List of Zeppelins
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This is a complete list of Zeppelins constructed by the original German Zeppelin companies from 1900 until 1938. Other types of rigid airships that are also sometimes referred to as zeppelins are not included.
The Zeppelin companies based in Friedrichshafen, Germany, numbered their aircraft LZ1/2/..., with LZ standing for "Luftschiff [airship] Zeppelin". Additionally, crafts used for civilian purposes usually got a name, while military airships, on the other hand, were given "tactical numbering":
- The German Army called its first Zeppelins Z I/II/.../XI/XII. During World War I they switched to using the LZ numbers, later adding 30 to obscure the total production.
- The German Navy Zeppelins were labelled L 1/2/....
Since 1997, airships of the new type Zeppelin NT have been flying. They are not included here, as they are not Zeppelins in the traditional sense.
[edit] Zeppelins finished before World War I
| Production number | Name / tactical numbering | Usage | First flight | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LZ1 | prototype | July 2, 1900 | see Zeppelin#The first Zeppelin | |
| LZ2 | experimental | January 17, 1906 | destroyed in accident after first flight; | |
| LZ3 | Z I | experimental; military | October 9, 1906 | sold to the German Army in 1908 after refitting; used as a school ship; decommissioned in 1913 |
| LZ4 | military (intended) | June 20, 1908 | destroyed in Echterdingen disaster; see Zeppelin | |
| LZ5 | Z II | experimental; military | May 26, 1909 | stranded near Weilburg in 1910 during a storm |
| LZ6 | experimental; civilian (DELAG) | August 25, 1909 | first experiments with wireless communication; first DELAG craft (see Zeppelin); accidentally destroyed in its hall in Baden-Oos in 1910 | |
| LZ7 | "Deutschland" | civilian (DELAG) | June 19, 1910 | damaged beyond repair in an accident above the Teutoburg Forest on June 28, 1910 |
| LZ8 | Ersatz "Deutschland II" | civilian (DELAG) | March 30, 1911 | pushed to the wall of its hall by strong wind and damaged beyond repair on May 16, 1911 |
| LZ9 | Ersatz Z II | military | October 2, 1911 | decommissioned August 1, 1914 |
| LZ10 | "Schwaben" | civilian (DELAG) | June 26, 1911 | transported 4354 passengers in 224 flights, travelling 27,321 km; destroyed June 28, 1912 in accident on the airfield in Düsseldorf |
| LZ11 | "Viktoria Luise" | civilian (DELAG); later military | February 19, 1912 | transported 9783 passengers in 489 flights, travelling 54,312 km; taken over as school ship by German military upon outbreak of World War I; broke apart while being halled in (i.e. put into its hall) on October 8, 1915 |
| LZ12 | Z III | military | April 25, 1912 | decommissioned August 1, 1914 |
| LZ13 | "Hansa" | civilian (DELAG); later military | July 30, 1912 | travelled 44,437 km in 399 flights; first regular flight outside Germany (to Denmark and Sweden); taken over by German military upon outbreak of World War I; decommissioned in summer 1916 |
| LZ14 | L 1 | military | October 7, 1912 | pushed down into the North Sea in a thunderstorm on September 9, 1913, drowning 14 crewmembers. This was the first Zeppelin incident in which fatalities occurred |
| LZ15 | Ersatz Z I | military | January 16, 1913 | destroyed in a forced landing on March 19, 1913 |
| LZ16 | Z IV | military | March 14, 1913 | accidentally crossed French border on April 3, 1913 in misty weather and was kept in Lunéville for one day. Performed some reconnaissance missions in World War I and attempted bombing of Warsaw and Lyck. Used as a school ship from 1915; decommissioned in autumn of 1916 |
| LZ17 | "Sachsen" | civilian; later military | May 3, 1913 | transported 9837 passengers in 419 flights, travelling 39,919 km; taken over by German military upon outbreak of World War I; decommissioned in autumn of 1916 |
| LZ18 | L 2 | military | September 9, 1913 | destroyed by an exploding engine on October 17, 1913 during a test flight; the entire crew was killed. |
| LZ19 | Second Ersatz Z I | military | June 6, 1913 | damaged beyond repair in a thunderstorm on April 13, 1914 |
| LZ20 | Z V | military | July 8, 1913 | used in World War I for reconnaissance missions in western Poland; forced landing after an attack on Mlawa during the Battle of Tannenberg; crew captured by enemy cavalry while trying to burn down the ship. |
| LZ21 | Z VI | military | November 10, 1913 | in World War I mainly used in Belgium as a bomber; damaged beyond repair during a bombing of Liège on August 6, 1914. |
| LZ22 | Z VII | military | January 8, 1914 | hit by infantry fire during reconnaissance mission in Alsace on August 21, 1914 and damaged beyond repair in subsequent forced landing in St. Quirin, Lorraine |
| LZ23 | Z VIII | military | May 11, 1914 | same orders as Z VII on August 21, 1914; forced landing behind enemy lines; captured and plundered by French army |
| LZ24 | L 3 | military | May 11, 1914 | 24 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea; participated in the first raid of England on January 20, 1915; destroyed by its crew after a forced landing (due to engine failure) in Denmark on February 17, 1915 |
| LZ25 | Z IX | military | July 13, 1914 | used for reconnaissance missions and bombings in northern France; destroyed by English bomber in its hall in Düsseldorf on October 8, 1914.The bomber was a single-seat Sopwith Tabloid flown by Flt Lt Reginald Marix, RNAS (later Air Vice Marshal); he had flown from Antwerp and the raid was the first strategic bombing raid by an aeroplane. |
[edit] Zeppelins constructed during World War I
Usage: military
| Production number | Tactical numbering | First flight | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| LZ26 | Z XII | December 14, 1914 | 11 attacks in northern France and at the eastern front, dropping 20,000 kg bombs; decommissioned on August 8, 1917. |
| LZ27 | L 4 | August 18, 1914 | 11 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea; participated in the first raid of England on January 20, 1915. Forced landing in Blavandshuk on February 17, 1915 due to a storm; the crew was taken captive, with four members reported missing in action. |
| LZ28 | L 5 | September 22, 1914 | 47 reconnaissance missions over North and Baltic Sea; proved especially useful in discovering enemy mines; two attack missions, dropping 700 kg bombs; damaged beyond repair by Russian air defence on August 7, 1915 |
| LZ29 | Z X | October 13, 1914 | two attacks on Calais and Paris, dropping 1800 kg bombs; on way back damaged by enemy fire and dismantled after forced landing in St. Quirin |
| LZ30 | Z XI | November 15, 1914 | used for raids on Warsaw, Grodno and other targets near the eastern front. Destroyed in an accident on May 20, 1915 |
| LZ31 | L 6 | November 3, 1914 | prominent role in repelling a British Navy attack on German coast on December 25, 1914; 36 reconnaissance missions around North Sea, including marking of mine fields; one successful raid on England, dropping 700 kg bombs. Took fire during refilling of gas in its hall at Fuhlsbuttel and burnt down together with L 9 on September 16, 1916. |
| LZ32 | L 7 | November 20, 1914 | 77 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea; several unsuccessful attempts to attack English coast. Brought down by British cruiser fire from HMS Phaeton and Galatea and destroyed by the submarine HMS E31 on May 4, 1916 |
| LZ33 | L 8 | December 17, 1914 | used for reconnaissance missions along the western front; damaged by enemy fire during a patrol mission, it stranded south of Ostend on March 5, 1915 |
| LZ34 | January 6, 1915 | two raids at the eastern front, dropping 1110 kg bombs; heavily damaged by enemy fire on June 21, 1915, burnt down following forced landing near Insterburg. | |
| LZ35 | January 11, 1915 | two raids on Paris and Poperinghe (Belgium), dropping 2420 kg bombs; forced landing near Aeltre (Belgium) due to heavy damage by enemy fire, then destroyed by a storm. | |
| LZ36 | L 9 | March 8, 1915 | 74 reconnaissance missions in the North Sea; four raids on England dropping 5683 kg bombs; several attacks on British submarines. Burnt down in its hall on September 16, 1916 together with L 6. |
| LZ37 | March 4, 1915 | brought down by Flt Sub-Lt R Warneford, 1 Sqdn RNAS, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L, during its first raid on Calais on June 7, 1915. Warneford was awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions. | |
| LZ38 | April 3, 1915 | Achieved first bombing raid on London on May 31, 1915 killing 7 and injuring 35 people (with material damage assessed at £18,596), five successful raids on Harwich, Ramsgate, Southend (twice) and London, dropping 8360 kg bombs. Destroyed by British bombing in its hall in Brussels. | |
| LZ39 | April 24, 1915 | three raids at the western, later two at the eastern front, dropping 4184 kg bombs in total. Heavily damaged by enemy fire on December 17, 1915 and decommissioned upon forced landing | |
| LZ40 | L 10 | May 13, 1915 | 8 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 5 attacks on England dropping 9900 kg bombs, including the first raid on London on August 17-18 1915 during which Leyton was bombed causing ten deaths and injuring 48 people. Destroyed in a thunderstorm on September 3, 1915 near Cuxhaven |
| LZ41 | L 11 | June 7, 1915 | 31 reconnaissance missions, notably during the Battle of Jutland; 12 raids on England dropping 15,543 kg bombs. Decommissioned on April 25, 1916 |
| LZ42 | LZ72 | June 15, 1915 | only used as a school ship, as skeleton metal was of poor quality; decommissioned in February 1917 |
| LZ43 | L 12 | June 21, 1915 | 5 reconnaissance missions; towed back to Ostend after taking heavy damage in a raid on London, Harwich and the Humber region on August 10, 1915 but burned down during subsequent disassembly. |
| LZ44 | LZ74 | July 8, 1915 | two attacks on England dropping 3500 kg bombs; dismantled after it crashed into a mountain in misty weather on October 8, 1915. |
| LZ45 | L 13 | July 23, 1915 | 45 reconnaissance missions; 15 attacks on England dropping 20,667 kg bombs; decommissioned on April 25, 1917 |
| LZ46 | L 14 | August 9, 1915 | most successful German Navy airship; 42 reconnaissance missions; 17 attacks on England dropping 22,045 kg bombs; taken out of service during 1917 and 1918. Destroyed by its crew on June 23, 1919. |
| LZ47 | LZ77 | August 24, 1915 | 6 attacks on England and France dropping 12,610 kg bombs. Destroyed by enemy fire on February 21, 1916 in the Battle of Verdun. |
| LZ48 | L 15 | September 9, 1915 | 8 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks on England dropping 5780 kg bombs. Damaged by ground fire from Dartford AA battery during a raid on London on April 1, 1916, it was stranded at Knock Deep in the Thames estuary and 17 members of the crew were captured, one having died. |
| LZ49 | LZ79 | August 2, 1915 | dropped 4440 kg in two attacks on Brest-Litovsk and Kovel and one attack on Paris on January 30, 1916; thereby hit by French fire and damaged beyond repair in forced landing near Ath. |
| LZ50 | L 16 | September 23, 1915 | 44 reconnaissance missions; 12 attacks on England dropping 18,048 kg bombs; delivered supplies to German isles in winter 1916. Damaged beyond repair in a forced landing near Brunsbüttel on October 19, 1917. |
| LZ51 | LZ81 | October 7, 1915 | used at the South-Eastern and the Western Front; transported a diplomatic commission over enemy Serbia on November 9, 1915; one attack on Etables (France) and two attacks on Bucharest, dropping 4513 kg bombs in total; stranded near Turnovo (Bulgaria) on September 27, 1916 |
| LZ52 | L 18 | November 3, 1915 | destroyed in shed fire at Tondem during refilling on November 17, 1915 |
| LZ53 | L 17 | October 20, 1915 | 27 reconnaissance missions; 9 attacks on England dropping 10,724 kg bombs. Destroyed in its hall on December 28, 1916 when LZ69 "L 24" broke its back and took fire across the hall's entrance. |
| LZ54 | L 19 | November 27, 1915 | One raid on England on January 31, 1916, dropping 1600 kg bombs; with three engines failing, it afterwards came under Dutch fire and sank in the North Sea, drowning all crew members as nearby English fishing trawler "King Stephen" refused any help to them. [Kapitan-Leutnant Loewe] |
| LZ55 | LZ85 | September 12, 1915 | 6 attacks dropping 14,200 kg on Dünaburg (Latvia), Minsk, the railroads of Riga, and Saloniki (three times); damaged by fire from Battleship HMS Agamemnon on May 5, 1916, it stranded in the Wardar marshes |
| LZ56 | LZ86 | October 10, 1915 | 7 attacks dropping 14,800 kg bombs along the Eastern and South-Eastern front; crashed on September 3, 1916 when the fore and aft nacelle broke away from the ships hull after a raid. |
| LZ57 | LZ87 | December 6, 1915 | 2 attacks on Ramsgate and Margate dropping 3000 kg bombs; in July 1916 handed to the German Navy; 16 reconnaissance missions around the Baltic Sea; later used as a school ship. Decommissioned in July 1917. |
| LZ58 | LZ88/L 25 | November 14, 1915 | 14 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks dropping 4249 kg bombs along the Western Front; in January 1917 handed to the German Navy who used it for experimenting. Decommissioned in September 1917. |
| LZ59 | L 20 | November 21, 1915 | 6 reconnaissance missions; 2 attacks on England dropping 2864 kg bombs; ran out of fuel after second attack on May 4, 1916 and stranded near Stavanger (Norway). The crew was taken into custody; Kapitänleutnant Stabbert escaped six months later. |
| LZ60 | LZ90 | January 1, 1916 | 4 attacks on Bar-le-Duc, Norwich, London and Etables, dropping 8860 kg bombs; on November 7, 1916 torn away towards the North Sea in a storm and never seen again. |
| LZ61 | L 21 | January 10, 1916 | 17 reconnaissance missions; 10 attacks on England dropping 14,442 kg bombs; intercepted and destroyed by English fighter pilot Flt-Lt Egbert Cadbury firing phosphor rounds off Lowestoft on November 28, 1916. |
| LZ62 | L 30 | May 28, 1916 | First of the "Super-Zeppelin" Class. 10 raids on England dropping 23,305 kg bombs (however causing limited damage due to poor sight); 31 reconnaissance missions above the North and Baltic Sea and at the Eastern Front; retired on November 17, 1917. In 1920 ordered to be transferred to Belgium in the context of war reparations, where it was disassembled. Some components, including an engine car, are preserved at the Royal Army and Military History Museum, Brussels. |
| LZ63 | LZ93 | February 23, 1916 | three attacks on Dunkirk, Mardick and Harwich, dropping 3240 kg bombs. Decommissioned in 1917. |
| LZ64 | L 22 | March 3, 1916 | 30 reconnaissance missions; 8 attacks on England, dropping 9215 kg bombs; destroyed by British Curtis H12 Flying Boat flown by RNAS Flight Commander Robert Leckie (later Air Vice Marshal) near Terschelling on May 14, 1917 during a reconnaissance mission. (Leckie was also credited in the downing on LZ112/L70) |
| LZ65 | LZ95 | February 1, 1916 | Destroyed by French anti-air fire on February 21, 1915 during an attempted attack on Vitry-le-François. |
| LZ66 | L 23 | April 8, 1916 | 51 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks on England dropping 5254 kg bombs; destroyed on August 21, 1917 by 2/Lt B A Smart flying Sopwith Pup launched from the cruiser HMS Yarmouth. Smart later led Tondern raid which destroyed L54 & L60 |
| LZ67 | LZ97 | April 4, 1916 | 4 attacks on London (twice), Boulogne and, later, Bucharest, dropping 5760 kg bombs, plus several unsuccessful flights in bad weather. Decommissioned on July 5, 1917. |
| LZ68 | LZ98 | April 28, 1916 | one attack on London dropping 1513 kg bombs, plus several flights aborted due to bad weather; handed to the German Navy in November 1916; 15 reconnaissance missions around the Baltic Sea. Decommissioned in August 1917. |
| LZ69 | L 24 | May 20, 1916 | 19 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 4 raids on England dropping 8510 kg bombs; crashed into a wall while being "halled in" on December 28, 1916 and burned down together with LZ53 "L17". |
| LZ70 | not realized | ||
| LZ71 | LZ101 | June 29, 1916 | stationed in Yambol (Bulgaria); 7 attacks dropping 11,934 kg bombs on Bucharest, Ciulniţa, Feteşti, Galaţi, Odessa, Mytilene, Iaşi and Mudros. Disassembled in September 1917. |
| LZ72 | L 31 | July 12, 1916 | one important reconnaissance mission in fleet operation against Sunderland; 6 attacks on England dropping 19,411 kg bombs; intercepted and destroyed by British fighter pilot Lt V Tempest on October 2, 1916 near Potters Bar, North of London, while commanded by the leading airship commander of the time, Kapitän Leutnant Heinrich Mathy, who perished with his entire crew. |
| LZ73 | LZ103 | August 23, 1916 | one successful attack on Calais dropping 1530 kg bombs (several other attacks being cancelled or aborted due to poor weather); decommissioned in August 1917 |
| LZ74 | L 32 | August 4, 1916 | one important reconnaissance mission in fleet operation against Sunderland; three attacks on England dropping 6860 kg bombs; intercepted and destroyed by British fighter pilot 2/Lt Frederick Sowrey in a BE2c on September 24, 1916 near Burstead, Essex. Kapitan-Leutnant Werner Petersen |
| LZ75 | L 37 | November 9, 1916 | 17 reconnaissance missions around the North and Baltic Sea and England; 4 raids dropping 6450 kg bombs; retired on December 24, 1917; transferred to Japan in 1920 (disassembled) |
| LZ76 | L 33 | August 30, 1916 | forced landing near Brentwood, Essex September 24, 1916 during its first mission, in which 3200 kg bombs had been dropped. The crew were only partly successful in burning the hull, and British engineers examined the skeleton and later used the plans as a basis for the construction of airships R33 and R34 Kapitan-Leutnant Alois Bocker. |
| LZ77 | LZ107 | October 16, 1916 | one attack on Boulogne, France, dropping 1440 kg bombs (several other raids being cancelled or aborted). Decommissioned in July 1917. |
| LZ78 | L 34 | September 22, 1916 | three reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping 3890 kg bombs; intercepted and destroyed by British fighter pilot 2/Lt Ian Pyott in BE2c 2738 off Hartlepool on November 28, 1916.Pyott was so close that his face was scorched |
| LZ79 | L 41 | January 15, 1917 | 15 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; four attacks on England dropping 6567 kg bombs; used as a school ship from December 11, 1917 on. Destroyed by its crew on June 23, 1919. |
| LZ80 | L 35 | October 20, 1916 | 13 reconnaissance missions around the North and Baltic Sea; three attacks on England dropping 4284 kg bombs; decommissioned in September 1918. |
| LZ81 | LZ111 | December 20, 1916 | not used in the German Army and transferred to Navy in May 1917; 7 reconnaissance missions around the Baltic Sea. Decommissioned on August 10, 1917. |
| LZ82 | L 36 | November 1, 1916 | 20 flights around the North Sea and England, including four reconnaissance missions; damaged during landing in fog at Rehben-an-der-Aller on February 7, 1917 and decommissioned. |
| LZ83 | LZ113 | February 22, 1917 | 15 reconnaissance missions around the Eastern Front and the Baltic Sea; three attacks dropping 6000 kg bombs. In 1920 ordered to be transferred to France in the context of war reparations. |
| LZ84 | L 38 | November 22, 1916 | damaged beyond repair in a forced landing (due to heavy snowfall) during an attempted raid on Reval and Petersburg on December 29, 1916 |
| LZ85 | L 45 | April 12, 1917 | 12 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 3 attacks on England dropping 4700 kg bombs. Ran out of fuel on October 20, 1917; destroyed in forced landing near Sisteron, France, the crew being taken captive. |
| LZ86 | L 39 | December 11, 1916 | two reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; one attack on England dropping 300 kg bombs, and on return destroyed by French flak fire near Compiègne on March 17, 1917. |
| LZ87 | L 47 | May 11, 1917 | 18 reconnaissance missions and three attacks dropping 3240 kg bombs around the North Sea and England. On January 5, 1918, a giant explosion in the air base in Ahlhorn destroyed four Zeppelins (including L 47) and one non-Zeppelin-type airship, distributed over 3 halls. This is supposed to have been an accident, though sabotage could not be ruled out. |
| LZ88 | L 40 | January 3, 1917 | 6 reconnaissance missions; 2 attacks on England, dropping 3105 kg bombs (large parts of which missed their targets). Damaged beyond repair in a failed landing on June 16, 1917 in Nordholz. |
| LZ89 | L 50 | June 9, 1917 | 5 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; two attacks on England dropping 4135 kg bombs. Ran out of fuel on October 20, 1917 and was driven to the Mediterranean Sea after a forced landing near Dammartin, France. |
| LZ90 | LZ120 | January 31, 1917 | 17 reconnaissance missions and 3 attacks dropping 11,250 kg bombs around the Eastern Front and the Baltic Sea. Retired on October 8, 1917; in 1920 ordered to be transferred to Italy in the context of war reparations, where it broke apart one year later while gas was removed. |
| LZ91 | L 42 | February 21, 1917 | First of the "Height-Climber" class, which had a lightened structure to improve altitude. The strength of the structure was therefore compromised, which proved disastrous when unwittingly copied, as with the British R38, and USS Shenandoah. 20 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England dropping 6030 kg bombs; used as a school ship from June 6, 1918 on. Destroyed by its crew on June 23, 1919. |
| LZ92 | L 43 | March 6, 1917 | 6 reconnaissance missions; one attack on English docks, dropping 1850 kg bombs. Shot down by British fighter aircraft on June 14, 1917 during reconnaissance mission. |
| LZ93 | L 44 | April 1, 1917 | 8 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England and British Royal Navy units. Driven south to France by a heavy storm, it was shot down above Lunéville on October 20, 1917. |
| LZ94 | L 46 | April 24, 1917 | 19 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 3 raids on England dropping 5700 kg bombs. Destroyed in the Ahlhorn explosion (see LZ87 "L 47"). |
| LZ95 | L 48 | May 22, 1917 | one reconnaissance mission successful. As part of an attempted attack on London with 3 others became lost and was then intercepted and destroyed by British fighters over sea near Great Yarmouth on 17 June 1917 crashing near Leiston. Two survivors |
| LZ96 | L 49 | June 13, 1917 | two reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; one raid on England dropping 2100 kg bombs; while returning, forced to land near Bourbonne-les-Bains on October 20, 1917 and captured almost undamaged by French forces. Plans derived from LZ96 were later used in the United States for construction of the first US "zeppelin", the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1). |
| LZ97 | L 51 | June 6, 1917 | 3 reconnaissance missions; one raid on the English coast, dropping 280 kg bombs. Destroyed in the Ahlhorn explosion (see LZ87 "L 47"). |
| LZ98 | L 52 | July 14, 1917 | 20 reconnaissance missions; accidentally placed above London by an unexpected storm during a raid, it dropped 2020 kg bombs there. Destroyed by its crew on June 23, 1919. |
| LZ99 | L 54 | August 13, 1917 | 14 reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping 5840 kg bombs; destroyed together with L 60 when seven British Sopwith Camel fighters from the first aircraft carrier, HMS Furious, bombed the halls in Tondern. (Only two fighters returned to the Furious, though three of the others landed in Denmark after running low on fuel.) |
| LZ100 | L 53 | August 8, 1917 | 19 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England, dropping 11,930 kg bombs. Intercepted and destroyed by British Sopwith Camel N6812 flown by Lt Culley RAF, who took off from a lighter towed by the destroyer HMS Redoubt, on August 11, 1918 |
| LZ101 | L 55 | September 1, 1917 | Two attacks dropping 5450 kg bombs. Heavily damaged in the second one on October 19, 1917, it drifted behind western front and rose to Zeppelin all-time world record altitude of 7600 m to escape; then dismantled upon forced landing. |
| LZ102 | L 57 | September 26, 1917 | not used in combat; foreseen for engagement in Africa. Damaged beyond repair by heavy wind on October 7, 1917. |
| LZ103 | L 56 | September 24, 1917 | 17 reconnaissance missions; participated in the last raid on England on August 6, 1918. Destroyed by its crew on June 23, 1919. |
| LZ104 | L 59 | October 10, 1917 | known as das Afrika-Schiff, stationed in Jamboli (Bulgaria); L 59 started out on a mission to resupply German troops in German East Africa, but turned back upon (false) reports of a German surrender; nevertheless, the ship broke a long-distance flight record (6757 km in 95 hours). One attack on Naples, Italy dropped 6350 kg of bombs. Crashed during a raid on Malta on April 7, 1918 for unknown reasons. |
| LZ105 | L 58 | October 29, 1917 | two reconnaissance missions; destroyed in the Ahlhorn explosion (see LZ87 "L 47") |
| LZ106 | L 61 | December 12, 1917 | 9 reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping 4500 kg bombs; in 1920 ordered to be transferred to Italy in the context of war reparations. |
| LZ107 | L 62 | January 19, 1918 | two reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping 5923 kg bombs; on the raid on 12/13 April 1918 her gunners managed to damage and drive away an attacking aeroplane, the only known instance of this happening. Crashed north of Helgoland on May 10, 1918: shot down by Felixstowe F2A flying-boat N4291, Capt TC Pattinson and Capt TH Munday |
| LZ108 | L 60 | December 18, 1917 | 11 reconnaissance missions; one attack on England dropping 3120 kg bombs; destroyed together with L 54 when British fighters bombed the halls. |
| LZ109 | L 64 | March 11, 1918 | 13 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea; one attack on England dropping 2800 kg bombs. In 1920 transferred to England as war reparations. Scrapped at short notice when shed required for the damaged British R36. |
| LZ110 | L 63 | March 4, 1918 | dropped 8915 kg bombs in three attacks on England, including participation in the last raid on England on August 6, 1918. Destroyed by its crew on June 23, 1919. |
| LZ111 | L 65 | April 17, 1918 | participated in last raid on England on August 6, 1918. Destroyed by its crew on June 23, 1919. |
| LZ112 | L 70 | July 1, 1918 | directed last raid on England on August 6, 1918, with KK Peter Strasser, Commander of the Navy Airship Department on board; intercepted and destroyed over North Sea by British DeHavilland DH-4 flown by Major Egbert Cadbury with Captain Robert Leckie (later Air Vice-Marshal) as gunner. Both these men shot down two Zeppelins: prior to L70, Cadbury had downed L21 and Leckie, L22. |
| LZ113 | L 71 | July 29, 1918 | not used in war; in 1920 ordered to be transferred to England in the context of war reparations. Scrapped at short notice when shed required for the damaged British R36. |
| LZ114 | L 72; in France: "Dixmude" | February 9, 1920 | not delivered because war ended; in 1920 ordered to be transferred to France in the context of war reparations. Vanished over Mediterranean, 1921. |
| LZ115 | not realized | ||
| LZ116 | not realized | ||
| LZ117 | not realized | ||
| LZ118 | not realized | ||
| LZ119 | not realized | ||
[edit] Zeppelins constructed after World War I
| Production number | Name | Usage | First flight | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LZ120 | "Bodensee"; in Italy: "Esperia" | civilian; in Italy: ? | August 20, 1919 | Included a first-class passenger section; used by DELAG until 1921, then ordered to be transferred to Italy in the context of war reparations. |
| LZ121 | "Nordstern"; in France: "Méditerranée" | civilian (intended); in France: ? | June 13, 1921 | Intended for regular flights to Stockholm; ordered to be transferred to France in the context of war reparations. |
| LZ122 | not realized | |||
| LZ123 | not realized | |||
| LZ124 | not realized (construction forbidden by World War I Allied Powers) | |||
| LZ125 | not realized | |||
| LZ126 | ZR-3, USS Los Angeles (in the United States) | experimental, military | August 27, 1924 | Ordered by the United States; transferred from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst in 81 hours and 2 minutes, arriving on October 15, 1924, 9:52. Most successful US airship. Dismantled in August 1940. |
| LZ127 | "Graf Zeppelin" | civilian | September 18, 1928 | Most successful airship in history; regular flights to North and South America; world tour in 1929, Arctic trip in 1931. Dismantled in 1940 upon order of Hermann Göring. |
| LZ128 | Project abandoned in favor of LZ129 | |||
| LZ129 | "Hindenburg" | civilian | March 4, 1936 | Intended for filling with helium gas instead of flammable hydrogen, which was, however, not made available. Regular voyages to North and South America. Destroyed in Hindenburg disaster on May 6, 1937. |
| LZ130 | "Graf Zeppelin II" | civilian | September 14, 1938 | Total 30 flights (36,550 km, 409 hrs), mainly flight testing but also electronic warfare and radio interception over English coast and Polish/German border. Modified for helium, but none provided by US. Last flight August 20, 1939. Dismantled in 1940 upon order of Hermann Göring. |
| LZ131 | not finished | |||
