This is a complete list of Zeppelins constructed by the German Zeppelin companies from 1900 until 1938. Other rigid airships that are also sometimes referred to as zeppelins but not built by Zeppelin are not included.
The Zeppelin company based in Friedrichshafen, Germany, numbered their aircraft LZ 1/2/ ..., with LZ standing for "Luftschiff [airship] Zeppelin". Additionally, craft used for civilian purposes were named, whereas military airships were usually given "tactical numbers":
Since 1997, airships of the new type Zeppelin NT have been flying. They are not included here. They are not rigid airships and do not represent a continuity of design from the ones listed here.
- The Deutsches Heer called its first Zeppelins Z I/II/ ... /XI/XII. During World War I they switched to using LZ numbers, later adding 30 to obscure the total production.
- The Kaiserliche Marine's Zeppelins were labelled L 1/2/ ....
Zeppelins finished before World War I
Zeppelins constructed during World War I
September 1917 group photo shows Navy Zeppelin captains: Manger (L 41), von Freudenreich (L 47), Schwonder (L 50), Prölss (L 53), Bockholt (L 57), Peter Strasser (FdL – Führer der Luftschiffe), Gayer (L 49), Stabbert (L 44), Ehrlich (L 35), Dietrich (L 42), Hollender (L 46), Dose (L 51) and Friemel (L 52).
Zeppelins constructed after World War I
See also
- List of Parseval airships
- List of Schütte-Lanz airships
- List of airships of the United States Navy
- Rigid airship
External links
- Airships.net Detailed information and photographs (interior and exterior), primarily about commercial Zeppelins
- eZEP.de — The webportal for Zeppelin mail and airship memorabilia
- silhoeuttes of important Zeppelins from 1900 to 1919, Lueger 1904–1920, shows LZ: 1,3,5,6,8,10,13,14,18,21,23,25,26,36,40,59,62,91,94,95,100,104,113,120
- Important airship types, Lueger 1904–1920, Table 1 lists data on selected Zeppelins
- story of L21's last flight
- Luftschiffe in Tondern – illustrated list of Zeppelins stationed at Tønder
- LZ 3 Photographs by Franz Stoedtner: perspective; cross-section and front elevation; exiting the hangar
- LZ 4 Photographs by Franz Stoedtner: Z4 climbing; view of empennage over the water
- LZ 10 Photographs by Franz Stoedtner: over the Havel river
- Z IV crew showing their Iron Crosses
- This photograph on 19 March 1918 shows 32 crew with Kapitänleutnant Friemel. Selected L 52 crew photographs: Flieger und Luftschiffer - Quirin Gerstl, Flieger und Luftschiffer - Quirin Gerstl, Flieger und Luftschiffer - Quirin Gerstl, Flieger und Luftschiffer - Quirin Gerstl and Flieger und Luftschiffer - Quirin Gerstl.
- (Luftschifferalltag Christmas celebration table under the LZ 81 in its hangar)
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