Zeppelin LZ50 L 16
First flight : 23 September 1915
The L16 Zeppelin that bombed the Dene Valley and Evenwood on April 6, 1916
Class : P
44 reconnaissance missions; 12 attacks on England dropping a total of 18,048 kg (39,789 lb) of bombs; delivered supplies to German isles in winter 1916. Damaged beyond repair during a training mission at Nordholz Naval Airbase on 19 October 1917.
General characteristics Zeppelin P-class :
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Crew:
19 (Executive Officer, Commander, Navigator, Sailmaker (responsible for gasbags), Chief Engineer, 2 altitude coxswains, 2 steering coxswains, 8 engineers)
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Length:
163.50 m (536 ft 5 in)
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Diameter:
18.69 m (61 ft 4 in)
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Volume:
32,920 m
3
(1,162,400 cu ft)
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Powerplant:
4 ×
Maybach 3M C-X
6-cylinder inline piston engine, 160 kW (210 hp) each
Performance
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Maximum speed:
92 km/h (57 mph, 50 kn)
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Cruise speed:
63 km/h (39 mph, 34 kn)
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Service ceiling:
3,500 m (11,600 ft)
Armament
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Guns:
7 or 8 machine guns: naval airships generally using the water-cooled
MG 08
, army ships the air-cooled
Parabellum MG 14
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Bombs:
2,000 kg (4,400 lb) bombs (a greater load could be carried with reduced fuel load)
Source :
Wikipedia
Literature :
Warplanes WOI page 64
List of Zeppelins - Wikipedia