aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/Technical%20Spec/SST%20Airships.htm" target="_blank">http://aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/Technical%20Spec/SST%20Airships.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Ship Identification : SST AIRSHIPS". AHT. Retrieved on 26 March 2009. <a href="http://aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/Technical%20Spec/SST%20Airships.htm" target="_blank">http://aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/Technical%20Spec/SST%20Airships.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Ship Identification : SST AIRSHIPS". AHT. Retrieved on 26 March 2009. <a href="http://aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/Technical%20Spec/SST%20Airships.htm" target="_blank">http://aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/Technical%20Spec/SST%20Airships.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Whale (2008), p.62. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"Submarine Scout Class" Airship Heritage Trust. Retrieved on 25 March 2009. <a href="http://aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/ss/index.html" target="_blank">http://aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/ss/index.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>See comparative specifications for all SS class variants <a href="/wiki/SS_class_airship#Comparative_specifications" target="_blank">/wiki/SS_class_airship#Comparative_specifications</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Whale (2008), p.62. <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Shock, James R., U.S. Navy Airships 1915-1962, 2001, Atlantis Productions, Edgewater Florida, ISBN 0-9639743-8-6, page 43 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Shock, James R., U.S. Army 1908-1942, Airships 1908-1942, 2002, Atlantis Productions, Edgewater Florida, ISBN 0-9639743-9-4, page 49 <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"Twenty-one Years of Airship Progress" p87 Flight, 3 January 1930 Retrieved on 27 March 2009. <a href="http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0%20-%200087.html" target="_blank">http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1930/untitled0%20-%200087.html</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Ship Identification : SST AIRSHIPS". AHT. Retrieved on 26 March 2009. <a href="http://aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/Technical%20Spec/SST%20Airships.htm" target="_blank">http://aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/Technical%20Spec/SST%20Airships.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>