Zeppelin LZ 72
| LZ 72 | |
|---|---|
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| L 31 (LZ 72) in flight | |
| Type | Zeppelin R Class |
| Construction number | LZ 72 |
| Serial | L31 |
| First flight | 12 July 1916 |
| Owners and operators | Imperial German Navy |
| Last flight | 2 October 1916 |
| Fate | Destroyed |
LZ 72 (navy designation L 31) was an
Potter's Bar.[2][3] The entire crew died, and were originally buried there but were reinterred at Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery in the 1960s. After this disastrous crash, the Imperial German Navy began reducing the number of zeppelin raids.[1]
Operators
Oakmere Park
In September 2019 it was announced that Hertsmere Borough Council agreed planning permission for a Super Zeppelin Tower in the junior play area within Oakmere Park.[4]
Specifications (LZ 72 / Type R zeppelin)
Data from Zeppelin : rigid airships, 1893-1940[5]
General characteristics
- Crew: 17-19
- Capacity: 32,400 kg (71,430 lb) typical disposable load
- Length: 198 m (649 ft 7 in)
- Diameter: 23.9 m (78 ft 5 in) maximum
- Fineness ratio: 8.24
- Volume: 55,200 m3 (1,950,000 cu ft) in 19 gas cells
- Empty weight: 31,400 kg (69,225 lb)
- Gross weight: 32,908 kg (72,550 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 6,250 kg (13,779 lb)
- Useful lift: 63,800 kg (140,700 lb)
- Powerplant: 5 × Maybach HS Lu6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engines, 180 kW (240 hp) each
- Propellers: 4-bladed Lorenzen fixed-pitch propellers
Performance
- Maximum speed: 103 km/h (64 mph, 56 kn)
- Cruise speed: 81 km/h (50 mph, 44 kn)
- Range: 7,400 km (4,600 mi, 4,000 nmi) at 81 km/h (50 mph; 44 kn)
- Service ceiling: 3,900 m (12,800 ft) static
- Rate of climb: 10 m/s (2,000 ft/min) maximum permitted (r-class)
Armament
- Guns: machine-guns in hull-top positions and gondolas
- Bombs: up to 60 bombs to a total of 5,000 kg (11,023 lb)
Dirigibles shot down over the UK
Airships made about 51 bombing raids on Britain during the war. These killed 557 and injured another 1,358 people. More than 5,000 bombs were dropped (largely on towns and cities) across Britain, causing £1.5 million (equivalent to £108,200,000 in 2021) in damage. 84 airships took part, of which 30 were shot down or lost in accidents.[6]
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See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Category:LZ 72 / L 31.
References
- ^ a b "Mathy, Kapitanleutnant Heinrich (1883-1916". www.gwpda.org. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ Morgan, Tom (April 2004). "Decisions at Potters Bar". Tom Morgan's HELLFIRE CORNER GREAT WAR WEB-PAGES. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
- ^ "Death of A Zeppelin – The L-31 is shot down - History Channel on Foxtel". historychannel.com.au. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
- ^ "A Zeppelin is coming to Oakmere Park - again! - Hertsmere Borough Council". www.hertsmere.gov.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
- ISBN 1560982284.
- ^ Liddell Hart 1934, p. 76.
Further reading
- ISBN 978-0-304-93653-3.