List of Zeppelins
Zeppelins constructed during World War I
Usage: military 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).

List of Zeppelins

Section Title: Zeppelins constructed during World War I
Table Section Text: Usage: military 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).

Production number	Class	Tactical numbering	First flight	Remarks	Image

LZ 26	N	Z XII (Z 12)	14 December 1914	Z XII made 11 attacks in Northern France and at the Eastern front, dropping a total of 20,000 kilograms (44,000 lb) of bombs; by the summer of 1915 Z 12 had dropped around 9,000 kg (20,000 lb) of bombs on the Warsaw to Petrograd trunk railway line between the stations at Malkina and Białystok.

LZ 27	M	L 4	18 August 1914	Flew 11 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea, participated in the first raid over England on 20 January 1915. Forced landing in Blavandshuk on 17 February 1915 during a storm; 11 of the crew were interned, with four members lost when the airship was subsequently carried out to sea.

LZ 28	M	L 5	22 September 1914	Flew 47 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea and Baltic Sea; proved especially useful in discovering enemy mines. Two attack missions, dropping 700 kg (1,500 lb) bombs.

LZ 29	M	Z X	13 October 1914	Two attacks on Calais and Paris, dropping 1,800 kg (4,000 lb) of bombs; on the way back Z X was damaged by enemy fire and dismantled after a forced landing at St.

LZ 30	M	Z XI	15 November 1914	Used for raids on Warsaw, Grodno and other targets on the Eastern front. Destroyed in an accident on 20 May 1915

LZ 31	M	L 6	3 November 1914	Took part in German defence during the Cuxhaven Raid on 25 December 1914, unsuccessfully attacking HMS Empress; 36 reconnaissance missions around North Sea, including marking of mine fields; one successful raid on England, dropping 700 kg (1,500 lb) of bombs.	-

LZ 32	M	L 7	20 November 1914	Flew 77 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea, with several unsuccessful attempts to attack English coastal towns. Brought down on 4 May 1916 by anti-aircraft fire from HMS Phaeton and HMS Galatea and its wreck was destroyed by the Royal Navy submarine E31	L 7 Tønder.JPG

LZ 33	M	L 8	17 December 1914	Used for reconnaissance missions along the Western front. Brought down by anti-aircraft fire at Tirlemont on 5 March 1915.

LZ 34	M	6 January 1915	Carried out two raids on the Eastern front, dropping 1,110 kg (2,450 lb) of bombs. Heavily damaged by enemy fire on 21 June 1915 and destroyed by fire following a forced landing near Insterburg.

LZ 35	M	11 January 1915	Two raids on Paris and Poperinghe (Belgium), dropping 2,420 kg (5,340 lb) of bombs; forced landing near Aeltre (Belgium) due to damage by enemy fire, then destroyed by a storm.

LZ 36	O	L 9	8 March 1915	74 reconnaissance missions in the North Sea; four raids on England dropping a total of 5,683 kg (12,529 lb) of bombs; several attacks on British submarines.	-

LZ 37	M	LZ 37	4 March 1915	Based at Gontrode50°58′54.6″N 3°47′17.1″E / 50.981833°N 3.788083°E, LZ 37 was 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, crashing at Sint-Amandsberg, near Ghent (51°3′43.2″N 3°44′54.7″E / 51.062000°N 3.748528°E).	-

LZ 38	P	LZ 38	3 April 1915	Carried out the 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 Ipswich, Ramsgate, Southend (twice) and London, dropping a total of 8,360 kg (18,430 lb) of bombs.

LZ 39	O	LZ 39	24 April 1915	Three raids on the western, later two on the eastern front, dropping a total of 4,184 kg (9,224 lb) of bombs.

LZ 40	P	L 10	13 May 1915	8 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 5 attacks on England dropping a total of 9,900 kg (21,800 lb) of bombs.	-

LZ 41	P	L 11	7 June 1915	31 reconnaissance missions, notably during the Battle of Jutland; 12 raids on England dropping a total of 15,543 kg (34,266 lb) of bombs.	-

LZ 42	P	LZ 72	15 June 1915	Only used as a school ship, as airframe metal was of poor quality; decommissioned in February 1917.

LZ 43	P	L 12	21 June 1915	5 reconnaissance missions; after being damaged by A.A. fire during a raid in which it bombed Dover came down in the English Channel.	-

LZ 44	P	LZ 74	8 July 1915	Two attacks on England dropping a total of 3,500 kg (7,700 lb) of bombs; wrecked when it flew into a mountain in the Schnee Eifel on 8 October 1915.

LZ 45	P	L 13	23 July 1915	45 reconnaissance missions, including one in which it played a significant part in the action of 19 August 1916; 15 attacks on England dropping 20,667 kg (45,563 lb) of bombs; decommissioned on 25 April 1917	-

LZ 46	P	L 14	9 August 1915	Most successful German Navy airship; 42 reconnaissance missions; 17 attacks on Britain dropping a total of 22,045 kg (48,601 lb) of bombs; taken out of service during 1917 and 1918.

LZ 47	P	LZ 77	24 August 1915	6 attacks on England and France dropping a total of 12,610 kg (27,800 lb) of bombs. Destroyed by enemy fire on 21 February 1916 in the Battle of Verdun, killing the crew of 15.

LZ 48	P	L 15	9 September 1915	8 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks on England dropping a total of 5,780 kg (12,740 lb) of bombs. Damaged by ground fire from Dartford AA battery during a raid on London on 1 April 1916, it came down at Kentish Knock Deep in the Thames estuary.	-

LZ 49	P	LZ 79	2 August 1915	Dropped a total of 4,440 kg (9,790 lb) of bombs in two attacks on Brest-Litovsk and Kovel and one attack on Paris on 30 January 1916; hit by French fire and damaged beyond repair in forced landing near Ath.	-

LZ 50	P	L 16	23 September 1915	44 reconnaissance missions; 12 attacks on England dropping a total of 18,048 kg (39,789 lb) of bombs; delivered supplies to German isles in winter 1916.

LZ 51	P	LZ 81	7 October 1915	Used at the South-Eastern and the Western Front; transported a diplomatic commission to Sofia on 9 November 1915; one attack on Étaples (France) and two attacks on Bucharest, dropping a total of 4,513 kg (9,949 lb) of bombs; brought down by ground fire near Turnovo (Bulgaria) on 27 September 1916.

LZ 52	P	L 18	3 November 1915	Destroyed in shed fire at Tondern during refuelling on 17 November 1915	-

LZ 53	P	L 17	20 October 1915	27 reconnaissance missions; 9 attacks on England dropping a total of 10,724 kg (23,642 lb) bombs. Destroyed in its hangar at Tondern on 28 December 1916 when LZ 69 caught fire.	-

LZ 54	P	L 19	27 November 1915	Raided England on 31 January 1916, dropping a total of 1,600 kg (3,500 lb) of 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.	LZ 54/L 19

LZ 55	P	LZ 85	12 September 1915	6 attacks dropping a total of 14,200 kg (31,300 lb) of bombs on Dünaburg (Latvia), Minsk, the railroads of Riga, and Saloniki (twice); damaged by fire from the battleship HMS Agamemnon on 5 May 1916, it came down in the Vardar marshes.

LZ 56	P	LZ 86	10 October 1915	7 attacks dropping a total of 14,800 kg (32,600 lb) of bombs along the Eastern and South-Eastern front; crashed on 5 September 1916 at Temesvar, killing nine of the crew.

LZ 57	P	LZ 87	6 December 1915	2 attacks on Ramsgate and Margate dropping a total 3,000 kg (6,600 lb) of bombs; in July 1916 handed to the German Navy; 16 reconnaissance missions around the Baltic Sea; later used as a school ship.

LZ 58	P	LZ 88	14 November 1915	14 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks dropping a total 4,249 kg (9,367 lb) of bombs along the Western Front; in January 1917 handed to the German Navy who used it for experimental purposes.

LZ 59	Q	L 20	21 November 1915	6 reconnaissance missions; 2 attacks on England dropping a total 2,864 kilograms (6,314 lb) bombs; ran out of fuel after raiding Scotland on 3 May 1916, drifted and stranded near Stavanger (Norway).	LZ 59

LZ 60	P	LZ 90	1 January 1916	4 attacks on Bar-le-Duc, Norwich, London and Étaples, dropping a total of 8,860 kilograms (19,530 lb) of bombs; on 7 November 1916 broke loose in a storm and blown out to sea and was never seen again.

LZ 61	Q	L 21	10 January 1916	17 reconnaissance missions; 10 attacks on England dropping a total 14,442 kilograms (31,839 lb) of bombs. Intercepted and destroyed by Flight–Lieutenant Egbert Cadbury, flying BE 2C, No.	-

LZ 62	R	L 30	28 May 1916	First of the Type R "Super-Zeppelin" class, it had a volume of 55,200 m3. Ten raids on England dropping a total of 23,305 kilograms (51,379 lb) of bombs; 31 reconnaissance missions above the North and Baltic Seas and at the Eastern Front; retired on 17 November 1917 and laid up at Seerappen.	-

LZ 63	P	LZ 93	23 February 1916	Three attacks on Dunkirk, Mardick and Harwich, dropping 3,240 kilograms (7,140 lb) bombs. Decommissioned in 1917.

LZ 64	Q	L 22	3 March 1916	Thirty reconnaissance missions; 8 attacks on Britain, dropping a total of 9,215 kilograms (20,316 lb) of bombs; destroyed by RNAS Curtis H12 flying boat flown by Flight Commander Robert Leckie (later Air Vice Marshal) near Terschelling on 14 May 1917 during a reconnaissance mission.	-

LZ 65	Q	LZ 95	1 February 1916	Destroyed by French anti-aircraft fire on 21 February 1916 during an attempted attack on Vitry-le-François.

LZ 66	Q	L 23	8 April 1916	51 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks on England dropping a total of 5,254 kg (11,583 lb) of bombs; captured Norwegian ship "Royal" in the North Sea on 23 April 1917.	-

LZ 67	Q	LZ 97	4 April 1916	Four attacks on London (twice), Boulogne and, later, Bucharest, dropping a total of 5,760 kg (12,700 lb) of bombs, plus several unsuccessful flights due to bad weather.

LZ 68	Q	LZ 98	28 April 1916	One attack on London dropping 1,513 kilograms (3,336 lb) bombs, plus several flights aborted due to bad weather; handed to the German Navy in November 1916; 15 reconnaissance missions around the Baltic Sea.

LZ 69	Q	L 24	20 May 1916	19 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 4 raids on England dropping a total of 8,510 kilograms (18,760 lb) f bombs; crashed into a wall while being taken into its hangar on 28 December 1916 and burned out together with LZ 53.	L 24 mit Robert Koch.JPG

LZ 70	Not built

LZ 71	Q	LZ 101	29 June 1916	Stationed in Yambol (Bulgaria); 7 attacks dropping a total of 11,934 kg (26,310 lb) of bombs on Bucharest, Ciulniţa, Feteşti, Galaţi, Odessa, Mytilene, Iaşi and Mudros.

LZ 72	R	L 31	12 July 1916	One important reconnaissance mission in fleet operation against Sunderland; 6 attacks on England dropping a total of 19,411 kilograms (42,794 lb) of bombs; with LZ 74, LZ 76 and LZ 78 part of Zeppelin raid on night of 23 September 1916; intercepted and destroyed by British fighter pilot Lt.	-

LZ 73	Q	LZ 103	23 August 1916	One successful attack on Calais dropping 1,530 kilograms (3,370 lb) of bombs (several other attacks being cancelled or aborted due to poor weather); decommissioned in August 1917

LZ 74	R	L 32	4 August 1916	Three attacks on England dropping a total of 6,860 kilograms (15,120 lb)of bombs; commanded by Kapitan-Leutnant Werner Petersen, with LZ 72, LZ 76 and LZ 78 part of Zeppelin raid on the night of 23 September 1916; intercepted and destroyed by 2nd Lt Frederick Sowrey, of 39 Home Defence Squadron, in a Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2c on 24 September 1916 near Great Burstead, Essex, all the crew dying.

LZ 75	R	L 37	9 November 1916	17 reconnaissance missions around the North and Baltic Sea and England; 4 raids dropping a total of 6,450 kilograms (14,220 lb) of bombs; retired on 24 December 1917; transferred to Japan in 1920 (disassembled)	-

LZ 76	R	L 33	30 August 1916	Part of the Zeppelin group that bombed London and surrounding counties (L 31, L 32, L 33 and L 34) 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.	L33 landing site Wreck of L33

LZ 77	Q	LZ 107	16 October 1916	One attack on Boulogne, France, dropping 1,440 kilograms (3,170 lb) of bombs (several other raids being cancelled or aborted). Decommissioned in July 1917.

LZ 78	R	L 34	22 September 1916	Three reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping a total of 3,890 kg (8,580 lb) of bombs; took part in the Zeppelin raid which also involved the L 31, L 32 and L 33 on the night of 23 September 1916, and was the only Zeppelin that survived the raid; intercepted and destroyed by British fighter pilot 2nd Lt Ian Pyott in BE2c no.	-

LZ 79	R	L 41	15 January 1917	15 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; four attacks on England dropping a totalof 6,567 kilograms (14,478 lb)of bombs; used as a school ship from 11 December 1917.

LZ 80	R	L 35	20 October 1916	13 reconnaissance missions around the North and Baltic Sea; three attacks on England dropping a total of 4,284 kilograms (9,445 lb) of bombs; decommissioned in September 1918.

LZ 81	Q	LZ 111	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.

LZ 82	R	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.

LZ 83	R	LZ 113	22 February 1917	15 reconnaissance missions around the Eastern Front and the Baltic Sea; three attacks dropping a total of 6,000 kilograms (13,000 lb) of bombs.

LZ 84	R	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

LZ 85	R	L 45	12 April 1917	12 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 3 attacks on England dropping a total of 4,700 kilograms (10,400 lb) of bombs.	LZ 85

LZ 86	R	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 near Compiègne on 17 March 1917.

LZ 87	R	L 47	11 May 1917	18 reconnaissance missions and three attacks dropping a total of 3,240 kilograms (7,140 lb) of bombs around the North Sea and England.

LZ 88	R	L 40	3 January 1917	7 reconnaissance missions; 2 attacks on England, dropping a total of 3,105 kilograms (6,845 lb) of bombs. Damaged beyond repair while landing on 16 June 1917 in Nordholz.

LZ 89	R	L 50	9 June 1917	5 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; two attacks on England dropping a total of 4,135 kilograms (9,116 lb) of bombs.	-

LZ 90	R	LZ 120	31 January 1917	17 reconnaissance missions and 3 attacks dropping 11,250 kilograms (24,800 lb) of bombs around the Eastern Front and the Baltic Sea.

LZ 91	S	L 42	21 February 1917	First of the Height-Climber S class, which had a lightened structure to improve maximum altitude. 20 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England dropping a total of 6,030 kilograms (13,290 lb) of bombs; used as a school ship from 6 June 1918.

LZ 92	S	L 43	6 March 1917	6 reconnaissance missions; one attack on English docks, dropping 1,850 kilograms (4,080 lb) of bombs. Shot down by British fighter aircraft on 14 June 1917 during reconnaissance mission.

LZ 93	T	L 44	1 April 1917	8 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England and Royal Navy units. Driven south to France by a heavy storm, it was shot down over Lunéville on 20 October 1917.	-

LZ 94	T	L 46	24 April 1917	19 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 3 raids on England dropping a total of 5,700 kilograms (12,600 lb) of bombs.

LZ 95	U	L 48	22 May 1917	Several of the LZ 41 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.

LZ 96	U	L 49	13 June 1917	Two reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; one raid on England dropping 2,100 kilograms (4,600 lb) of bombs; while returning, forced to land near Bourbonne-les-Bains on 20 October 1917 and captured almost undamaged by French forces.	LZ 96 (L49) L 49 (LZ96) brought down.

LZ 97	U	L 51	6 June 1917	3 reconnaissance missions; one raid on the English coast, dropping 280 kg bombs. Destroyed in the Ahlhorn explosion.

LZ 98	U	L 52	14 July 1917	20 reconnaissance missions; accidentally taken above London by an unexpected storm during a raid, it dropped 2,020 kilograms (4,450 lb) of bombs there.

LZ 99	U	L 54	13 August 1917	14 reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping a total of 5,840 kilograms (12,870 lb) of bombs; destroyed together with LZ 108 when seven RNAS Sopwith Camel fighters, launched from the aircraft carrier HMS Furious, bombed the Toska hangar at Tønder, Denmark.	L 54 Toska.JPG

LZ 100	V	L 53	8 August 1917	19 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England, dropping a total of 11,930 kilograms (26,300 lb) of bombs. Intercepted and destroyed by a Sopwith Camel flown by Lt Culley RAF, who took off from a lighter towed by the destroyer HMS Redoubt, on 11 August 1918.	-

LZ 101	V	L 55	1 September 1917	Two attacks dropping a total of 5,450 kilograms (12,020 lb) of bombs. Heavily damaged in the second one on 19 October 1917, it drifted behind western front and rose to a Zeppelin all-time record altitude of 7,600 metres (24,900 ft) to escape; then dismantled upon forced landing.

LZ 102	W	L 57	26 September 1917	Not used in combat. Intended for use in Africa. Damaged beyond repair by heavy wind on 8 October 1917.	-

LZ 103	V	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.

LZ 104	W	L 59	30 October 1917	Known as the Afrika-Schiff, stationed in Yambol (Bulgaria); LZ 104 started out on a resupply mission to German East Africa. However, British forces had advanced to the designated landing zone, forcing the German admiralty to abort the mission and recall the ship while west of Khartoum.	LZ 104

LZ 105	V	L 58	29 October 1917	Two reconnaissance missions; destroyed in the Ahlhorn explosion.

LZ 106	V	L 61	12 December 1917	9 reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping a total of 4,500 kilograms (9,900 lb) of bombs; in 1920 ordered to be transferred to Italy as war reparations.

LZ 107	V	L 62	19 January 1918	Two reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping a total of 5,923 kilograms (13,058 lb) of 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.

LZ 108	V	L 60	18 December 1917	11 reconnaissance missions; one attack on England dropping 3,120 kg of bombs; destroyed together with LZ 99 when seven RNAS Sopwith Camel fighters, launched from the aircraft carrier HMS Furious, bombed the Toska hangar at Tønder, Denmark.

LZ 109	V	L 64	11 March 1918	13 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea; with LZ 108, LZ 106, LZ 107, and LZ 110 raided north of England dropping 2800 kg in bombs.	L64 (left) L71 (right) Pulham, Norfolk 27 January 1921

LZ 110	V	L 63	4 March 1918	Dropped a total of 8,915 kg (19,654 lb) of bombs in three attacks on England, including participation in the last raid on England on 6 August 1918.

LZ 111	V	L 65	17 April 1918	Participated in last raid on England on 6 August 1918. Destroyed by its crew on 23 June 1919.

LZ 112	X	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 de Havilland DH-4 flown by Major Egbert Cadbury with Captain Robert Leckie (later Air Vice-Marshal) as gunner.

LZ 113	X	L 71	29 July 1918	Not used in war; in 1920 ordered to be transferred to Great Britain in the context of war reparations. Scrapped at short notice when hangar required for the damaged R36.	L64 (left) L71 (right) Pulham, Norfolk 27 January 1921 L71 engine cars + control car 1921 Gondolla from Zeppelin LZ113, Musee de l'Air et de l'Espace, Le Bourget, Paris.

LZ 114	X	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.	LZ-114

LZ 115	Construction abandoned under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles

LZ 116	Construction abandoned under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles

LZ 117	Construction abandoned under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles

LZ 118	Construction abandoned under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles

LZ 119	Construction abandoned under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles

Sentence(s)

On 4th May 1916, HMS Galatea took part in the shooting down of Zeppelin L 7.

final_sentence: On 4th May 1916, HMS Galatea took part in the shooting down of Zeppelin L 7.