The cars are provided underneath with an extraordinarily strong conical structure, which takes the shock of striking the ground and distributes it over the whole car. Aeroplanes are now fitted, one each side of the keel, well forward. Ships of this class which have been built:-- ~LEBAUDY I~ ~French Military Airship.~ Rebuilt 1909 into _Lebaudy II_. } now 1. ~LEBAUDY II~ " " Original _Lebaudy I_ rebuilt. ~Known as~ _Le Jaune_.} discarded 2. ~PATRIE~ Lost in a storm. 3. ~REPUBLIQUE~ ~French Military Airship.~ Wrecked Autumn, 1909. 4. ~LA RUSSIE~ ~Sold to Russian Government.~ Now _Lebed_. 5. ~LIBERTE~ ~French Military Airship.~ 6. ~CAPITAINE MARECHAL~ " " 7. ~"MORNING POST"~ ~British Military.~ (_Lebaudy III._) Wrecked 1911 8. ~LIEUT. SELLE DE BEAUCHAMP.~ ~French Military Airship.~ 9. New ship of 17,000 m cubed building. " " To Lebaudy designs:-- ~ONE~ ~Austrian Military Airship.~ ----------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------ | | ~CAPITAINE~ | ~SELLE DE~ | New ship. Name | ~LIBERTE~ | ~MARECHAL.~ |~BEAUCHAMP.~ | _Building._ Date | ~1909.~ | ~1911.~ | ~1911.~ | ~1913-14.~ Service | Military. | Military. | Military. | Military. ----------------------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------+------------------ ~Volume~ c. feet (m cubed)| 4800 | 7500 | 8000 | 17,000 ~Length~ feet (m.)| 220 (67) | 279 (85) | 292 (89) | ~Diameter~ feet (m.)| 35-1/2 (10.80) | 42 (12.80) | 48 (14.00) | {fabric | Lebaudy | Lebaudy | Lebaudy | ~Gasbags~ { | | | | {ballonets | 1 | ... | ... | {total tons| 4-1/2 | ... | 9 | ~Lift~ { | | | | {useful tons| ... | ... | ... | ~Motors~ h.p.| 1--135 Panhard | 2--80 Panhard | 2--80 Panhard | {number | 2 wood | 2 wood | 2 wood |