List of Zeppelins

This is a list of all the zeppelins that have been planned, designed and built by the Zeppelin companies. The term zeppelin is often used as a generic name for rigid airships or airships in general.

The following classification into zeppelins before, during and after the First World War is based on the date of completion. Some “pre-war zeppelins” were also used in the fighting. With the Second World War , all Zeppelin airship activities ended in 1940. In September 1993 the Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH & Co. KG (ZLG) was re-established to manufacture the Zeppelin NT .

Numbering and classes

The Zeppelin airships were divided into classes from A to X, with the Zeppelin military airships of the pre-war class M and the war-built classes P (22 ships), Q (12 ships), R (17 ships) and V ( 10 ships) were the most frequently built. The type Q was a modification of the type P with a 15 m long cylindrical adapter with a further gas cell, otherwise both classes were technically identical

Class R represented the first class of the so-called super zeppelins, which were almost 200 m long and were subsequently used as high-altitude bomb carriers ( altitude climbers ). The type ship of this new class was LZ 62 (L30), whereby the type Q was still being built for the army for some time, as the army did not have sufficiently large airship halls for the giant zeppelins. The ships of the classes W and X were enlarged again and were 226 m long.

The Luftschiffbau Zeppelin company in Friedrichshafen provided their constructions with a consecutive construction or production number in the form of "LZ" plus a running Arabic number, where "LZ" stands for "Luftschiff Zeppelin". Vehicles that were used for civil purposes have also been given a name since construction number "LZ 7". The German military airships, on the other hand, were (as is usual with all navies in the world) provided with a "tactical number" (this also applies to military airships of other systems):

• The army called its first zeppelins "Z" plus Roman numerals, e.g. B. "ZI" to "Z XII" (= construction number LZ 26). The designation "Z XIII" was not used because the commander-designate was superstitious; instead, the construction number "LZ 35" also became a tactical name. Arabic numerals were then also used because a continuation with Roman numerals would soon have been very cumbersome and the execution (as a name at the tip of the nose) would have been quite long. The army airships LZ 35 to LZ 39 had names that corresponded to their hull number. Starting with construction number LZ 42, the name of the army airships resulted from the current construction number plus "30", the production number LZ 42 was given the name (read: the tactical designation) "LZ 72". Whether this “leap in numbers” had anything to do with “obfuscation” remains to be seen. In practice, the war opponents were very well informed about the current production of the airships, and this did not only become apparent after the war. In January 1917, the army then stopped using airships.
• The navy used the tactical designation "L" (= airship) plus a running Arabic number for the airships of the Zeppelin type.

List of Zeppelins

Built before the First World War

Work no.	Name / tactical numbering	Application area	Volume (m³)	First trip	Remarks	Last drive
LZ 1		prototype	11,300	July 2, 1900	scrapped	October 24, 1900
LZ 2		experimental	11,300	November 30, 1905	in case of accident after emergency landing at the second trip in Kißlegg destroyed	January 17, 1906
LZ 3	ZI	experimental; army	11,300 / 12,200	October 9, 1906	sold to the army after reconstruction in 1908; used as a training ship; Disarmed in 1913	?
LZ 4		military (planned)	15,000	June 20, 1908	destroyed in the misfortune of real things ; see Zeppelin ; no victims	5th August 1908
LZ 5	Z II	experimental; army	15,000	May 26, 1909	Stranded near Weilburg an der Lahn during a storm in 1910	April 24, 1910
LZ 6		experimental; civil ( DELAG )	15,000 / 16,000	August 25, 1909	first radio attempts; first DELAG airship ; September 14, 1910 negligently destroyed (burned) in his hall in Baden-Oos	?
LZ 7	"Germany"	civil ( DELAG )	19,300	June 19, 1910	Irreparably damaged in an accident over the Teutoburg Forest	June 28, 1910
LZ 8	Replacement "Germany"	civil ( DELAG )	19,300	March 30, 1911	On May 16, 1911, under the command of Hugo Eckener for the first time, a gust of wind pressed against the wall of the airport hall in Düsseldorf and damaged beyond repair.	May 16, 1911
LZ 9	Replacement Z II	army	16,500 / 17,800	October 2, 1911	disarmed on August 1, 1914	?
LZ 10	"Swabia"	civil ( DELAG )	16,500	June 26, 1911	transported 4,354 passengers in 224 journeys and covered 27,321 km; destroyed in an accident on the airfield in Düsseldorf on June 28, 1912 .	?
LZ 11	"Viktoria Luise"	civil ( DELAG ); later: Army	18,700	February 19, 1912	transported 9,783 passengers in 489 journeys and covered 54,312 km; Taken over by the army in August 1914, subordinated to the OHL and stationed in Frankfurt under the command of Hptm. Lempertz., later used as a training ship; broke apart on October 8, 1915 when the building was closed.	?
LZ 12	Z III	army	16,500	April 25, 1912	disarmed on August 1, 1914	?
LZ 13	"Hansa"	civil ( DELAG ); later: Army	18,700	July 30, 1912	Covered 44,437 km on 399 journeys with 6,217 passengers; first scheduled trip abroad (to Denmark and Sweden ); after the outbreak of the First World War conversion to a military airship, construction of a platform on the ridge of the ship for 2 machine guns; Attack trips to France and reconnaissance trips over the Baltic Sea (capture of Libau). From spring 1915 used as a training ship in Berlin-Johannisthal; over 500 trips via Berlin; There were also weeks of radio tests between the steamer Siegesfürst on the Müggelsee and at the same time tests to what extent the enemy could disrupt airship traffic; Disarmed in Jüterbog in August 1916	?
LZ 14	L 1	marine	22,500	October 7, 1912	was pushed into the sea during a thunderstorm over the North Sea; 14 crew members drowned	September 9, 1913
LZ 15	Replacement ZI	army	22,500	January 16, 1913	destroyed in an emergency landing	March 19, 1913
LZ 16	Z IV	army	19,500	March 14, 1913	Accidentally crossed the French border in thick fog on April 3, 1913 and was detained in Lunéville for a day . Subordinated to the 8th Army in East Prussia in August 1914 and stationed in Königsberg from August to October 1914 under the command of Captain von Quast; including some night reconnaissance trips to fortress Osowiec and Schaulen , later bombing raids on Warsaw and Elk . Used as a training ship from 1915; as obsolete, scrapped in Jüterbog in autumn 1916 .	?
LZ 17	"Saxony"	civil ( DELAG ); later: Navy	22,500 / 20,900	May 3, 1913	transported 9,837 passengers in 419 journeys and covered 39,919 km; chartered by the Navy as a training ship at the outbreak of the First World War. Disarmed in autumn 1916.	?
LZ 18	L 2	marine	27,000	September 9, 1913	destroyed in an engine explosion; the entire crew was killed.	October 17, 1913
LZ 19	Second replacement ZI	army	22,500	June 6, 1913	irreparably damaged in a thunderstorm on June 13, 1914	?
LZ 20	ZV	army	22,500	July 8, 1913	used for reconnaissance trips over western Poland in World War I ; Emergency landing during the Battle of Tannenberg after an attack on Mława ; while trying to set the ship on fire, the crew was caught by enemy cavalry and were taken prisoner.	August 23, 1914
LZ 21	Z VI 'Cologne'	army	20,870	November 10, 1913	Stationed in Cologne in August 1914 under the command of Captain Kleinschmidt and subordinated directly to the OHL. Damaged by fire during the night attack on Liège , emergency landed near Bonn after loss of gas and scrapped there. Successor: LZ 17.	August 6, 1914
LZ 22	Z VII	army	22,140	January 8, 1914	Stationed in Baden-Oos in August 1914 under the command of Captain Jacobi and subordinated directly to the OHL. Hit by infantry fire during a reconnaissance mission in Alsace at an altitude of only 1,500 m during tactical reconnaissance and irreparably damaged during an emergency landing in Saint-Quirin , Lorraine .	August 23, 1914
LZ 23	Z VIII	army	22,140	May 11, 1914	In August 1914 stationed in Trier under the command of Captain Andrée and directly subordinated to the OHL. On 22./23. August 1914 with the same mission (reconnaissance and bombing) as Z VII on the way; After its emergency landing behind enemy lines, it temporarily fell into the hands of French soldiers and was looted. However, the team managed to get through to the German lines and deliver the reconnaissance reports.	August 23, 1914
LZ 24	L 3	marine	22,470	May 11, 1914	24 reconnaissance trips over the North Sea; took part in the first air raid on England on January 19, 1915; because of engine damage in a storm near Fanø / Denmark and destroyed by his team. Crew interned in Denmark .	February 17, 1915
LZ 25	Z IX	army	22,470	July 13, 1914	In August 1914 under the command of Captain Horn in Düsseldorf, directly subordinated to the OHL and deployed for reconnaissance and bombing trips in northern France, including the two only long-range reconnaissance missions of the army airship on September 1, 1914 against Ghent and on September 25, 1914 against Boulogne ; Destroyed by a targeted bomb attack by an RNAS aircraft on his hall in Düsseldorf on October 8, 1914.	?

Built during the First World War

Work no.	Name / tactical numbering	Application area	Volume (m³)	First trip	Remarks	Last drive
LZ 26	Z XII	army	25,000	December 14, 1914	11 raids in northern France and on the eastern front, dropping 20,000 kg of bombs; After abandoning the army airship service, it was scrapped in Jüterbog on August 8, 1917.	?
LZ 27	L 4	marine	22,470	August 18, 1914	11 reconnaissance trips over the North Sea; took part in the first air raid on England on January 19, 1915. Weather-related emergency landing in Blåvands Huk on February 17, 1915; Most of the crew was able to escape from the damaged airship, the relieved wreck rose unguided (with four men on board - missing), the rest of the crew was interned in Denmark .	February 17, 1915
LZ 28	L 5	marine	22,470	September 22, 1914	47 reconnaissance trips across the North and Baltic Seas ; especially useful for tracking down enemy sea ​​mines ; two attack runs, thereby dropping 700 kg bombs; Damaged and stranded on August 7, 1915 in the attack on Dünamünde by Russian defensive fire after hits.	August 7, 1915
LZ 29	ZX	army	22,470	October 13, 1914	two attacks on Calais and Paris , dropping 1,800 kg bombs; Damaged by enemy fire on the way back and broken up after an emergency landing in Saint-Quentin .	March 20, 1915
LZ 30	Z XI	army	22,470	November 11, 1914	Used for attacks on Warsaw , Grodno and other targets near the Eastern Front. Burned down when it was brought out of the hall in Poznan on May 20, 1915.	May 20, 1915
LZ 31	L 6	marine	22,470	November 3, 1914	played an important role in repelling a British naval attack on the German coast on December 25, 1914; 36 reconnaissance trips across the North Sea and the surrounding area, marking minefields; a successful attack against England, dropping 700 kg bombs. Catched fire on September 16, 1916 when refilling gas in his hall in Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel and burned together with L 9 .	September 19, 1915
LZ 32	L 7	marine	22,470	November 20, 1914	77 reconnaissance trips over the North Sea; several unsuccessful attempts to attack the English coast. Shot down on fire from a British submarine on May 4, 1916 after being hit by British cruisers .	May 4, 1916
LZ 33	L 8	marine	22,470	December 17, 1914	Reconnaissance trips along the western front; stranded at Tienen on March 5, 1915 after being damaged by enemy fire .	March 5, 1915
LZ 34	LZ 34	army	22,470	January 6, 1915	two raids on the Eastern Front, dropping 1,110 kg bombs; Badly damaged by enemy fire on June 21, 1915; burned after an emergency landing near Insterburg .	May 21, 1915
LZ 35	LZ 35	army	22,470	January 1, 1915	two attacks on Paris and Poperinge ( Belgium ), during which 2,420 kg bombs were dropped; Emergency landing near Aeltre (Belgium) due to severe fire damage , then destroyed in a storm.	April 13, 1915
LZ 36	L 9	marine	24,900	March 8, 1915	74 reconnaissance trips over the North Sea; four attacks on England, during which 5,683 kg bombs were dropped; several attacks on British submarines. Burned on September 16, 1916 together with L 6 in his hall in Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel .	September 16, 1916
LZ 37	LZ 37	army	22,470	March 4, 1915	After the first attack voyage to Calais on 6/7. June 1915 by the British fighter pilot Flt.Sub-Lt. Reginald Alexander John Warneford of the RNAS near Ghent was shot down while burning. The commandant was Otto van der Haegen .	June 7, 1915
LZ 38	LZ 38	army	31,900	April 3, 1915	five successful attacks on Harwich , Ramsgate , Southend (twice) and London , dropping 8,360 kg of bombs. Destroyed by British bombs on his hall in Brussels .	June 7, 1915
LZ 39	LZ 39	army	22,900	April 24, 1915	three raids on the western and later two on the eastern front, dropping 4,184 kg of bombs in total. Badly damaged by enemy fire on December 17, 1915 and disarmed after an emergency landing.	December 18, 1915
LZ 40	L 10	marine	31,900	May 13, 1915	8 reconnaissance trips across the North Sea and the surrounding area; 5 attacks on England, during which 9,900 kg bombs were dropped. Burned by lightning in the air near Cuxhaven on September 3, 1915 .	September 3, 1915
LZ 41	L 11	marine	31,900	June 7, 1915	31 reconnaissance trips, particularly during the Battle of Skagerrak ; 12 raids against England, dropping 15,543 kg bombs. Disarmed as obsolete on April 25, 1916	?
LZ 42	LZ 72	army	31,900	June 15, 1915	poor quality rib material, therefore only used as a training ship; Disarmed as obsolete on February 16, 1917	?
LZ 43	L 12	marine	31,900	June 21, 1915	5 reconnaissance trips; Ditching on the canal after an attack on London , Harwich and the Humber on August 10, 1915. Is brought in to Ostend and then moored at “Cockerill-Kai” (Cockerillkaaj). During the repair work, the airship catches fire; the remains were scrapped.	August 10, 1915
LZ 44	LZ 74	army	31,900	July 8, 1915	two raids against England, thereby dropping 3,500 kg bombs; collided with a mountain in fog on October 8, 1915 and was scrapped.	October 8, 1915
LZ 45	L 13	marine	31,900	July 23, 1915	45 reconnaissance trips; 15 raids against England, dropping 20,667 kg bombs; disarmed on April 25, 1917	?
LZ 46	L 14	marine	31,900	August 9, 1915	most successful German naval airship; 42 reconnaissance trips; 17 raids against England, dropping 22,045 kg bombs; No longer used in 1917 and 1918. Destroyed by his crew on June 23, 1919, the day the Imperial High Seas Fleet submerged in Scapa Flow .	?
LZ 47	LZ 77	army	31,900	August 24, 1915	6 attacks against England and France, dropping 12,610 kg of bombs. Shot down while burning by enemy fire in the Battle of Verdun .	February 21, 1916
LZ 48	L 15	marine	31,900	September 9, 1915	8 reconnaissance trips; 3 attacks against England, dropping 5,780 kg bombs. Stranded on April 1, 1916 in an attack on London, damaged by anti-aircraft fire, near the Thames estuary descended; the crew was taken prisoner.	April 1, 1916
LZ 49	LZ 79	army	31,900	August 2, 1915	4,440 kg bombs dropped in five attacks against: Brest-Litovsk and Kovel on 10/11. August 1915; Kobrin-Pinsk on 25/26. August 1915; England September 13, 1915; la Creuzof on 25/26. January 1916 and against Paris on 29/30. January 1916 hit by French defensive fire and irreparably damaged in an emergency landing near Ath without personal injury	January 30, 1916
LZ 50	L 16	marine	31,900	September 23, 1915	44 reconnaissance trips; 12 attacks against England, during which 18,048 kg bombs were dropped; Supply trips to German islands in the winter of 1916/17; only landing of an airship on a German North Sea island while staying on Juist on February 8, 1917. As a training ship during an emergency landing near Brunsbüttel on October 19, 1917, it was irreparably damaged and scrapped.	October 19, 1917
LZ 51	LZ 81	army	35,800	October 7, 1915	Deployment on the southeast and western fronts; promoted a diplomatic commission over enemy territory in Serbia on November 9, 1915 ; one attack on Étaples (France) and two on Bucharest , dropping a total of 4,513 kg bombs; stranded on September 27, 1916 near Tirnowa ( Bulgaria ) and was scrapped.	September 27, 1916
LZ 52	L 18	marine	31,900	November 3, 1915	Burned while refilling gas in the hall of Tondern on November 17, 1915.	November 7, 1915
LZ 53	L 17	marine	31,900	November 27, 1915	27 reconnaissance trips; 9 attacks against England, during which 10,724 kg bombs were dropped. Burned on December 28, 1916 in his hall in Tondern when LZ69 "L 24" caught fire.	February 2, 1916
LZ 54	L 19	marine	31,900	November 27, 1915	A voyage to attack England on January 31, 1916, dropping 1,600 kg of bombs. On February 1, 1916, L 19 had mistakenly landed in fog over Dutch territory, was shot at by the flak and had to make an emergency landing on the water after being hit because of an engine failure. The wreck remained on the water for two more days. The English fishing steamer "King Stephen" refused to save the airship, in violation of international law, allegedly for fear of the castaways. The Zeppelin crew drowned. On April 25, 1916, the crew of the "King Stephen" was captured by a German torpedo boat and brought to Germany. The last commandant was Odo Loewe.	February 2, 1916
LZ 55	LZ 85	army	35,800	September 12, 1915	6 raids against Daugavpils ( Lithuania ), Minsk , railway junction in Riga , and Thessaloniki (three times), dropping 14,200 kg of bombs; stranded on May 5, 1916, damaged by enemy fire, in the Wardar Marshes	May 5, 1916
LZ 56	LZ 86	army	35,800	October 10, 1915	7 raids along the east and south-east front, dropping 14,800 kg bombs; Crash in Zzentandras on September 3, 1916 after an attack run when both gondolas broke off.	September 4, 1916
LZ 57	LZ 87	army	35,800	December 6, 1915	two attacks against Ramsgate and Margate , respectively , dropping 3,000 kg bombs; handed over to the Navy in July 1916; 16 reconnaissance trips across the Baltic Sea and the surrounding area; later used as a training ship. Disarmed in Jüterbog as obsolete in July 1917.	July 28, 1917
LZ 58	LZ 88 / L 25	Army / Navy	35,800	November 14, 1915	14 reconnaissance trips; 3 raids along the western front, dropping 4,249 kg bombs; In January 1917 after the dissolution of the Army Airship Service, it was handed over to the Navy, which only used it for test purposes. Disarmed on September 15, 1917.	September 15, 1917
LZ 59	L 20	marine	35,800	December 21, 1915	6 reconnaissance trips; 2 raids against England, dropping 2,864 kg bombs; stranded after the second attack on May 4, 1916 because of fuel shortages near Stavanger ( Norway ). The team was interned; However, Lieutenant Stabbert escaped six months later.	May 3, 1916
LZ 60	LZ 90	army	35,800	January 1, 1916	In May 1916 in Dresden by the Zeppelin shipyard from Friedrichshafen extended by 12 m to get more buoyancy. Four attacks against Bar-le-Duc , Norwich , London and Etables , dropping 8860 kg bombs. On September 4, 1916, during an attack voyage on London, the observation gondola , which was carried for the first time, was thrown over London with a winch in order to reach greater heights. Then the then record height of 5,900 m was reached. The commandant was Captain la Quiante. As of October 1916, new commanding officer, Hptm. Werner. Drifted unmanned across the North Sea in a storm near Wittmund on November 7, 1916 and lost.	?
LZ 61	L 21	marine	35,800	September 12, 1915	17 reconnaissance trips; 10 attacks against England, dropping 14,442 kg bombs; On November 28, 1916, shot down while burning by English interceptors with phosphorus ammunition.	November 28, 1916
LZ 62	L 30	marine	55,200	May 28, 1916	10 raids against England, thereby dropping 23,305 kg bombs (which caused hardly any damage due to poor visibility); 31 reconnaissance trips across the North and Baltic Seas and on the Eastern Front; Mine clearance operation over the North Sea after the First World War; Decommissioned on November 17, 1917. Delivered to Belgium in 1920 as part of the reparations payments and scrapped.	?
LZ 63	LZ 93	army	31,900	February 23, 1916	three raids on Dunkirk , Mardick and Harwich , dropping 3,240 kg of bombs. Disarmed after the dissolution of the army airships in August 1917.	February 22, 1916
LZ 64	L 22	marine	35,800	March 2, 1916	30 reconnaissance trips; 8 attacks against England, during which 9,215 kg bombs were dropped; Shot down by British airmen near Terschelling on May 14, 1917 during a reconnaissance mission .	May 14, 1917
LZ 65	LZ 95	army	35,800	January 31, 1916	damaged by French anti - aircraft fire in an attempted attack against Vitry-le-François on February 2, 1916 and stranded near Namur .	February 2, 1916
LZ 66	L 23	marine	35,800	April 8, 1916	51 reconnaissance trips; 3 attacks against England, dropping 5254 kg bombs; brought up the Norwegian Bark Royal in the North Sea on April 23, 1917 ; Shot down on August 21, 1917 by an aircraft on board the British cruiser Yarmouth near Lyngrik / Denmark.	August 21, 1917
LZ 67	LZ 97	army	35,800	April 4, 1916	4 attacks against London (twice), Boulogne and later Bucharest , dropping 5,760 kg bombs, and several unsuccessful trips in bad weather. Disarmed after the dissolution of the army airships on July 5, 1917.	?
LZ 68	LZ 98	army	35,800	April 28, 1916	one raid against London , dropping 1,513 kg bombs; further trips canceled due to bad weather; handed over to the Navy in November 1916; 15 reconnaissance trips across the Baltic Sea and the surrounding area. Wrecked after the army airships were broken up in August 1917.	?
LZ 69	L 24	marine	35,800	May 20, 1916	19 reconnaissance trips across the North Sea and the surrounding area; 4 attacks against England, dropping 8,510 kg bombs; hit a wall while embarking on December 28, 1916 in Tønder and burned together with LZ53 "L17" .	December 28, 1917
LZ 70	Not built due to conversion to larger ship types
LZ 71	LZ 101	army	35,800	June 29, 1916.	based in Yambol ( Bulgaria ); 7 attacks against Bucharest , Ciulnița , Feteşti , Galați , Odessa , Mytilini , Iaşi and Mudros , dropping 11,934 kg of bombs. Disarmed in September 1917 after the dissolution of the army airships.	?
LZ 72	L 31	marine	55,200	July 12, 1916	an important reconnaissance trip on a naval operation against Sunderland ; 6 raids against England, dropping 19,411 kg bombs; Shot down while burning over London on October 2, 1916 by a British interceptor. The commandant was Kapitänleutnant Heinrich Mathy , who died with his crew. They were buried in a cemetery near the crash site.	October 1, 1916
LZ 73	LZ 103	army	35,800	August 8, 1916	a successful attack on Calais , dropping 1,530 kg of bombs (several further attack drives were canceled or broken off due to bad weather); scrapped on August 8, 1917 after the dissolution of the army airships.	?
LZ 74	L 32	marine	55,200	August 8, 1916	an important reconnaissance trip on a naval operation against Sunderland ; three raids against England, dropping 6,860 kg bombs; Shot down while burning over London by British interceptors on September 24, 1916 .	September 24, 1916
LZ 75	L 37	marine	55,200	November 9, 1916	17 reconnaissance trips across the North and Baltic Seas and England; 4 attacks, dropping 6,450 kg bombs; decommissioned December 24, 1917; Delivered to Japan in 1920 dismantled into individual parts .	?
LZ 76	L 33	marine	55,200	August 30, 1916	an attack run against London in which 3,200 kg bombs were dropped, shot down over the city and made an emergency landing near Little Wigborough, Essex . Although the crew burned the shell, British engineers measured the skeleton; the plans later served as the basis for the construction of the R33 and R34 airships .	September 24, 1916
LZ 77	LZ 107	army	35,800	October 16, 1916	an attack run against Boulogne (France), dropping 1,440 kg bombs (several other attacks were canceled or aborted). Disarmed in July 1917 after the dissolution of the army airships.	?
LZ 78	L 34	marine	55,200	September 27, 1916	three reconnaissance trips; two attacks against England, during which 3,890 kg bombs were dropped; Shot down by British interceptor on November 28, 1916 over Hartlepool .	November 28, 1916
LZ 79	L 41	marine	55,200	January 15, 1917	15 reconnaissance trips across the North Sea and the surrounding area; four attacks against England, thereby dropping 6,567 kg bombs; used as a training ship from December 11, 1917. Destroyed by his crew on June 23, 1919.	?
LZ 80	L 35	marine	55,200	October 18, 1916	13 reconnaissance trips across the North and Baltic Seas; three attacks against England, dropping 4,284 kg bombs; 1918 experiments with the Siemens torpedo glider, a cable-controlled anti-ship missile; Experiments with board aircraft of the type Albatros D.III ; disarmed in September 1918.	?
LZ 81	LZ 111	army	35,800	December 20, 1916	not used by the army and handed over to the navy in May 1917; 7 reconnaissance trips over the Baltic Sea. Disarmed on August 10, 1917.	?
LZ 82	L 36	marine	55,200	November 7, 1916	20 trips across the North Sea and England; on February 7, 1917 during an emergency landing in the fog on the icy Weser or Aller (both!) near Rethem (Aller) badly damaged and scrapped a little later.	February 7, 1917
LZ 83	LZ 113	army	55,200	February 22, 1917	Originally ordered as an army airship, it made its maiden flight on February 22, 1917. As a naval airship, it was put into service on August 14, 1917. On 15 patrols it covered 12,300 km: 15 reconnaissance trips near the Eastern Front and over the Baltic Sea; three attacks, during which 6,000 kg bombs were dropped. On October 8, 1920, it was handed over to France as a reparation payment , where it was then tried out. The rear motor gondola is exhibited in the Musée de l'air et de l'espace .	?
LZ 84	L 38	marine	55,200	November 22, 1916	during an attempted attack on December 29, 1916 against Reval and Saint Petersburg, forced to make an emergency landing due to heavy snowfall and irreparably damaged.	December 29, 1916
LZ 85	L 45	marine	55,200	April 12, 1917	12 reconnaissance trips across the North Sea and the surrounding area; three raids against England, dropping 4,700 kg bombs. On the march back from the attack, destroyed in an emergency landing on October 20, 1917 near Sisteron (France) due to a lack of fuel; the crew was taken prisoner.	October 20, 1917
LZ 86	L 39	marine	55,200	December 11, 1916	two reconnaissance trips over the North Sea and the surrounding area; an attack against England on March 17, 1917, dropping 300 kg bombs, and destroyed on the way back by French anti-aircraft fire over Compiègne / Royallieu.	March 17, 1917
LZ 87	L 47	marine	55,200	May 11, 1917	18 reconnaissance trips and three attacks in which 3240 kg bombs were dropped over the North Sea and England. On January 5, 1918, a huge explosion in the airship base in Ahlhorn destroyed four zeppelins (including the L 47 ) and one Schütte-Lanz airship, which were spread over three halls. An accident is assumed , but sabotage cannot be ruled out.	?
LZ 88	L 40	marine	55,200	January 3, 1917	6 reconnaissance trips; two raids against England, dropping 3,105 kg bombs, most of which missed their target. On June 16, 1917, after a failed landing in Nordholz due to gusty weather, it was irreparably damaged.	June 17, 1917
LZ 89	L 50	marine	55,200	June 13, 1917	5 reconnaissance trips across the North Sea and the surrounding area; two attacks against England, dropping 4,135 kg bombs. After deploying in England on October 20, 1917, had to make an emergency landing near Dammartin (southern France) due to a shortage of fuel and was then driven into the Mediterranean unmanned .	October 20, 1917
LZ 90	LZ 120	Army / Navy	55,200	January 31, 1917	17 reconnaissance trips and three attacks, during which 11,250 kg bombs were dropped, near the Eastern Front and over the Baltic Sea. During the 101-hour voyage from July 26th to 31st, 1917, the commander, Captain Ernst A. Lehmann, set a new endurance record. After landing, the airship still had gasoline on board for a further 33 hours. Taken over by the Navy on October 8, 1917 after the dissolution of Army Aviation, decommissioned; Delivered to Italy in 1920 as part of reparations payments , where it broke apart a year later due to improper handling during emptying.	?
LZ 91	L 42	marine	55,500	February 22, 1917	20 reconnaissance trips; 4 attacks against England, during which 6,030 kg bombs were dropped; used as a training ship from June 6, 1918. Destroyed by his crew on June 23, 1919, the day the Imperial High Seas Fleet submerged in Scapa Flow.	?
LZ 92	L 43	marine	55,500	March 6, 1917	6 reconnaissance trips; an attack on English shipyards, dropping 1,850 kg bombs. Shot down by British fighter aircraft over the North Sea on June 14, 1917 during a reconnaissance mission.	June 14, 1917
LZ 93	L 44	marine	55,800	April 1, 1917	In May 1917, night reconnaissance flights over the Rhine-Ruhr area to review blackout measures as part of air protection; 8 reconnaissance trips and 4 attacks against England and British naval units. On October 20, 1917, when marching back from the attack voyage, it was driven into France by a storm and shot down while burning over Lunéville .	October 20, 1917
LZ 94	L 46	marine	55,800	April 24, 1917	19 reconnaissance trips across the North Sea and the surrounding area; three raids against England, dropping 5,700 kg bombs. Destroyed in the explosion in Ahlhorn (see LZ87 "L 47" ).	?
LZ 95	L 48	marine	55,800	May 22, 1917	a reconnaissance trip; shot down by enemy interceptors in an attempted attack near Yarmouth .	June 16, 1917
LZ 96	L 49	marine	55,800	June 13, 1917	2 reconnaissance trips over the North Sea and the surrounding area; an attack on England on October 20, 1917, dropping 2,100 kg bombs; was forced to land near Bourbonne les Bains on the way back and fell into French hands almost undamaged. Plans derived from LZ 96 later served the USA as a template for the construction of their first rigid airship, the ZR-1 USS Shenandoah .	October 20, 1917
LZ 97	L 51	marine	55,800	July 6, 1917	3 reconnaissance trips; an attack on the English coast, dropping 280 kg bombs. Destroyed in the explosion in Ahlhorn.	?
LZ 98	L 52	marine	55,800	July 14, 1917	20 reconnaissance trips; unintentionally drifted to London during an attack drive by a storm, where 2,020 kg of bombs were dropped. Destroyed by his crew on June 23, 1919, the day the Imperial High Seas Fleet submerged in Scapa Flow.	?
LZ 99	L 54	marine	55,800	August 13, 1917	14 reconnaissance trips; two attacks against England, dropping 5,840 kg bombs; Destroyed together with LZ 108 "L 60" on July 19, 1918, when the airship hangars in Tondern were bombed by British Sopwith Camel fighter planes from the world's first aircraft carrier , the HMS Furious .	July 19, 1918
LZ 100	L 53	marine	56,000	August 8, 1917	19 reconnaissance trips; 4 attacks against England, during which 11,930 kg bombs were dropped. Shot down by British fighter pilots near Terschelling on August 11, 1918 .	August 11, 1918
LZ 101	L 55	marine	56,000	September 1, 1917	two attacks, during which 5,450 kg bombs were dropped; on the second on October 19, 1917, he drifted behind the western front, badly damaged, and rose to the record height of 7,600 m in order to escape; scrapped after an emergency landing near Tiefenort / Thuringia.	October 19, 1917
LZ 102	L 57	marine	68,500	September 26, 1917	intended for use in Africa , but burned out on October 8, 1917 after a test drive in strong winds while entering Jüterbog.	October 8, 1917
LZ 103	L 56	marine	68,500	September 24, 1917	17 reconnaissance trips; took part in the last squadron attack against England on August 6, 1918. Destroyed by his crew on June 23, 1919, the day the Imperial High Seas Fleet submerged in Scapa Flow.	?
LZ 104	L 59	marine	68,500	October 30, 1917	Stationed in Jambol ( Bulgaria ) under the command of Kapitänleutnant Ludwig Bockholt . Constructed as a cargo and troop transport; was supposed to deliver in particular supplies for German troops in German East Africa . When the ship had already crossed Egypt, the ship received an order to return by radio under unexplained circumstances. With a marching performance of 6,757 km, the airship achieved a new long-distance record on this mission: 6,757 km in 95 hours and 5 minutes. The ship was used for an attack on Italy ; thereby dropping 6,400 kg bombs. On April 7, 1918, during an attack against Malta, it crashed in flames over the Strait of Otranto for unknown reasons .	April 7, 1918
LZ 105	L 58	marine	56,000	October 29, 1917	two reconnaissance trips; destroyed in the explosion in Ahlhorn (see LZ 87 / "L 47" )	?
LZ 106	L 61	marine	56,000	December 12, 1917	9 reconnaissance trips; two attacks against England, during which 4,500 kg bombs were dropped. Delivered to Italy as part of reparations payments in 1920 , destroyed on the first trip.	August 28, 1920
LZ 107	L 62	marine	56,000	December 18, 1917	two reconnaissance trips; two attacks against England, dropping 5,923 kg bombs; Crashed during a reconnaissance mission on May 10, 1918 for an unknown cause north of Heligoland while burning.	July 19, 1918
LZ 108	L 60	marine	55,800	December 18, 1917	11 reconnaissance trips; an attack against England, dropping 3,120 kg bombs; Destroyed together with LZ 99 "L 54" in a British bombing raid on its hall in Tondern.	?
LZ 109	L 64	marine	56,000	March 11, 1918	13 reconnaissance trips over the North Sea; an attack on England, dropping 2,800 kg bombs. Delivered to England in 1920 as part of the reparations payments , torn loose and stranded in storms, then scrapped.	July 21, 1919
LZ 110	L 63	marine	56,000	March 4, 1918	3 raids against England, dropping 8,915 kg bombs; in particular participation in the last raid on August 6, 1918. On June 23, 1919 two days after the scuttling of the Imperial High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow, destroyed by its crew.	?
LZ 111	L 65	marine	56,000	April 17, 1918	took part in the last squadron attack against England on August 6, 1918. On June 23, 1919 two days after the scuttling of the Imperial High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow, destroyed by its crew.	?
LZ 112	L 70	marine	62,200	July 1, 1918	led the last squadron attack on England on August 6, 1918; the commander of the naval airship division, frigate captain Peter Strasser, was on board. Shot down burning by a British DH4 fighter aircraft on approach over Norfolk .	August 6, 1918
LZ 113	L 71	marine	62,200	July 29, 1918	no longer used in war; Delivered to England in 1920 as part of reparations payments , where it was scrapped. 32,200 m³	?
LZ 114	planned as L 72 in France : " Dixmude "	marine	62,200	February 9, 1920	no longer taken over by the navy due to the end of the war; Delivered to France in 1920 as part of the reparations payments . 50 dead when lost near Pantelleria / Sicily on December 23, 1923. The ship burned in the air, no survivors. LZ 114 was on its way back from a test drive to the Sahara.	December 22, 1923
LZ 115	not implemented, ordered in July 1918 as a test airship L 100 , 75,500 m³, the project was then continued under the number LZ 119.
LZ 116	not completed by the end of the war; provided as L 73
LZ 117	not completed by the end of the war; provided as L 74
LZ 118	was not yet ordered at the end of the war; provided as L 75, 68,500 m³, 226 m long, 6 engines
LZ 119	Not translated; Enlargement of the LZ 115 project to 108,000 m³, ten engines, construction planned to start in June 1919, but the order was canceled on October 6, 1918.

After the First World War (until 1940)

number	Surname	Application area	First drive	Remarks
LZ 120	"Lake Constance"; in Italy : "Esperia"	civil ( DELAG ); in Italy: military	August 20, 1919	contained first class passenger compartments; Used by DELAG until 1921, then delivered to Italy as part of the reparation payments . There it went under the name Esperia and was scrapped in 1928.
LZ 121	"North Star"; in France : "Méditerranée"	civil ( DELAG ) (planned); in France: experimental	June 8, 1921	planned for the planned scheduled service to Stockholm ; Delivered to France on June 13, 1921 as part of the reparations payments . Served there until 1927 as an experimental and training ship, afterwards destructive material tests and dismantling.
LZ 122	Not translated
LZ 123	Not translated
LZ 124	not implemented (construction prohibited by the victorious powers)
LZ 125	Project: 236 m long, 29.9 m diameter, 17 gas cells, 12 Maybach Mb IVa engines with a total of 2300 kW and 10 propellers, 45–50 passengers, ordered by the US Army on November 26, 1919; not implemented because the US War Department withdrew for political reasons on December 1, 1919
LZ 126	in the USA : ZR-3 "USS Los Angeles"	experimental, military	August 27, 1924	Order from the USA; from Friedrichshafen to Lakehurst in 81 hours and 2 minutes, arrival on October 15, 1924, 9:52 a.m. Most successful American airship. Wrecked in August 1940.
LZ 127	"Graf Zeppelin"	civil ( DELAG )	September 18, 1928	is considered the most successful airship of all time; scheduled trips to South America; 1929 world voyage, 1931 arctic voyage. Wrecked in 1940 together with LZ 130 .
LZ 128	Project abandoned in favor of LZ 129
LZ 129	"Hindenburg"	civil ( DZR )	March 4, 1936	largest airship ever built (together with LZ 130 ); should use helium instead of flammable hydrogen as a lifting gas , which failed for political reasons. Used in liner services to North and South America. Destroyed in the Lakehurst disaster on May 6, 1937.
LZ 130	"Graf Zeppelin II"	civil ( DZR )	September 14, 1938	Sister ship of LZ 129 ; only used for test and propaganda trips, as helium was still not available and no authorization was granted for passenger transport with hydrogen filling after the Hindenburg disaster. Scrapped together with LZ 127 on instructions from the Ministry of Aviation in 1940 .
LZ 131	Type ship of an airship class that has been extended by 18 m compared to LZ 129 and LZ 130 to 263 meters; Gas cell volume 223,000 m³ (+28,000 m³); Passenger capacity: approx. 80; only a few frame rings made in the shipyard, scrapped in May 1940.

Project studies in the 1950s and 1980s

LZ 132 - In the mid-1950s, based on the LZ 131, the redesign of an airship was considered. In addition to being used as a passenger airship, a second version as a cargo airship was also planned. However, the study did not get beyond the conception phase, so the airship was never built.

LZ 133 - This airship is a project study carried out in the 1980s that never got beyond the conception phase. Although this study was not carried out by the Zeppelin Society, it was initiated and promoted by the English airship designer Ian Alexander. Nevertheless, there was a direct connection to the Zeppelin Group, in that the study was addressed to the Chairman of the Zeppelin Foundation and handed over to him.

Zeppelins New Technology (from 1997)

→ Main article : Zeppelin NT

number	Type	Surname	Application area	First drive	Remarks	Illustration
Zeppelin NT SN01	LZ N07-100	D-LZFN "Friedrichshafen"	civil	September 18, 1997	Prototype of the Zeppelin NT series; Approval for passenger transport (sightseeing flights) in April 2001; since August 2005 work for geological investigations in South Africa; on September 20, 2007 in Botswana damaged by a windpipe on the anchor mast, then disarmed; 3,306 flight hours
Zeppelin NT SN02	LZ N07-100	D-LZZR “Bodensee” in Japan: JA101Z “Yokoso! Japan “ then D-LZFN	civil	August 10, 2001 (baptism)	first series airship, sold to Japan on March 2, 2004, transferred there at the turn of the year 2004/2005, named in JA101Z “Yokoso! Japan "changed, 2011 dismantling, reconstruction and overhaul by spring 2012, now: SN02R (D-LZFN)
Zeppelin NT SN03	LZ N07-100	D-LZZF "Baden-Württemberg"	civil ( DZR )	February 8, 2003	second serial airship
Zeppelin NT SN04	LZ N07-100	D-LZNT "Eureka"	civil	May 21, 2008	third airship in series, the company Airship Ventures (in Moffet Field near San Francisco, USA) has leased the airship. Christened on November 21, 2008 with the name "Eureka".
Zeppelin NT SN05	LZ N07-101	"Wingfoot One" (N1A, previously D-LZGY)	civil	17th March 2014	in the service of Goodyear
Zeppelin NT SN06	LZ N07-101	"Wingfoot Two" (N2A, previously D-LZGZ)	civil		baptized October 21, 2016; in the service of Goodyear
Zeppelin NT SN07	LZ N07-101	"Wingfoot Three" (N3A, previously D-LZGA)	civil		First flight June 2018 for Goodyear

See also

• List of airships
  • List of Parseval airships
  • List of Schütte-Lanz airships
• List of accidents involving airships

literature

• Ernst von Hoeppner : Germany's war in the air. Koehler, Berlin 1921, ( German Memories ).
• Peter Kleinheins: The big zeppelins. The history of airship construction. VDI-Verlag, Düsseldorf 1985, ISBN 3-18-400687-5 , ( classic of technology ).
• Peter Mayer: Airships - The History of the German Zeppelins. Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-7637-5951-4
• Horst Julius Freiherr Treusch von Buttlar-Brandenfels : Unknown facts about airships, their warfare and their losses . In: Friedrich Felger (ed.): What we do not know about the world war . W. Andermann, Berlin 1929, pp. 172-197.
• Meighörner, W. (Ed.): Airships: Those never built, Verlag Robert Gessler, Friedrichshafen 2002; Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen GmbH; ISBN 3-86136-076-4
• Waibel, B. (2002): The LZ 132 project. Revitalization of Zeppelin Air Shipping in the 1950s ?, in: Meighörner, W. (Hrsg.): Airships: Those never built, pp. 138–149, Friedrichshafen ,

Web links

Commons : Zeppelin airships  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Airships: The Hindenburg and other Zeppelins: Hugo Eckener . Article on blog airships.net (2009), accessed August 6, 2013
2. ^ Chronicle of the City Archives of the State Capital Düsseldorf in the portal duesseldorf.de , accessed on August 5, 2013
3. ↑ cf. Lemma Air Force (German Empire)
4. ↑ Kurt Groggert: Spree trip is necessary! , Haude & Spenersche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 1972, pp. 69–70
5. ↑ cf. Lemma Air Force (German Empire)
6. ^ Douglas H. Robinson: The Zeppelin in Combat. A History of the German Naval Airship Division, 1912-1918. Foulis, London 1971, p. 26.
7. ↑ The airship attack ends in the forest
8. ^ The First Modern War - Air Raids - Video. In: welt.de . August 17, 2016, accessed October 7, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Wolfgang Meighörner: LZ 128 A dead end on the way from the test ship to the luxury liner of the skies, in: Meighörner, W. (Ed.): Airships: Those never built, Verlag Robert Gessler, Friedrichshafen 2002; Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen GmbH; P. 94 ff .; ISBN 3-86136-076-4
10. ↑ Waibel, B. (2002): The LZ 132 project. Revitalization of Zeppelin Air Shipping in the 1950s ?, in: Meighörner, W. (Ed.): Airships: Those never built, Friedrichshafen
11. ↑ Meighörner, W. (2002): Introduction, in: Airships: Those never built, Friedrichshafen, p. 10.
12. ↑ Membership circular November 2007 of the Förderverein Zeppelin-Tourismus e. V.
13. ^ Rich Heldenfels: A new blimp is christened: Wingfoot One makes its formal debut. In: Akron Beacon Journal . August 23, 2014, accessed September 13, 2016 . 
14. ↑ http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/10/christening_makes_goodyears_ne.html accessed on December 22, 2016
15. ↑ Goodyear Blimps .