Airship Memorial at Hull Western Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Kingston upon Hull, City of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 2002. Memorial.

Airship Memorial at Hull Western Cemetery

WRENN ID
fallen-soffit-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kingston upon Hull, City of
Constituency
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham MP: Dame Diana Johnson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 2002
Type
Memorial
Address
Airship Memorial at Hull Western Cemetery, Chanterlands Avenue
OS grid reference
TA 071 295
Coordinates
53.75131, -0.37631
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Airship Memorial at Hull Western Cemetery is a memorial built in 1924, made of Portland stone and bronze. It features a free-standing stone chest topped with a stone cross. The low stone chest has projections at either end, which hold bronze plaques. One plaque lists the names of 28 British servicemen, while the other lists 16 American servicemen who died in the disaster on August 24, 1921. The airship, R38/ZR.2, was constructed at Howden and tragically exploded, falling into the River Humber during its final trial flight.

Local climate

Airship Memorial at Hull Western Cemetery receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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