   this is a complete list of zeppelins constructed by the german zeppelin companies from 1900 until 1938. other types of rigid airships that are also sometimes referred to as zeppelins are not included. the zeppelin companies based in friedrichshafen, germany, numbered their aircraft lz 1/2/&nbsp;..., with lz standing for "luftschiff [airship] zeppelin". additionally, craft used for civilian purposes were usually given a name, whereas military airships were given "tactical numbering": * the german army called its first zeppelins z i/ii/&nbsp;... /xi/xii. during world war i they switched to using the lz numbers, later adding 30 to obscure the total production. * the german navy zeppelins were labelled l 1/2/&nbsp;.... since 1997, airships of the new type zeppelin nt have been flying. they are not included here, as they are not zeppelins in the traditional sense. ==zeppelins finished before world war i== {| class="wikitable" |- ! production number !!class!! name / tactical numbering !! usage !! first flight !! remarks !! image |- valign="top" id="lz 1" | lz 1 |a | &nbsp; | experimental | 2 july 1900robinson 1973, p.330. | three flights, exceeding speed achieved by la france, dismantled in 1901 due to lack of money for further development.dooley a.197-a.200. | 100px |- valign="top" id="lz 2" | lz 2 |b | &nbsp; | experimental | 17 january 1906 | first taken from hangar on 30 november 1905 but never lifted off from lake constanz; took off on second attempt, but damaged beyond repair after emergency landing. | 100px |- style="vertical-align:top;" id="lz 3" | lz 3 |b | z i | experimental; military | 9 october 1906 | the first zeppelin to be truly successful. made a number of flights of significant duration before being enlarged and bought by the deutsches heer (german army) in 1908. used for training until being decommissioned in 1913.robinson 1973, p.44. | 100px |- style="vertical-align:top;" id="lz 4" | lz 4 |c | | military (intended) | 20 june 1908 |completed a 12 hour flight on 1 july 1908; attempted 24 hour endurance flight on 4 august 1908, but landed near echterdingen after 12 hours to repair an engine. destroyed when strong winds broke its moorings. | 100px |- style="vertical-align:top;" id="lz 5" | lz 5 |c | z ii | experimental; military | 26 may 1909 | carried away from moorings during a storm and wrecked near weilburg on 25 march 1910.robin
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