Zeppelin LZ22 Z VII
Class : L
First flight : 08 January 1914
Length : 156m
Diam.: 14.9m
Speed : 72 km/u
Volume : 22140 m3
Empty weight : 16880 kg
Useful load : 8850 kg
Engines : 3x 180 hp
General information :
At the beginning of WWI LZ22 was stationed at Baden-Oos.
Limited to a ceiling of around 1,600 m (5,200 ft), on 21 August 1914 Z VII was sent to find the retreating French Army around the Vosges mountains in Alsace, and drop bombs on the camps. After passing through clouds Z VII found itself right above the main army, whose small-arms fire penetrated many gas cells. Leaking heavily, the crew force-landed the airship near St. Quirin, Lorraine, near Sarrebourg.
Note : no pictures found on internet
Literature :
They fought for the sky page 69
Wikipedia – list of Zeppelins
De oorlog in de lucht en de ruimte page 47,66
Warplanes of world war I page 25