HMS Tempest (H71) destroyer flotilla in supporting the small craft inshore, "within close range of the enemy's heavy batteries". "Tempest" remained with the Tenth Flotilla at Harwich until its dispersal in February 1919. In October 1919, she was recommissioned with a reduced compliment. In October 1930, "Tempest" was used to repatriate the bodies of 48 men who had been killed in the crash of the R101 airship near Beauvais in France. The bodies were carried by "Tempest" from Boulogne-Sur-Mer to Dover, from where they were taken by rail to lie in state at Westminster Hall. She was finally sold for scrapping on 28
1934 Air France Wibault 282T crash 1934 Air France Wibault 282T crash The 1934 Air France Wibault 282T crash occurred on 9 May 1934 when Wibault 282T-12 F-AMHY of Air France crashed into the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom while operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Le Bourget, Paris, France to Croydon, Surrey, United Kingdom. All six people on board were killed. The accident aircraft was Wibault 282T-12 F-AMHP, c/n 8. The aircraft had entered service with Air Union on 21 August 1933, passing to Air France on formation. The aircraft was operating a scheduled international passenger flight from Le Bourget, Paris, France