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Zeppelin LZ 54, given the military tactical designation L 19, was a Zeppelin of the Imperial German Navy. While returning from her first bombing raid on the United Kingdom in early 1916, she came down in the North Sea .
Project abandoned in favor of LZ 129 The LZ 128 was similar to the LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, but shorter and wider. Designed as a passenger airship to carry 25 passengers and 10 tons of cargo, the LZ 128 was cancelled in 1930 due to the crash of the R101, the dangers of hydrogen being made clear. LZ 129 Hindenburg (first Hindenburg class airship ...
On 22 November 1915, took over command of the newly-built zeppelin LZ 54 (L 19) and was stationed in Dresden, Germany. He moved on 29 January 1916 to the airbase in Tønder. Two days later he departed on his fatal expedition. [1] He died on 2 February 1916 in the North Sea when his zeppelin crashed.
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Imperial German Navy L 18 (Zeppelin LZ 52) burns out in shed fire at Tønder. 0 0 1 February 1916 Imperial German Navy L 19 (Zeppelin LZ 54) comes down in the North Sea, off the coast of the Netherlands, after an air-raid on the United Kingdom. All 16 crew survive the crash, but subsequently perish after the crew of a British fishing boat ...
Zeppelin L.19 (LZ 54) and her entire crew are lost in the raid; she is last seen on February 3 when the British trawler King Stephen finds her floating in the North Sea, speaks with her crew, and then leaves them to their fate. [8]
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Zeppelin LZ 104 (construction number, designated L 59 by the German Imperial Navy) and nicknamed Das Afrika-Schiff ("The Africa Ship"), was a World War I German dirigible. It is famous for having attempted a long-distance resupply mission to the beleaguered garrison of Germany's East Africa colony .