Zeppelin LZ 30 Hansa during fleet manoeuvres in the North Sea shortly before World War I. Military designation: Z XI 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
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] 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)
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Lighter-than-airairships )
Manufacturer
A Class B Class C Class D Class E Class F Class G Class H Class I Class J Class K Class L Class M Class N Class O Class P Class Q Class R Class S Class T Class U Class
LZ 95 LZ 96
LZ 97
LZ 98
LZ 99 V Class
LZ 100 LZ 101
LZ 103
LZ 105
LZ 106
LZ 107
LZ 108
LZ 109
LZ 110
LZ 111 W Class X Class Post-war Unbuilt
LZ 70
LZ 115–LZ 119
LZ 122–LZ 125
LZ 128
LZ 131–LZ 132
Operator's
Names Army Z1 Army LZ2 Navy L
Heavier-than-airaeroplanes )
Zeppelin-Staaken Zeppelin-Lindau Zeppelin Flugzeugebau Other
1 Early Army designations, used pre-war. 2 Wartime Army LZ designations were not always matched to Zeppelin's LZ hull number.
Jul 13, 1910 Erbslöh airship crash May 21, 1911 Paris to Madrid air race accident Feb 17, 1912 Martin-Handasyde No. 3 Jun 28, 1912 LZ 10 Schwaben May 13, 1912 Brooklands Flanders Monoplane crash Sep 10, 1912 Bristol Coanda Monoplane crash Dec 15, 1912 Handley Page Type F crash Apr 3, 1913 Zeppelin LZ 16 Apr 17, 1913 Zodiac balloon accident Aug 07, 1913 Cody Floatplane crash Sep 09, 1913 Helgoland disaster Oct 17, 1913 Johannisthal disaster Feb 17, 1915 Zeppelin LZ 24 Feb 17, 1915 Zeppelin LZ 27 Mar 05, 1915 Zeppelin LZ 33 May 20, 1915 Zeppelin LZ 30 Sep 03, 1915 Zeppelin LZ 40 Nov 17, 1915 Zeppelin LZ 52 fire Feb 01, 1916 Zeppelin LZ 54 crash May 03, 1916 Zeppelin LZ 59 crash Sep 04, 1916 Zeppelin LZ 56 Sep 16, 1916 Zeppelin LZ 31 fire Sep 16, 1916 Zeppelin LZ 36 fire Dec 28, 1916 Zeppelin LZ 53 fire Dec 28, 1916 Zeppelin LZ 69 fire Oct 08, 1917 Zeppelin LZ 102 Oct 19, 1917 Zeppelin LZ 50 Oct 20, 1917 Zeppelin LZ 85 crash Oct 20, 1917 Zeppelin LZ 89 crash Dec 14, 1917 Coastal class airship C.26 crash Apr 07, 1918 Zeppelin LZ 104 Aug 19, 1918 Maxstoke air crash May 26, 1919 Tarrant Tabor Jul 15, 1919 Airship N.S.11 crash Jul 21, 1919 Wingfoot Air Express crash Aug 02, 1919 Verona Caproni Ca. 48 crash
For single-person aviation accidents see: before 1910 ◀
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