Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-21
Reported Existence in Germany
OF Great Armadas Proves
Only Myth.
DISASTER 0VERLAkES MANY


iun shows the repOrtcd okiFtonC" IN
Germany Of great nrmhdaH OF these
aerial dreudnouKhta 20 have been ABB
sputely mythical Altogether only
just otcf one hundred Of these dlrigi-
hlos hHv" been constructed since the
late Count Zeppelin LAUNCHED the first
one over Lake Constance
Up to August 1914, tho total or
those biili had numbered 1875 since
hosultlca began the two great workh
at odrirhahnfen ana 5tHaken have
constructed between 75 and eighry.
probably nearer the lower than the
higher ngufc This means an aver
agr Of two per month As the mean
period Zoe the building OF Zeppelin
H. known. wlth certainty 20 he tw0
months there must always have been
four new altshipr on the stocks at the
same time
Most OF the ZeppollnB launched Into
tho air before the war came 90 grlef,
thus leaving IN the service Of the Ger
man army and navy n fleet ~ less
than dozen when fighting began.
Since then nearly all the dirlgiblNs, old
and new. have been handed over to
The German navy. which has used
them for many kinds of work, such
ms bombarding expeditions. protection
OF mine layers and smair torpedo
for mlnc-felds and, last and most Inn
portani, accommodating for the high
seas fleet
Thirty Destroyed.
Disaster hftH attended the flight or
an overwhelming majority Of these air
monsters. no fewer than thirty OF
which are known to have been do.
struyed In one way or another, as Is
shown by the following list:
l.-l--Destroyed Just befors the war
when u fell In the North sea near
Ileligolnnd,
I.-2 burnt nt Ruhlshue,tei Jus, h- D..
fore the war
L-2'-- Descended nj Fanoe, In ben
mark, at she beginning OF the war ana
was burnt by It's crew
Descended nj nlnavRnds Hulk.
Denmark, az the beginning Of the war
and was burnt by It's crew.
les Brought down on tho nelgian
front IN 1915 part of crew saved
L-s--Ilurnt ~ Buhlsbuettel In It's
hangar In September, 1919.
L-7- Brought down by British de.
Gtroyera Off Julland. crew being
drowned m 1913
L.s--B Bronght down by machine
gums In belgium, part OF crew being
killed, In 1915.
J-a Burnt ht nuhlsbuetel In It's
hangar ~ same time as La.
Lilo Struck by lightning near Cux.
haven during It's Initial flighta ami
lOet with iis crew
L-t2 Destroyed nt Ostend In 1915
whrn returning from raid on Eng
LIS brought down In the Thames,
England. In 1913.
Lie Destroyed on October Q. 1911.
LIS Burnt In hangar at Tondorn
In 1919.
L-Is Foil In the Baltic while re
turning from raid on England.
Ir2a~ Burnt accidentally while
coming ont OF its hangar at Tondern,
L.-22~~Fell on the English coast
Las Destroyed while being en-.
ployod as training balloon at wild
park.
L-3i-i'en In London In 1919
r,-S2-l brought down In London In
1915 tScptemhor $3.50,
t-33--f'rought down In England
September 23, 1915, and crew informed
I-a5 Brought down In England.
i.-3s--Iireught down at Complegne
France, March, 1917
Lac Fei IN the woods near Em-
den.
G-A5-- Brought down In July. 1917.
at TcrHcheiling
Let Brought down afire at saint
Clement October 20, 1917
t-t5 drought down bnd burnt at
Sisteron October 90. 1917.
I~Is brought down In England
June, 1917
Lac Brought down a, Rourbonno,
les Bains october 30. 1917.
L-b0 Fell NJ Dommartln October
90, 1917.
L.b7--nroke up on It's first voyage.
The last-namcd ia the highest mum
ber believed 20 have been In the Rerv-
ice. Missing numbers in the lls, given.
above are accounted for as follows,
L-ii--Put out of .ssrvice In 1917
and believed TO be In tfes shsd Il, Iiagc.
L-i3--ln the shed at Hage since
May. 1917.
t.-it--school airshlp at Nordholz.
L-li Relieved TO have been de-
stroycd NJ sen
Dismantled
L-si--Dlsmantled believed burnt at
Tondern
nlsmantled.
I~2G-P Planned but never CON
struotod.
I,-27, LIS. L-2D and /. so-Pmnncd.
but never constructed.
l~3+-- Relieved lost off England
l~s7-Attached TO Baltic squadron.
bat believed DESTROYED
- 30 w NfffaNbhth unknown
La, LA, La, Tst7. L-5l. lisa, !
l.-6S, L-5t L-56. ls-56--In service In |
the North sea
No Information IN obtalnable aa TO |
the fate OF the remainder OF tho Yep |
pelins, nor as TO whether their con. |
structiun WAS ever completed, hut the |
few other types Of dirigihle airships |
used ny the Germans have not been |
better served 10y fate than their more
renowned sisters
The Schuctte-Iang dirigibie Is some.
thinH like Zeppelin but with a
framework Of bamboo instead OF
aluminium There have been eight of /
these In use since the beginning Of the |
war and their tato or present condl-
ton H. shown IN the following list
rS-L-a-O Out Of service since long
time. ~
s-L-t Struck W lightning in the
Baltic
SLIT Believed to have fallen in
the Baltic
s-L-s--ln service In tha Baltic.
S-ls-e Burnt at Stolp
SILL lin service In tho Baltic.
S-i.-16- Believed to be stl In
EArNlen