LZ 30

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Zeppelin LZ 30 Hansa during fleet maneuvers in the North Sea shortly before the First World War. Military designation Z XI

The Zeppelin LZ 30 was Count Zeppelin's 30th airship and the fourteenth airship of the German Army . It was used as the Z XI airship from November 1914 to May 1915.

history

The first trip from LZ 30 took place on November 15, 1914. The army took over the airship under the military identification Z XI .

Z XI was stationed in Poznan for his war effort . From there, the airship carried out bombings on Warsaw , Grodno and Kauen, among others .

On May 20, 1915, the Z XI was damaged when it was being brought out of the hall in Posen and carried away by adverse winds. As it went down, the airship ignited and burned.

The gondola is located in the Musée Royal de l'Armée in Brussels.

Technical specifications

  • Carrying gas volume: 22,500 m³ hydrogen
  • Length: 158.0 m
  • Diameter: 14.90 m
  • Payload: 9.2 t
  • Drive: three Maybach engines, each 210 hp (154 kW)
  • Speed: 22.5 m / s (81 km / h)

See also

literature

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

Web links

Commons : LZ 30 / ZXI  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Networking the world across the Atlantic. In: " Südkurier ", December 20, 2019, author abbreviation rac).