Zeppelin LZ 30
LZ 30 was the 30th airship built by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and the 14th operated by the Imperial German Army. It served under the military designation Z XI from November 1914 to May 1915.
History
The maiden flight of LZ 30 took place on 15 November 1914. The Army took delivery of the airship under the designation Z XI.[1]
Z XI was stationed in Poznań for wartime operations. From there, it conducted bombing raids on cities including Warsaw, Grodno, and Kaunas.[1]
Fate
On 20 May 1915, Z XI was damaged while being moved out of its airship hangar in Poznań and was driven off by adverse winds. During its descent, the airship caught fire and was destroyed.[1]
Legacy
The gondola is preserved at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels[2], and is currently on loan to the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen[3].
Specifications
- Gas volume: 22,500 m³ hydrogen
- Length: 158.0 m
- Diameter: 14.90 m
- Payload: 9.2 t
- Propulsion: Three Maybach engines, each with 210Ps
- Speed: 22.5 m/s (81 km/h)
See also
References
- ^ a b c Peter Meyer: Luftschiffe – Die Geschichte der deutschen Zeppeline, Wehr & Wissen, Koblenz/Bonn 1980
- ^ Vernetzung der Welt über den Atlantik. In: Südkurier, 20 December 2019, author abbreviation: rac.
- ^ "100 Jahre Transatlantikflug: Als der Zeppelin die Welt eroberte". stern.de. Retrieved 2024-04-04.
External links
- LZ 30 at ASN