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  • RNAS Longside
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  • RNAS Longside is a former Royal Naval Air Service airship station located south of Longside, Aberdeenshire and north of Hatton, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was constructed in 1915 and was operational from 1916 until 1920 when the extensive buildings were demolished. It is sometimes referred to as RNAS Lenabo particularly by locals who termed the airships 'Lenobo Soo' a reference to the name of the area combined with the local dialect for a pig. It was the most northerly air ship station in mainland Britain. The air ships also used a small mooring site near Montrose in bad weather. The remit was to patrol the shipping lanes in the North Sea and the north east coast.
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  • GB-ABD
map caption
  • Location in Aberdeenshire
open to public
  • Yes, as a woodland
Name
  • RNAS LongsideRNAS LenaboRAF Longside
Type
  • Military - Airship station
Battles
Ownership
  • Air Department 1915-1918Air Ministry 1918-1920
used
  • 1916
native name
  • 90
Latitude
  • 57.474000
map type
  • Scotland Aberdeenshire
Longitude
  • -1.950000
controlledby
  • Royal Naval Air Service
Location
  • Longside, Aberdeenshire
abstract
  • RNAS Longside is a former Royal Naval Air Service airship station located south of Longside, Aberdeenshire and north of Hatton, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was constructed in 1915 and was operational from 1916 until 1920 when the extensive buildings were demolished. It is sometimes referred to as RNAS Lenabo particularly by locals who termed the airships 'Lenobo Soo' a reference to the name of the area combined with the local dialect for a pig. It was the most northerly air ship station in mainland Britain. The air ships also used a small mooring site near Montrose in bad weather. The remit was to patrol the shipping lanes in the North Sea and the north east coast. Since the airship station was decommissioned, it has been used as a forestry plantation and there is little indication of its former use.