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

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s that are also sometimes referred to as zeppelins but not built by Zeppelin are not included. The Zeppelin company based in

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, 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

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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 photo
shows 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).

Zeppelins constructed after World War I

Notes

References

* * Bruce, J.M.
The Sopwith Pup: Historic Military Aircraft No 6
'. '' Flight''. 1 January 1954. p. 8-12. * * * * * * (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. * * *

External links

Airships.net
Detailed 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

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*LZ 3 Photographs by Franz Stoedtner
perspective
*LZ 4 Photographs by Franz Stoedtner

*LZ 10 Photographs by Franz Stoedtner

showing their

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