The crash of R.101 ended British interest in dirigibles during the pre-war period.
Thos W Ward Ltd of Sheffield salvaged what they could of the wreckage, the work continuing through 1931.
Although it was stipulated that none of the wreckage should be kept for souvenirs, Wards made small dishes impressed with the words "Metal from R.101", as they frequently did with the metal from ships or industrial structures that they had worked on.

The Zeppelin Company purchased five tons of duralumin from the wreck.
The airship's competitor, R.100, despite a more successful development programme and a satisfactory, although not entirely trouble-free, transatlantic trial flight, was grounded immediately after R101 crashed.
The R.100 remained in its hangar at Cardington for a year whilst the fate of the Imperial Airship programme was decided.
In November 1931, the R.100 was broken up and sold for scrap.

At the time, the Imperial Airship Scheme was a controversial project because of the large sums of public money involved and because some doubted the utility of airships.
Subsequently, there has been controversy about the R.101's merits.
The extremely poor relationship between the R.100 team and both Cardington and the Air Ministry created a climate of resentment and jealousy that may have rankled.
Neville Shute's autobiography was serialised by the Sunday Graphic on its publication in 1954 and was misleadingly promoted as containing sensational revelations, and the accuracy of his account is a cause of contention among airship historians.
Barnes Wallis later expressed scathing criticism of the design although they may in part reflect personal animosities.
Nevertheless, his listing of Richmond's "overweening vanity" as a major cause of the debacle and the fact that he had not designed it as another say little for his objectivity.

On 27 November 2014, 84 years after the disaster, Baroness Smith of Basildon, together with members of the Airship Heritage Trust, unveiled a memorial plaque to the R.101 in St Stephens Hall in the Palace of Westminster.
The crash of R.101 ended British interest in dirigibles during the pre-war period. Thos W Ward Ltd of Sheffield salvaged what they could of the wreckage, the work continuing through 1931. Although it was stipulated that none of the wreckage should be kept for souvenirs, Wards made small dishes impressed with the words "Metal from R.101", as they frequently did with the metal from ships or industrial structures that they had worked on.
The Zeppelin Company purchased five tons of duralumin from the wreck. The airship's competitor, R.100, despite a more successful development programme and a satisfactory, although not entirely trouble-free, transatlantic trial flight, was grounded immediately after R101 crashed. The R.100 remained in its hangar at Cardington for a year whilst the fate of the Imperial Airship programme was decided. In November 1931, the R.100 was broken up and sold for scrap.
At the time, the Imperial Airship Scheme was a controversial project because of the large sums of public money involved and because some doubted the utility of airships. Subsequently, there has been controversy about the R.101's merits. The extremely poor relationship between the R.100 team and both Cardington and the Air Ministry created a climate of resentment and jealousy that may have rankled. Neville Shute's autobiography was serialised by the Sunday Graphic on its publication in 1954 and was misleadingly promoted as containing sensational revelations, and the accuracy of his account is a cause of contention among airship historians. Barnes Wallis later expressed scathing criticism of the design although they may in part reflect personal animosities. Nevertheless, his listing of Richmond's "overweening vanity" as a major cause of the debacle and the fact that he had not designed it as another say little for his objectivity.
On 27 November 2014, 84 years after the disaster, Baroness Smith of Basildon, together with members of the Airship Heritage Trust, unveiled a memorial plaque to the R.101 in St Stephens Hall in the Palace of Westminster.
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