Deutschland II was completed on 30 March 1911, and arrived at Düsseldorf on 11 April, but after little more than a month of service was caught by a gust while being walked out of its hangar on 16 May: it was driven onto a 15 m (50 ft) high windbreak and broke its back.
O Deutschland II estivo completado o 30 de marzo de 1910, e chegou a Düsseldorf o 11 de abril, pero pouco despois dun mes de servizo foi collido por unha ráfaga mentres o estaban sacando do hangar o 16 de maio: esta empurrouno cara un protector de vento de 15 metros de alto e rompeu a súa parte posterior.