An airship was seen at night for five minutes by a manufacturer.
Standard, 25 February 1913, p. 9.
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The shape of an airship with lights seen.
Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, p. 9.
An airship without lights was seen overhead ‘with perfect distinctness, including wing attachments’ heading west-south-west towards Grimsby, by Captain Lundie and Second Officer Williams of the steamer City of Leeds out of Grimsby, bound for Hamburg. The Moon was shining brightly and the airship was seen for a full two minutes. It was observed with binoculars.
The Times, 3 March 1913, p. 7, 5 March 1913, p. 7; Manchester Guardian, 3 March 1913, p. 9, 5 March 1913, p. 7; Standard, 3 March 1913, p. 9; Globe, 3 March 1913, p. 7.
At 4.30am the two men from 1913-26 saw an airship over the lock. They could see the bulging cigar-shaped outline faintly, as well as its searchlight, three wheels and a ‘faint throbbing noise’.
Daily Herald, 26 February 1913, p. 3.
Lights seen, no further details.
Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, p. 9.
At 7.40pm, Mrs. Schofield, the wife of the manager of Singer’s Machine Company in Selby, saw two very powerful lights, one in front ‘like the headlight of a motor car’ and one 30 to 40 feet to the rear approaching while being driven to the village of Cawood. Having seen a flight of army airmen on their way to Montrose in Scotland the day before, she was able to estimate the airship’s height at some 1500 to 2000 feet. It disappeared from view within three or four minutes.
Standard, 26 February 1913, p. 7. On the flight to Montrose, see Globe, 21 February 1913, p. 12, 22 February 1913, p. 7.