The British airship that crashed in 1930 was R101.
R101 was a British rigid airship developed under the Imperial Airship Scheme, a government effort to create long-distance air routes across the British Empire. After modifications increased its length and lifting capacity, it began its first overseas voyage in October 1930.
On October 5, 1930, R101 crashed and burned near Beauvais in northern France. Forty-eight of the 54 people aboard died, including Lord Thomson, the Air Minister who had promoted the programme, and many members of the design team.
R101 is frequently confused with the German Hindenburg, which crashed at Lakehurst, New Jersey, in 1937. Another British airship, R100, was its privately designed competitor. The R101 disaster effectively ended Britain’s government-backed airship development.