Zeppelins Constructed During World War I
Usage: military
| Production number | Tactical numbering | First flight | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| LZ26 | Z XII (Z 12) | 14 December 1914 | 11 attacks in northern France and at the eastern front, dropping 20,000 kg of bombs; By the summer of 1915 the LZ 12 had dropped around 9 tons of bombs on the trunk railway line between Warsaw and Petrograd and the stations at Malkin and Bialystok; one flight carried a load of 3 tons. Decommissioned on 8 August 1917. |
| LZ27 | L 4 | 18 August 1914 | 11 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea; participated in the first raid of England on 20 January 1915. Forced landing in Blavandshuk on 17 February 1915 due to a storm; the crew was taken captive, with four members reported missing in action. Flight Magazine 1916 reports that it was probably L 3 that was stranded at Ebsjerg on that day, with the crew of 16 being interned. |
| LZ28 | L 5 | 22 September 1914 | 47 reconnaissance missions over North and Baltic Sea; proved especially useful in discovering enemy mines; two attack missions, dropping 700 kg bombs; damaged beyond repair by Russian air defense on 7 August 1915 |
| LZ29 | Z X | 13 October 1914 | Two attacks on Calais and Paris, dropping 1,800 kg of bombs; on way back damaged by enemy fire and dismantled after forced landing in St. Quirin |
| LZ30 | Z XI | 15 November 1914 | Used for raids on Warsaw, Grodno and other targets near the eastern front. Destroyed in an accident on 20 May 1915 |
| LZ31 | L 6 | 3 November 1914 | Prominent role in repelling a British Navy attack on German coast on 25 December 1914; 36 reconnaissance missions around North Sea, including marking of mine fields; one successful raid on England, dropping 700 kg of bombs. Took fire during refilling of gas in its hall at Fuhlsbüttel and burnt down together with L 9/LZ36 on 16 September 1916. |
| LZ32 | L 7 | 20 November 1914 | 77 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea; several unsuccessful attempts to attack English coast. Brought down by British cruiser fire from HMS Phaeton and Galatea and destroyed by the submarine HMS E31 on 4 May 1916 |
| LZ33 | L 8 | 17 December 1914 | Used for reconnaissance missions along the western front. Flight Magazine 1916 lists it as "Damaged by British aviator", it wrecked south of Ostend at Tirlemont on 4 March 1915 with the crew of 21 killed. |
| LZ34 | 6 January 1915 | Two raids at the eastern front, dropping 1110 kg bombs; heavily damaged by enemy fire on 21 June 1915, burnt down following forced landing near Insterburg. | |
| LZ35 | 11 January 1915 | Two raids on Paris and Poperinghe (Belgium), dropping 2420 kg bombs; forced landing near Aeltre (Belgium) due to heavy damage by enemy fire, then destroyed by a storm. | |
| LZ36 | L 9 | 8 March 1915 | 74 reconnaissance missions in the North Sea; four raids on England dropping 5683 kg bombs; several attacks on British submarines. Burnt out in its hangar on 16 September 1916 together with L 6/LZ31. |
| LZ37 | 4 March 1915 | Flight Magazine 1916 lists LZ 37 as "Destroyed in shed by British aviators" on 7 June 1915 at Evere. Brought down by Flt Sub-Lt R Warneford, 1 Sqdn RNAS, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L, during its first raid on Calais on 7 June 1915. Crashed in Sint-Amandsberg, next to Ghent (51°3′43.2″N 3°44′54.7″E / 51.062°N 3.748528°E / 51.062; 3.748528). The LZ 37 was based in Gontrode (airport location: 50°58′54.6″N 3°47′17.1″E / 50.981833°N 3.788083°E / 50.981833; 3.788083). Warneford was awarded a Victoria Cross for his actions. | |
| LZ38 | 3 April 1915 | Achieved first bombing raid on London on 31 May 1915 killing 7 and injuring 35 people (with material damage assessed at £18,596), five successful raids on Harwich, Ramsgate, Southend (twice) and London, dropping 8360 kg bombs. Flight Magazine 1916 listed LZ 38 as "destroyed in mid-air by British aviator" at Ghent on 7 June 1915. | |
| LZ39 | LZ39 | 24 April 1915 | Three raids at the western, later two at the eastern front, dropping 4184 kg bombs in total. On 17 December 1915, captained by Dr. Lempertz, during an attack on Rovno LZ-39 was hit several times by artillery shrapnel. All rear gas cells were punctured and the front engine car was hit and later fell off. The crew abandoned the now-stressed control cabin, dropped ballast and shifted loads to rebalance the ship and used an emergency control station in the rear to limp back to Germany. Upon forced landing the ship collapsed because material and a supply of gas needed to refill the cells was not available. |
| LZ40 | L 10 | 13 May 1915 | 8 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 5 attacks on England dropping 9900 kg bombs, including the first raid on London on 17–18 August 1915 during which Leyton was bombed causing ten deaths and injuring 48 people. Destroyed in a thunderstorm on 3 September 1915 near Cuxhaven |
| LZ41 | L 11 | 7 June 1915 | 31 reconnaissance missions, notably during the Battle of Jutland; 12 raids on England dropping 15,543 kg bombs. Significant raid on Sunderland on 1 April 1916, when 22 people died. Several of the L11 crew transferred to the ill-fated L48 (LZ95). Decommissioned on 25 April 1916 |
| LZ42 | LZ72 | 15 June 1915 | Only used as a school ship, as skeleton metal was of poor quality; decommissioned in February 1917 |
| LZ43 | L 12 | 21 June 1915 | 5 reconnaissance missions; towed back to Ostend after taking heavy damage in a raid on London, Harwich and the Humber region on 10 August 1915 but burned out during subsequent disassembly. |
| LZ44 | LZ74 | 8 July 1915 | Two attacks on England dropping 3500 kg bombs; dismantled after it crashed into a mountain in misty weather on 8 October 1915. |
| LZ45 | L 13 | 23 July 1915 | 45 reconnaissance missions; 15 attacks on England dropping 20,667 kg bombs; decommissioned on 25 April 1917 |
| LZ46 | L 14 | 9 August 1915 | Most successful German Navy airship; 42 reconnaissance missions; 17 attacks on England dropping 22,045 kg bombs; taken out of service during 1917 and 1918. Destroyed by its crew on 23 June 1919. |
| LZ47 | LZ77 | 24 August 1915 | 6 attacks on England and France dropping 12,610 kg bombs. Destroyed by enemy fire on 21 February 1916 in the Battle of Verdun, killing the crew of 15. Reports at the time indicated LZ 77 had searchlights, eight machine guns, two so-called 'revolver' guns in the top lookout post, was accompanied by fixed-wing aircraft and at least one other Zeppelin and had orders to bomb the nearby railway lines. |
| LZ48 | L 15 | 9 September 1915 | 8 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks on England dropping 5780 kg bombs. Damaged by ground fire from Dartford AA battery during a raid on London on 1 April 1916, it was stranded at Kentish Knock Deep in the Thames estuary, the crew of 18 surrendered before the craft sank. |
| LZ49 | LZ79 | 2 August 1915 | Dropped 4440 kg in two attacks on Brest-Litovsk and Kovel and one attack on Paris on 30 January 1916; thereby hit by French fire and damaged beyond repair in forced landing near Ath. |
| LZ50 | L 16 | 23 September 1915 | 44 reconnaissance missions; 12 attacks on England dropping 18,048 kg bombs; delivered supplies to German isles in winter 1916. Damaged beyond repair in a forced landing near Brunsbüttel on 19 October 1917. |
| LZ51 | LZ81 | 7 October 1915 | Used at the South-Eastern and the Western Front; transported a diplomatic commission over enemy Serbia on 9 November 1915; one attack on Étaples (France) and two attacks on Bucharest, dropping 4513 kg bombs in total; stranded near Turnovo (Bulgaria) on 27 September 1916. (Luftschifferalltag Christmas celebration table under the Z 81 in its hangar) |
| LZ52 | L 18 | 3 November 1915 | Destroyed in shed fire at Tondern during refueling on 17 November 1915 |
| LZ53 | L 17 | 20 October 1915 | 27 reconnaissance missions; 9 attacks on England dropping 10,724 kg bombs. Destroyed in its hangar on 28 December 1916 when LZ69 "L 24" broke its back and took fire across the hall's entrance. |
| LZ54 | L.19 | 27 November 1915 | It raided England on 31 January 1916, dropping 1600 kg bombs. On 2 February 1916 after a raid on England with three engines failing, it came under Dutch fire and sank in the North Sea, drowning all crew members as nearby English fishing trawler "King Stephen" refused any help to them. In the last hours Kapitan-Leutnant Loewe and his crew dropped into the sea their last messages, which washed up six months later in Sweden. On 23 April 1916 Torpedo boat G41 attacked and sank the King Stephen, taking its crew prisoner. |
| LZ55 | LZ85 | 12 September 1915 | 6 attacks dropping 14,200 kg on Dünaburg (Latvia), Minsk, the railroads of Riga, and Saloniki (three times); damaged by fire from Battleship HMS Agamemnon on 5 May 1916, it was stranded in the Wardar marshes |
| LZ56 | LZ86 | 10 October 1915 | 7 attacks dropping 14,800 kg bombs along the Eastern and South-Eastern front; crashed on 3 September 1916 when the fore and aft nacelle broke away from the ship's hull after a raid. |
| LZ57 | LZ87 | 6 December 1915 | 2 attacks on Ramsgate and Margate dropping 3000 kg bombs; in July 1916 handed to the German Navy; 16 reconnaissance missions around the Baltic Sea; later used as a school ship. Decommissioned in July 1917. |
| LZ58 | LZ88/L 25 | 14 November 1915 | 14 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks dropping 4249 kg bombs along the Western Front; in January 1917 handed to the German Navy who used it for experimenting. Decommissioned in September 1917. |
| LZ59 | L 20 | 21 November 1915 | 6 reconnaissance missions; 2 attacks on England dropping 2864 kg bombs; ran out of fuel after raiding Scotland on 3 May 1916, drifted and stranded near Stavanger (Norway). The crew destroyed the airship. 16 were captured, 3 died. Kapitänleutnant Stabbert escaped six months later. |
| LZ60 | LZ90 | 1 January 1916 | 4 attacks on Bar-le-Duc, Norwich, London and Etaples, dropping 8860 kg bombs; on 7 November 1916 broke loose in the direction of the North Sea in a storm and never seen again. |
| LZ61 | L 21 | 10 January 1916 | 17 reconnaissance missions; 10 attacks on England dropping 14,442 kg bombs; intercepted and destroyed by English fighter pilots Flight–Lieutenant Egbert Cadbury, flying RAF BE 2C, No. 8265, Flight Sub–Lieutenant Gerard William Reginald Fane, flying RAF BE 2C No. 8421 and Flight Sub–Lieutenant Edward Laston Pulling, flying RAF BE 2C, No. 8626, firing phosphor rounds. L21 fell into the sea about eight miles east of Lowestoft on 28 November 1916. There were no survivors. |
| LZ62 | L 30 | 28 May 1916 | First of the Type R "Super-Zeppelin" Class, it had a volume of 55,200m3. 10 raids on England dropping 23,305 kg bombs (however causing limited damage due to poor sight); 31 reconnaissance missions above the North and Baltic Sea and at the Eastern Front; retired on 17 November 1917 and laided up at Seerappen. In 1920 ordered to be transferred to Belgium in the context of war reparations, where it was disassembled. Some components, including an engine car, are preserved at the Royal Army and Military History Museum, Brussels. |
| LZ63 | LZ93 | 23 February 1916 | Three attacks on Dunkirk, Mardick and Harwich, dropping 3240 kg bombs. Decommissioned in 1917. |
| LZ64 | L 22 | 3 March 1916 | 30 reconnaissance missions; 8 attacks on England, dropping 9215 kg bombs; destroyed by British Curtis H12 Flying Boat flown by RNAS Flight Commander Robert Leckie (later Air Vice Marshal) near Terschelling on 14 May 1917 during a reconnaissance mission. (Leckie was also credited in the downing of LZ112/L70) |
| LZ65 | LZ95 | 1 February 1916 | Destroyed by French anti-aircraft fire on 21 February 1916 during an attempted attack on Vitry-le-François. |
| LZ66 | L 23 | 8 April 1916 | 51 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks on England dropping a total of 5,254 kg bombs; destroyed on 21 August 1917 by 2/Lt Bernard A Smart flying a Sopwith Pup launched from a platform on the cruiser HMS Yarmouth. Smart later led the Tondern raid which destroyed L54 & L60. |
| LZ67 | LZ97 | 4 April 1916 | 4 attacks on London (twice), Boulogne and, later, Bucharest, dropping 5760 kg bombs, plus several unsuccessful flights in bad weather. Decommissioned on 5 July 1917. |
| LZ68 | LZ98 | 28 April 1916 | One attack on London dropping 1513 kg bombs, plus several flights aborted due to bad weather; handed to the German Navy in November 1916; 15 reconnaissance missions around the Baltic Sea. Decommissioned in August 1917. |
| LZ69 | L 24 | 20 May 1916 | 19 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 4 raids on England dropping 8510 kg bombs; crashed into a wall while being "stabled" on 28 December 1916 and burned out together with LZ53 "L 17". |
| LZ70 | Not realized | ||
| LZ71 | LZ101 | 29 June 1916 | Stationed in Yambol (Bulgaria); 7 attacks dropping 11,934 kg bombs on Bucharest, Ciulniţa, Feteşti, Galaţi, Odessa, Mytilene, Iaşi and Mudros. Disassembled in September 1917. |
| LZ72 | L 31 | 12 July 1916 | One important reconnaissance mission in fleet operation against Sunderland; 6 attacks on England dropping 19,411 kg bombs; with L 32, L 33 and L 34 part of Zeppelin raid on night of 23 September 1916; intercepted and destroyed by British fighter pilot Lt V Tempest on 2 October 1916 near Potters Bar, North of London, while commanded by the leading airship commander of the time, Kapitän Leutnant Heinrich Mathy, who perished with his entire crew, after jumping from the flaming Zeppelin and perishing some time after impact with the ground. |
| LZ73 | LZ103 | 23 August 1916 | One successful attack on Calais dropping 1530 kg bombs (several other attacks being cancelled or aborted due to poor weather); decommissioned in August 1917 |
| LZ74 | L 32 | 4 August 1916 | One important reconnaissance mission in fleet operation against Sunderland; three attacks on England dropping 6860 kg bombs; commanded by Kapitan-Leutnant Werner Petersen, with L 31, L 33 and L 34 part of Zeppelin raid on the night of 23 September 1916; intercepted and destroyed by 39 Home Defence Squadron British fighter pilot 2/Lt Frederick Sowrey in a BE2c on 24 September 1916 near Great Burstead, Essex, all the crew dying. The crew's bodies were buried at Great Burstead, then in 1966 exhumed and reburied at Cannock Chase. |
| LZ75 | L 37 | 9 November 1916 | 17 reconnaissance missions around the North and Baltic Sea and England; 4 raids dropping 6450 kg bombs; retired on 24 December 1917; transferred to Japan in 1920 (disassembled) |
| LZ76 | L 33 | 30 August 1916 | Part of the Zeppelin group that bombed London and surrounding counties (L31, L32, L33 and L34) on the night of 23 September 1916; during its first mission, in which 3200 kg bombs had been dropped, after an anti-aircraft shell seriously damaged it, commander Kapitan-Leutnant Alois Bocker turned over Essex and was attacked by 39 Home Defence Squadron night fighters from Hainault Farm and hit several times (credit for disabling given to B.E.2c No. 4544), but even after dropping guns and equipment Bocker decided it would not make it back across the North Sea, forced landing in Little Wigborough, Essex 24 September 1916 with no fatalities, the crew were only partly successful in burning the hull, and British engineers examined the skeleton and later used the plans as a basis for the construction of airships R33 and R34 |
| LZ77 | LZ107 | 16 October 1916 | One attack on Boulogne, France, dropping 1440 kg bombs (several other raids being cancelled or aborted). Decommissioned in July 1917. |
| LZ78 | L 34 | 22 September 1916 | Three reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping 3890 kg bombs; took part in the Zeppelin raid which also involved the L31, L32 and L33 on the night of 23 September 1916, and was the only Zeppelin that survived the raid; intercepted and destroyed by British fighter pilot 2/Lt Ian Pyott in BE2c no. 2738 off Hartlepool on 28 November 1916. |
| LZ79 | L 41 | 15 January 1917 | 15 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; four attacks on England dropping 6567 kg bombs; used as a school ship from 11 December 1917 on. Destroyed by its crew on 23 June 1919. |
| LZ80 | L 35 | 20 October 1916 | 13 reconnaissance missions around the North and Baltic Sea; three attacks on England dropping 4284 kg bombs; decommissioned in September 1918. |
| LZ81 | LZ111 | 20 December 1916 | Not used in the German Army and transferred to Navy in May 1917; 7 reconnaissance missions around the Baltic Sea. Decommissioned on 10 August 1917. |
| LZ82 | L 36 | 1 November 1916 | 20 flights around the North Sea and England, including four reconnaissance missions; damaged during landing in fog at Rehben-an-der-Aller on 7 February 1917 and decommissioned. |
| LZ83 | LZ113 | 22 February 1917 | 15 reconnaissance missions around the Eastern Front and the Baltic Sea; three attacks dropping 6000 kg bombs. In 1920 ordered to be transferred to France in the context of war reparations. |
| LZ84 | L 38 | 22 November 1916 | Damaged beyond repair in a forced landing (due to heavy snowfall) during an attempted raid on Reval and Saint Petersburg on 29 December 1916 |
| LZ85 | L 45 | 12 April 1917 | 12 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 3 attacks on England dropping 4700 kg bombs. Ran out of fuel on 20 October 1917; destroyed in forced landing near Sisteron, France, the crew being taken captive. |
| LZ86 | L 39 | 11 December 1916 | Two reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; one attack on England dropping 300 kg bombs, and on return destroyed by French flak fire near Compiègne on 17 March 1917. |
| LZ87 | L 47 | 11 May 1917 | 18 reconnaissance missions and three attacks dropping 3240 kg bombs around the North Sea and England. On 5 January 1918, a giant explosion in the air base in Ahlhorn destroyed four Zeppelins (including L 47) and one non-Zeppelin-type airship, stabled in three adjacent hangars. This is supposed to have been an accident, though sabotage could not be ruled out. |
| LZ88 | L 40 | 3 January 1917 | 6 reconnaissance missions; 2 attacks on England, dropping 3105 kg bombs (large parts of which missed their targets). Damaged beyond repair in a failed landing on 16 June 1917 in Nordholz. |
| LZ89 | L 50 | 9 June 1917 | 5 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; two attacks on England dropping 4135 kg bombs. Ran out of fuel on 20 October 1917 and was driven to the Mediterranean Sea after a forced landing near Dammartin, France. |
| LZ90 | LZ120 | 31 January 1917 | 17 reconnaissance missions and 3 attacks dropping 11,250 kg bombs around the Eastern Front and the Baltic Sea. Retired on 8 October 1917; in 1920 ordered to be transferred to Italy in the context of war reparations, where it broke apart one year later while gas was removed. |
| LZ91 | L 42 | 21 February 1917 | First of the "Height-Climber" class, which had a lightened structure to improve altitude. The strength of the structure was therefore compromised, which proved disastrous when unwittingly copied, as with the British R38 (ZR-2), and USS Shenandoah. 20 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England dropping 6030 kg bombs; used as a school ship from 6 June 1918 on. Destroyed by its crew on 23 June 1919. |
| LZ92 | L 43 | 6 March 1917 | 6 reconnaissance missions; one attack on English docks, dropping 1850 kg bombs. Shot down by British fighter aircraft on 14 June 1917 during reconnaissance mission. |
| LZ93 | L 44 | 1 April 1917 | 8 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England and British Royal Navy units. Driven south to France by a heavy storm, it was shot down over Lunéville on 20 October 1917. |
| LZ94 | L 46 | 24 April 1917 | 19 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 3 raids on England dropping 5700 kg bombs. Destroyed in the Ahlhorn explosion (see LZ87 "L 47"). |
| LZ95 | L 48 | 22 May 1917 | Several of the L 11 crew transferred to the L 48; one reconnaissance mission successful. As part of an attempted attack on London with 3 others became lost and was then intercepted and destroyed by British fighters over sea near Great Yarmouth on 17 June 1917 crashing near Leiston. Three survivors; crew buried at Theberton, Suffolk. |
| LZ96 | L 49 | 13 June 1917 | Two reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; one raid on England dropping 2100 kg bombs; while returning, forced to land near Bourbonne-les-Bains on 20 October 1917 and captured almost undamaged by French forces. Plans derived from LZ96 were later used in the United States for construction of the first US "zeppelin", the USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), also used for the design of the British R38. |
| LZ97 | L 51 | 6 June 1917 | 3 reconnaissance missions; one raid on the English coast, dropping 280 kg bombs. Destroyed in the Ahlhorn explosion (see LZ87 "L 47"). |
| LZ98 | L 52 | 14 July 1917 | 20 reconnaissance missions; accidentally placed above London by an unexpected storm during a raid, it dropped 2020 kg bombs there. Destroyed by its crew on 23 June 1919. This photograph on 19 March 1918 shows 32 crew with Kapitänleutnant Friemel. Selected L 52 crew photographs:, and . |
| LZ99 | L 54 | 13 August 1917 | 14 reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping 5840 kg bombs; destroyed together with L 60 when seven British Sopwith Camel fighters from the first aircraft carrier, HMS Furious, bombed the halls in Tondern. (Only two fighters returned to the Furious, though three of the others landed in Denmark after running low on fuel.) |
| LZ100 | L 53 | 8 August 1917 | 19 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England, dropping 11,930 kg bombs. Intercepted and destroyed by British Sopwith Camel N6812 flown by Lt Culley RAF, who took off from a lighter towed by the destroyer HMS Redoubt, on 11 August 1918. LZ100 was the last zeppelin destroyed in the war. |
| LZ101 | L 55 | 1 September 1917 | Two attacks dropping 5450 kg bombs. Heavily damaged in the second one on 19 October 1917, it drifted behind western front and rose to Zeppelin all-time world record altitude of 7600 m to escape; then dismantled upon forced landing. |
| LZ102 | L 57 | 26 September 1917 | Not used in combat; foreseen for engagement in Africa. Damaged beyond repair by heavy wind on 8 October 1917. |
| LZ103 | L 56 | 24 September 1917 | 17 reconnaissance missions; participated in the last raid on England on 6 August 1918. Destroyed by its crew on 23 June 1919. |
| LZ104 | L.59 | 30 October 1917 | Known as das Afrika-Schiff, stationed in Yambol (Bulgaria); L 59 started out on a mission to resupply German troops in German East Africa, but turned back upon (false) reports of a German surrender; nevertheless, the ship broke a long-distance flight record (6757 km in 95 hours and 5 minutes). One attack on Naples, Italy dropped 6400 kg of bombs. Crashed during a raid on Malta on 7 April 1918 for unknown reasons. |
| LZ105 | L 58 | 29 October 1917 | Two reconnaissance missions; destroyed in the Ahlhorn explosion (see LZ87 "L 47") |
| LZ106 | L 61 | 12 December 1917 | 9 reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping 4500 kg bombs; in 1920 ordered to be transferred to Italy in the context of war reparations. |
| LZ107 | L 62 | 19 January 1918 | Two reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping 5923 kg bombs; on the raid on 12/13 April 1918 her gunners managed to damage and drive away an attacking airplane, the only known instance of this happening. Crashed north of Helgoland on 10 May 1918: shot down by Felixstowe F2A flying-boat N4291, Capt TC Pattinson and Capt TH Munday. |
| LZ108 | L 60 | 18 December 1917 | 11 reconnaissance missions; one attack on England dropping 3,120 kg of bombs; destroyed together with L 54 when British Sopwith Camel fighters launched from the aircraft carrier HMS Furious bombed the halls. |
| LZ109 | L 64 | 11 March 1918 | 13 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea; with L60, L61, L62, and L63 raided north England dropping 2800 kg in bombs. In 1920 transferred to England as war reparations. Scrapped at short notice when hangar required for the damaged British R36. |
| LZ110 | L 63 | 4 March 1918 | Dropped 8915 kg bombs in three attacks on England, including participation in the last raid on England on 6 August 1918. Destroyed by its crew on 23 June 1919. |
| LZ111 | L 65 | 17 April 1918 | Participated in last raid on England on 6 August 1918. Destroyed by its crew on 23 June 1919. |
| LZ112 | L 70 | 1 July 1918 | Directed last raid on England on 6 August 1918, with KK Peter Strasser, Commander of the Navy Airship Department on board; intercepted and destroyed over North Sea by British DeHavilland DH-4 flown by Major Egbert Cadbury with Captain Robert Leckie (later Air Vice-Marshal) as gunner. Both these men shot down two Zeppelins: prior to L70, Cadbury had downed L21 and Leckie, L22. |
| LZ113 | L 71 | 29 July 1918 | Not used in war; in 1920 ordered to be transferred to England in the context of war reparations. Scrapped at short notice when hangar required for the damaged British R36. |
| LZ114 | L 72; in France: "Dixmude" | 9 February 1920 | Not delivered because war ended; in 1920 ordered to be transferred to France in the context of war reparations and handed over on 9 July 1920 and renamed Dixmude. Made then world record duration flight of 118 hours. Vanished over Mediterranean in December 1923 killing all aboard. |
| LZ115 | Not constructed (construction forbidden by the Allied Control Commission) | ||
| LZ116 | Not constructed (construction forbidden by the Allied Control Commission) | ||
| LZ117 | Not constructed (construction forbidden by the Allied Control Commission) | ||
| LZ118 | Not constructed (construction forbidden by the Allied Control Commission) | ||
| LZ119 | Not constructed (construction forbidden by the Allied Control Commission) | ||
This September 1917 group photograph shows these Navy Zeppelin captains: Manger (L 41), von Freudenreich (L 47), Schwonder (L 50), Prölss (L 53), Bockholt (L 57), Peter Strasser (FdL - Führer der Luftschiffe), Gayer (L 49), Stabbert (L 44), Ehrlich (L 35), Dietrich (L 42), Hollender (L 46), Dose (L 51) and Friemel (L 52).
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