Zeppelin LZ99 L 54
L54 in front of here Zeppelin shed (Toska) at Tondern
First flight : 13 August 1917
14 reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping 5,840 kg (12,870 lb) of bombs; destroyed together with LZ 108 when seven RNAS Sopwith Camel fighters, launched from the aircraft carrier HMS Furious, bombed the Toska hangar at Tønder, Denmark. (Only two fighters returned to the Furious, though three of the others landed in Denmark after running low on fuel.) (source : Wikipedia)
Tondern (or Tønder in current local spelling) was one of the biggest Zeppelin bases comprising three hangars (seen left) the largest being "TOSKA" which was 222.5 long, 67m high and 39.6m wide. It could house two of the biggest Zeppelins which were themselves 182.9m long and 21.9m wide. The smaller two sheds were "TONI" and "TOBIAS" each being 183.8m long and able to house one airship each.
Length : 196.5 m diameter : 23.9 m gas volume : 55793 m3
18 gas cells 4 gondola’s vmax : 107 km/u
payload : 39509 kg empty weight : 25220 kg
power plants : 5x Maybach HSLu of 240 hp, from March 1918 5x Maybach MBIVa of 260 hp.
Remains of L 54
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