LZ 30 was the 30th airship built by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin and the 14th operated by the Imperial German Army. It served under the military designation Z XI from November 1914 to May 1915.
History The maiden flight of LZ 30 took place on 15 November 1914. The Army took delivery of the airship under the designation Z XI.Peter Meyer: Luftschiffe – Die Geschichte der deutschen Zeppeline, Wehr & Wissen, Koblenz/Bonn 1980
Z XI was stationed in Poznań for wartime operations. From there, it conducted bombing raids on cities including Warsaw, Grodno, and Kaunas.
Fate On 20 May 1915, Z XI was damaged while being moved out of its airship hangar in Poznań and was driven off by adverse winds. During its descent, the airship caught fire and was destroyed.
Legacy The gondola is preserved at the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels,Vernetzung der Welt über den Atlantik. In: Südkurier, 20 December 2019, author abbreviation: rac. and is currently on loan to the Zeppelin Museum in Friedrichshafen.
Specifications Gas volume: 22,500 m³ hydrogen Length: 158.0 m Diameter: 14.90 m Payload: 9.2 t Propulsion: Three Maybach engines, each with 210Ps Speed: 22.5 m/s (81 km/h)
See also List of Zeppelins
References
External links
LZ 30 at ASN