User:Wikipedian7878/RMASFreedom
| File:The freedom.jpg The Freedom after being bombed by the Luftwaffe.
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| History | |
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| Name | RMAS Freedom |
| Namesake | Freedom |
| Ordered | October 6, 1928 |
| Laid down | June 21, 1919 |
| Launched | August 17, 1922 |
| Maiden voyage | August 15, 1922 |
| Fate | Stern blew up after a Luftwaffe air attack off of Isle of wight in 1939 |
| Status | Burned and sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 221,000 pounds (100 t) |
| Length | 788 feet (240 m) |
| Beam | 132.5 feet (40.4 m) (diameter) |
| Height | 156.6 feet (47.7 m) |
| Propulsion | Four wooden triple bladed propellers ran on steam. |
| Speed |
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| Range | 10,580 nautical miles (19,590 km; 12,180 mi) |
| Capacity | 100 passengers, 30 crew |
| Armour | Iron platesError: has synonymous parameter (help) |
| Armor | Double iron platesError: has synonymous parameter (help) |
| Aircraft carried | 6 airplanes |
The RMAS Freedom was a Royal airship built in 1919 and was bombed 6 times by the Luftwaffe estimated. The ship was shot down off the centered coast in Isle of Wight the ship sunk in the water as she went down. After the 780 foot long ship sunk into the water many pieces of hull and wreckage floated above the water and a plume of jet black smoke shot up against the water killing 10 nearby civilians watching the disaster. The smoke was so huge a explosion of mixed stirred up kerosene and fire blew up igniting a terrifying explosion in the air the explosion was so powerful it was heard in Southampton to London. It even knocked down 3 Luftwaffe bombers. After the disaster the site was in a black isle of ash there was still fire on the water too. No one aboard survived either, killing 140 people.