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)

References

1 2 3 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

[Meyer-1] 1 2 3 Peter Meyer: Luftschiffe – Die Geschichte der deutschen Zeppeline, Wehr & Wissen, Koblenz/Bonn 1980

[2] Vernetzung der Welt über den Atlantik. In: Südkurier, 20 December 2019, author abbreviation: rac.

[3] "100 Jahre Transatlantikflug: Als der Zeppelin die Welt eroberte". stern.de. Retrieved 2024-04-04.

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