Wings of The Great War – Zeppelin P-class LZ41 , L11 Imperial German Navy , Germany 1915

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                          Zeppelin

A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German pronunciation: [ˈt͡sɛpəliːn]) who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin’s notions were first formulated in 1874 and developed in detail in 1893.They were patented in Germany in 1895 and in the United States in 1899.

The Zeppelin P Class was the first Zeppelin airship type to be produced in quantity after the outbreak of the First World War. 22 of the type were built as well as 12 of a lengthened version, the Q Class . They were used for many of the airship bombing raids on the United Kingdom in 1915-16, for naval patrol work over the North Sea and Baltic and were also deployed on the eastern and south-eastern fronts.

LZ 41

(military serial no. – L11) Imperial German Navy.

General characteristics

• Crew: 19 (Executive Officer, Commander, Navigator, Sailmaker (responsible for gasbags), Chief Engineer, 2 altitude coxswains, 2 steering coxswains, 8 engineers)
• Length: 163.50 m (536 ft 5 in)
• Diameter: 18.69 m (61 ft 4 in)
• Volume: 32,920 m³ (1,162,400 cu ft)
• Powerplant: 4 × Maybach 3M C-X 6-cylinder inline piston engine, 160 kW (210 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 92 km/h; 50 kn (57 mph)
• Cruise speed: 63 km/h; 34 kn (39 mph)
• Service ceiling: 3,500 m (11,600 ft)

Armament

• Guns: 7 or 8 machine guns: naval airships generally using the water-cooled MG 08, army ships the air-cooled Parabellum MG 14
• Bombs: 2,000 kg (4,400 lb) bombs (a greater load could be carried with reduced fuel load)