LZ 19

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The Zeppelin LZ 19 was Count Zeppelin's nineteenth airship and the seventh airship of the German army .

history

LZ 19 made its first voyage on June 6, 1913. Its military identification as an army airship was Z I. It was already the second replacement ZI, because the first ZI had been scrapped due to obsolescence and its replacement replacement ZI was destroyed in an emergency landing.

End of LZ 19 / Second replacement ZI

The third ZI, like its predecessor, the second ZI, ended in an emergency landing when it made an emergency landing in a severe thunderstorm near Diedenhofen on April 13, 1914 and was so badly damaged that it had to be scrapped.

Technical specifications

  • Carrying gas volume: 22,500 m³ hydrogen
  • Length: 158.0 m
  • Diameter: 14.90 m
  • Payload: 9.5 t
  • Drive: three Maybach engines, each with 165 HP (121 kW)
  • Speed: 21.2 m / s

See also

literature

  • Peter Meyer: Airships - The History of the German Zeppelins. Wehr & Wissen, Koblenz / Bonn 1980.