This is a complete list of
Zeppelin
A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German inventor Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin () who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin's notions were first formulated in 1874Eckener 1938, pp ...
s constructed by the German Zeppelin companies from 1900 until 1938. Other
rigid airship
A rigid airship is a type of airship (or dirigible) in which the envelope is supported by an internal framework rather than by being kept in shape by the pressure of the lifting gas within the envelope, as in blimps (also called pressure airsh ...
s that are also sometimes referred to as zeppelins but not built by Zeppelin are not included.
The Zeppelin company based in
Friedrichshafen
Friedrichshafen ( or ; Low Alemannic: ''Hafe'' or ''Fridrichshafe'') is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the ''Bodensee'') in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (''Kre ...
, Germany, numbered their aircraft ''LZ 1/2/ ...'', with ''LZ'' standing for "Luftschiff
irshipZeppelin". Additionally, craft used for civilian purposes were named, whereas military airships were usually given "tactical numbers":
* The
''Deutsches Heer'' called its first Zeppelins ''Z I/II/ ... /XI/XII''. During World War I they switched to using ''LZ'' numbers, later adding 30 to obscure the total production.
* The
''Kaiserliche Marine'''s Zeppelins were labelled ''L 1/2/ ...''.
Since 1997, airships of the new type
Zeppelin NT
The Zeppelin NT (''"Neue Technologie"'', German for ''new technology'') is a class of helium-filled airships being manufactured since the 1990s by the German company Zeppelin Luftschifftechnik GmbH (ZLT) in Friedrichshafen. The initial model i ...
have been flying. They are not included here, as they are
not rigid airships and do not represent a continuity of design from the ones listed here.
Zeppelins finished before World War I
Zeppelins constructed during World War I
Usage: military
September 1917 group photoshows Navy Zeppelin captains: Manger (L 41), von Freudenreich (L 47), Schwonder (L 50), Prölss (L 53), Bockholt (L 57),
Peter Strasser
Peter Strasser (1 April 1876 – 5 August 1918) was chief commander of German Imperial Navy Zeppelins during World War I, the main force operating bombing campaigns from 1915 to 1917. He was killed when flying the German Empire's last airs ...
(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).
Zeppelins constructed after World War I
See also
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List of Parseval airships
The Parsevals were 22 airships built between 1909 and 1919 by the Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft (LFG) following the design of August von Parseval. In the 1920s and 1930s, three more airships were built following the Parseval-Naatz (PN) design.
As wi ...
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List of Schütte-Lanz airships
Schütte-Lanz (SL) is the name of a series of rigid airships designed and built by the Luftschiffbau Schütte-Lanz company from 1909 until 1917. One research and four passenger airships were planned for post-war use, but were never built. The Sc ...
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List of airships of the United States Navy
List of airships of the United States Navy identifies the airships
An airship or dirigible balloon is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air Powered aircraft, under its own power. Aerostats gain th ...
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Rigid airship
A rigid airship is a type of airship (or dirigible) in which the envelope is supported by an internal framework rather than by being kept in shape by the pressure of the lifting gas within the envelope, as in blimps (also called pressure airsh ...
Notes
References
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* Bruce, J.M.
The Sopwith Pup: Historic Military Aircraft No 6'. ''
Flight
Flight or flying is the process by which an object moves through a space without contacting any planetary surface, either within an atmosphere (i.e. air flight or aviation) or through the vacuum of outer space (i.e. spaceflight). This can be a ...
''. 1 January 1954. p. 8-12.
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* (Word document) from The Last Flight of the L48, linked fro
Theberton and Eastbridge Parish Council History
* Robinson, Douglas H. ''Giants in the Sky''. Henley-on-Thames: Foulis, 1973.
* Robinson, Douglas H. ''The Zeppelin in Combat'' (3rd ed). Henley-on-Thames: Foulis, 1971.
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External links
Airships.netDetailed information and photographs (interior and exterior), primarily about commercial Zeppelins
— The webportal for Zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia
silhoeuttes of important Zeppelins from 1900 to 1919 Lueger 1904–1920, shows LZ: 1,3,5,6,8,10,13,14,18,21,23,25,26,36,40,59,62,91,94,95,100,104,113,120
Important airship types Lueger 1904–1920, Table 1 lists data on selected Zeppelins
story of L21's last flight
– illustrated list of Zeppelins stationed at
Tønder
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History
The first mention of Tønder might ...
*LZ 3 Photographs by Franz Stoedtner
perspective*LZ 4 Photographs by Franz Stoedtner
*LZ 10 Photographs by Franz Stoedtner
showing their
Iron Cross
The Iron Cross (german: link=no, Eisernes Kreuz, , abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). King Frederick William III of Prussia est ...
es
This photograph on 19 March 1918shows 32 crew with Kapitänleutnant Friemel. Selected L 52 crew photographs
an
Christmas celebration table under the LZ 81 in its hangar)
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