This is a complete list of Zeppelins constructed by the German Zeppelin companies from 1900 until 1938. Other rigid airships that are also sometimes referred to as zeppelins but not built by Zeppelin are not included.
The Zeppelin company based in Friedrichshafen, Germany, numbered their aircraft LZ 1/2/ ..., with LZ standing for "Luftschiff [airship] Zeppelin". Additionally, craft used for civilian purposes were named, whereas military airships were usually given "tactical numbers":
- The Deutsches Heer called its first Zeppelins Z I/II/ ... /XI/XII. During World War I they switched to using LZ numbers, later adding 30 to obscure the total production.
- The Kaiserliche Marines Zeppelins were labelled L 1/2/ ....
Since 1997, airships of the new type Zeppelin NT have been flying. They are not included here. They are not rigid airships and do not represent a continuity of design from the ones listed here.
Zeppelins finished before World War I
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! Production number !!Class!! Name/<br/>tactical number !! Usage !! First flight !! Remarks !! Fate !! Image
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| LZ 1
| A
|
| experimental
| 2 July 1900
| Three flights, during which the prior speed record achieved by La France was exceeded, dismantled in 1901 due to lack of funds.
| Dismantled in 1901
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| LZ 2
| B
|
| experimental
|17 January 1906
|
| Damaged beyond repair on 18 January 1906
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|- style="vertical-align:top;" id="LZ 3"
| LZ 3
| B
| Z I
| experimental; Army
| 9 October 1906
| Decommissioned in 1913
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|- style="vertical-align:top;" id="LZ 4"
| LZ 4
| C
|
| Army (intended)
| 20 June 1908
|Completed a 12-hour flight on 1 July 1908; attempted 24-hour endurance flight on 4 August 1908, but landed near Echterdingen after 12 hours to repair an engine. Destroyed when strong winds broke its mooring cables.
| Destroyed in storm near Weilburg, Germany on 25 March 1910
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|- style="vertical-align:top;" id="LZ 6"
| LZ 6
| D
| Z III
| Army, DELAG
| 25 August 1909
| Burnt in its hangar at Baden-Baden, Germany on 14 September 1910
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| LZ 7
| E
| Deutschland
| DELAG
| 19 June 1910
| Damaged beyond repair after crashing during a thunderstorm over the Teutoburg Forest on 28 June 1910
| Destroyed in a storm in German Teutoburg Forest on 28 June 1910
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| LZ 8
| E
| Deutschland II
| DELAG
| 30 March 1911
| Caught by a strong crosswind while being walked out of its hangar and damaged beyond repair on 16 May 1911
| Destroyed in storm in Germany on 16 May 1911
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| LZ 9
| F
| Ersatz Z II
| Army
| 2 October 1911
| Used as school and training ship
| Decommissioned 1 August 1914
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| LZ 10
| F
| Schwaben
| DELAG
| 26 June 1911 On 28 June 1912 the Schwaben caught fire after a strong gust tore it from its moorings near Düsseldorf, injuring some of the ground handling party.
| Destroyed in a storm in Germany on 28 June 1912
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|- valign="top"
| LZ 11
| G
| Viktoria Luise
| DELAG; later military
| 19 February 1912
| After use by DELAG, taken over as a training airship by the German military upon the outbreak of World War I; broke apart while being hangared on 1 October 1915.
| Broke apart on 1 October 1915
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| LZ 12
| F
| Z III
| Army
| 25 April 1912
|
| Decommissioned 1 August 1914
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| LZ 13
| G
| Hansa/<br/>LZ 13
| DELAG; later Navy then Army
| 30 July 1912
| travelled in 399 flights; first passenger flight outside Germany, commanded by Graf von Zeppelin for visit to Denmark and Sweden on 19 September 1912; Impressed by the German Army at the start of World War I and used for reconnaissance missions over the Baltic Sea and bombing missions over France. Used as a training ship from spring 1915.
| Decommissioned August 1916
| Destroyed in a storm over the North Sea on 9 September 1913
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| LZ 15
| H
| Ersatz Z I
| Army
| 16 January 1913
|
| Destroyed in a forced landing on 19 March 1913 Used for reconnaissance over East Prussia in August 1914 and bombed Warsaw on 24 September 1914. Later used for training before being decommissioned in the autumn of 1916. In its first attack on Antwerp it carried of bombs and spent 12 hours in the air.
| Decommissioned in autumn of 1916
| Destroyed by an explosion on 17 October 1913
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| LZ 19
| H
| Second Ersatz Z I
| Army
| 6 June 1913
|
| Damaged beyond repair after a forced landing 13 June 1914
| Crashed Near Allenstein, East Prussia (today Olsztyn, Poland) during 26–30 August 1914
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|- valign="top"
| LZ 21
| K
| Z VI
| Army
| 10 November 1913
| Carried out first airship bombing mission of World War 1 on 6 August 1914 when it bombed Liège, using artillery shells instead of bombs. Inadequate lift restricted it to low altitude so bullets and shrapnel from defending fire holed the gasbags. The ship limped to Cologne but grounded in a forest near Bonn, wrecking it.
| Disappeared over North Sea on 17 February 1915
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| LZ 25
| M
| Z IX
| Army
| 13 July 1914
| Used for reconnaissance and bombing missions in northern France; on 25 August 1914 nine bombs dropped on Antwerp killed or wounded 26 people and damaged a royal palace. The Belgian royal family were in residence and the attack was widely condemned. Destroyed in its hangar at Düsseldorf on 8 October 1914 by bombs dropped by Flt Lt. (later Air Vice Marshal) Reginald Marix, RNAS flying a Sopwith Tabloid.
| Burnt in its hangar at Düsseldorf, Germany on 8 October 1914
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Zeppelins constructed during World War I
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! Class
! Tactical numbering
! First flight
! Remarks
! Fate
! Image
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| LZ 26
| N
| Z XII
| 14 December 1914
| Z XII made 11 attacks in northern France and at the eastern front, dropping of bombs; by the summer of 1915 Z 12 had dropped around of bombs on the Warsaw to Petrograd trunk railway line between the stations at Malkina and Białystok. One flight carried a load of .
|Decommissioned 8 August 1917.
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| LZ 27
| M
| L 4
| 18 August<br/>1914
| Flew 11 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea, participated in the first raid over England on 20 January 1915. Forced landing in Blavandshuk on 17 February 1915 during a storm; 11 crew interned, with four members lost when the airship subsequently blew out to sea.
| Disappeared over the North Sea 17 February 1915
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| LZ 28
| M
| L 5
| 22 September<br/>1914
| Flew 47 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea and Baltic; proved especially useful in discovering enemy mines. Two attack missions, dropping bombs. Damaged beyond repair during an attack on Dünamünde (now in Latvia) by Russian air defenses on 7 August 1915.
| Shot down Eastern front 7 August 1915
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| LZ 29
| M
| Z X
| 13 October<br/>1914
| Two attacks on Calais and Paris, dropping of bombs; on the way back Z X was damaged by enemy fire and dismantled after a forced landing at Saint-Quentin.
| Crashed in St. Quentin, France 21 March 1915
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| LZ 30
| M
| Z XI
| 15 November<br/>1914
| Used for raids on Warsaw, Grodno and other targets on the Eastern front. Burned out while being walked out of its hangar at Posen (now in Poland) on 20 May 1915.
| Destroyed in an accident Eastern front on 20 May 1915
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| LZ 31
| M
| L 6
| 3 November<br/>1914
| Took part in the German defence during the Cuxhaven Raid on 25 December 1914, unsuccessfully attacking ; 36 reconnaissance missions around North Sea, including marking mine fields; one raid on England, dropping of bombs. Caught fire during inflation in its hangar at Fuhlsbüttel and destroyed with LZ 36 on 16 September 1916.
| Burned in hangar on 16 September 1916
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| LZ 32
| M
| L 7
| 20 November<br/>1914
| Flew 77 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea, with several unsuccessful attempts to attack English coastal towns. Brought down on 4 May 1916 by anti-aircraft fire from and and wreck was destroyed by RN HMS E31
| Shot down by submarine over the North Sea 4 May 1916
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| LZ 33
| M
| L 8
| 17 December<br/>1914
| Used for reconnaissance missions along the western front. Brought down by anti-aircraft fire at Tienen, Belgium on 5 March 1915.
| Shot down near Tienen, Belgium on 5 March 1915
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| LZ 34
| M
| LZ 34
| 6 January<br/>1915
| Carried out two raids on the eastern front, dropping of bombs. Heavily damaged by enemy fire on 21 June 1915 and burnt near Insterburg.
| Burnt near Insterburg on 21 June 1915
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| LZ 35
| M
| LZ 35
| 11 January<br/>1915
| Two raids on Paris and Poperinge (Belgium), dropping of bombs; enemy fire forced it down near Aeltre (Belgium), then destroyed by a storm.
| Destroyed by a storm near Aeltre, Belgium 13 April 1915
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| O
| L 9
| 8 March<br/>1915
| Shot down near Ghent, Belgium 7 June 1915
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| LZ 38
|P
| LZ 38
| 3 April<br/>1915
| Joined the first bombing raid on London on 31 May 1915, killing 7 people and injuring 35 while causing £18,596 damage, five successful raids on Ipswich, Ramsgate, Southend (twice) and London, dropping of bombs. Destroyed by British bombers in its hangar at Evere on 7 June 1915.
| Burnt in hangar at Evere 7 June 1915
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|- valign=top
| LZ 39
| O
| LZ 39
| 24 April<br/>1915
| Extensively damaged on 17 May 1915 by Flt Commander Bigsworth. Three raids on the western and two on the eastern front, dropping of bombs. On 17 December 1915, captained by Dr. Lempertz, LZ 39 was hit by shrapnel during an attack on Rovno. All rear gas cells were punctured and the front engine car was hit and later fell off. The crew abandoned the now-overstressed control cabin, dropped ballast and shifted loads to rebalance the ship and used an emergency control station in the rear to limp back to Germany. Upon forced landing the ship collapsed because material for repair and the supply of gas needed to refill the cells were not available.
| Burnt in Ostend, Belgium 10 August 1915
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| LZ 44
| P
| LZ 74
| 8 July<br/>1915
| Two attacks on England dropping of bombs; wrecked when it flew into a mountain in the Schnee Eifel on 8 October 1915. 15 attacks on England dropping of bombs; decommissioned on 25 April 1917
| Decommissioned on 25 April 1917
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| LZ 46
| P
| L 14
| 9 August<br/>1915
| Most successful German Navy airship; 42 reconnaissance missions; 17 attacks on Britain dropping of bombs; taken out of service during 1917 and 1918.
| Destroyed by its crew on 23 June 1919.
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| LZ 47
| P
| LZ 77
| 24 August<br/>1915
| 6 attacks on England and France dropping of bombs. Destroyed by enemy fire on 21 February 1916 in the Battle of Verdun, killing the crew of 15. Reports at the time indicated LZ 77 had searchlights, eight machine guns, two so-called 'revolver' guns in the top lookout post, was accompanied by fixed-wing aircraft and at least one other Zeppelin and had orders to bomb nearby railway lines.
|Destroyed in the Battle of Verdun 21 February 1916
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| LZ 48
| P
| L 15
| 9 September<br/>1915
| 8 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks on England dropping of bombs. Damaged by ground fire from Dartford AA battery
| Shot down Thames estuary 1 April 1916
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| LZ 49
| P
| LZ 79
| 2 August<br/>1915
| Dropped of bombs in two attacks on Brest-Litovsk and Kovel and one attack on Paris on 30 January 1916; hit by French fire and damaged beyond repair in forced landing near Ath, Belgium. one attack on Étaples (France) and two attacks on Bucharest, dropping of bombs; damaged by ground fire over Bucharest, crashed near Turnovo (Bulgaria) on 27 September 1916.
| Crashed near Turnovo (Bulgaria) on 27 September 1916
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| LZ 52
| P
| L 18
| 3 November<br/>1915
| Burned out in hangar at Tondern during refilling on 17 November 1915.
| Burned in hangar on 17 November 1915 and sank in the North Sea, drowning all crew members as nearby English fishing trawler King Stephen refused any help to them. In the last hours Kapitän-Leutnant Loewe and his crew dropped into the sea their last messages, which washed up six months later in Sweden. and Saloniki (twice); damaged by fire from the battleship on 5 May 1916, it came down in the Vardar marshes. The crew of 12 were captured.
| Shot down Vardar, Greece on 5 May 1916
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| LZ 56
| P
| LZ 86
| 10 October<br/>1915
| 7 attacks dropping of bombs along the Eastern and South-Eastern front; crashed on 5 September 1916 at Temesvar, killing nine of the crew after being damaged during a raid on the Ploiești oil refineries. flying BE 2C, No. 8265, Flight Sub–Lieutenant Gerard William Reginald Fane, flying RAF BE 2C No. 8421 and Flight Sub–Lieutenant Edward Laston Pulling, flying BE 2C, No. 8626, firing phosphor rounds. L 21 caught fire and fell into the sea about eight miles east of Lowestoft on 28 November 1916. There were no survivors.
| Crashed in North Sea on 28 November 1916
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| LZ 62
| R
| L 30
| 28 May<br/>1916
| First of the Type R "Super-Zeppelin" class, it had a volume of 55,200 m<sup>3</sup>. Ten raids on England dropping of bombs; 31 reconnaissance missions above the North and Baltic Seas and at the Eastern Front; retired on 17 November 1917 and laid up at Seerappen. In 1920 ordered to be transferred to Belgium as part of war reparations, where it was dismantled. Some components, including an engine car, are preserved at the Royal Army and Military History Museum, Brussels.
| Transferred to Belgium in 1920
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| LZ 63
| P
| LZ 93
| 23 February<br/>1916
| Three attacks on Dunkirk, Mardick and Harwich, dropping bombs.
| Decommissioned in August 1917
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| LZ 64
| Q
| L 22
| 3 March<br/>1916
| Thirty reconnaissance missions; 8 attacks on Britain, dropping of bombs; destroyed by RNAS Curtis H12 flying boat flown by Flight Commander Robert Leckie (later Air Vice Marshal) near Terschelling on 14 May 1917 during a reconnaissance mission. (Leckie was also credited in the downing of LZ 112)
| Shot down near Holland on 14 May 1917
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| LZ 65
| Q
| LZ 95
| 1 February<br/>1916
| Destroyed by French anti-aircraft fire on 21 February 1916 during an attempted attack on Vitry-le-François.
| Shot down over France on 21 February 1916
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|- valign=top
| LZ 66
| Q
| L 23
| 8 April<br/>1916
| 51 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks on England dropping of bombs; captured Norwegian ship "Royal" in the North Sea on 23 April 1917. Destroyed on 21 August 1917 by 2nd Lt Bernard A. Smart flying a Sopwith Pup launched from a platform on the cruiser . Smart later led the Tondern raid which destroyed LZ 99 & LZ 108.
| Shot down over North Sea on 21 August 1917
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| LZ 67
| Q
| LZ 97
| 4 April<br/>1916
| Four attacks on London (twice), Boulogne and, later, Bucharest, dropping of bombs, plus several unsuccessful flights due to bad weather.
| Decommissioned on 5 July 1917.
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| LZ 68
| Q
| LZ 98
| 28 April<br/>1916
| One attack on London dropping bombs, plus several flights aborted due to bad weather; handed to the German Navy in November 1916; 15 reconnaissance missions around the Baltic Sea.
| Decommissioned in August 1917.
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| LZ 69
| Q
| L 24
| 20 May<br/>1916
| 19 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 4 raids on England dropping of bombs; crashed into a wall while being taken into its hangar on 28 December 1916 and burned out together with LZ 53.
| Burned in hangar 28 December 1916
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| LZ 70
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="4"| Not built due to conversion to larger ship type
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|- valign=top
| LZ 71
| Q
| LZ 101
| 29 June<br/>1916
| Stationed in Yambol (Bulgaria); 7 attacks dropping of bombs on Bucharest, Ciulnița, Fetești, Galați, Odessa, Mytilene, Iași and Mudros.
| Dismantled in September 1917.
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| LZ 72
| R
| L 31
| 12 July<br/>1916
| One reconnaissance mission in fleet operation against Sunderland; 6 attacks on England dropping of bombs; with LZ 74, LZ 76 and LZ 78 as part of Zeppelin raid on night of 23 September 1916; The crew's bodies were buried at Great Burstead, then exhumed in 1966 and reburied at Cannock Chase.
| Destroyed in Saint Petersburg on 29 December 1916
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| LZ 85
| R
| L 45
| 12 April<br/>1917
| 12 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 3 attacks on England dropping of bombs. Ran out of fuel on 20 October 1917 and destroyed in forced landing near Sisteron, France, the crew being taken captive.
| Crashed near Sisteron, France, on 20 October 1917
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| LZ 86
| R
| L 39
| 11 December<br/>1916
| Two reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; one attack on England dropping 300 kg bombs, and on return destroyed by French flak near Compiègne on 17 March 1917.
| Shot down near Compiègne on 17 March 1917
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| LZ 87
| R
| L 47
| 11 May<br/>1917
| 18 reconnaissance missions and three attacks dropping of bombs around the North Sea and England. On 5 January 1918, a giant explosion in the air base in Ahlhorn destroyed four Zeppelins (including L 47) and one non-Zeppelin built airship, housed in one adjacent hangar and two away.
| Burned in hangar on 5 January 1918
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| LZ 88
| R
| L 40
| 3 January<br/>1917
| 7 reconnaissance missions; 2 attacks on England, dropping of bombs. Damaged beyond repair while landing on 16 June 1917 in Nordholz.16 crew were captured
| Disappeared over the Mediterranean on 20 October 1917
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| LZ 90
| R
| LZ 120
| 31 January<br/>1917
| 17 reconnaissance missions and 3 attacks dropping of bombs around the Eastern Front and the Baltic Sea. Retired on 8 October 1917; in 1920 ordered to be transferred to Italy as war reparations, where it broke apart one year later while gas was removed.
| Transferred to Italy in 1920
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| LZ 91
| S
| L 42
| 21 February<br/>1917
| First of the Height-Climber S class, which had a lightened structure to improve maximum altitude. 20 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England dropping of bombs; used as a school ship from 6 June 1918.
| Destroyed by its crew on 23 June 1919.
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| LZ 92
| S
| L 43
| 6 March<br/>1917
| 6 reconnaissance missions; one attack on English docks, dropping of bombs. Shot down by British fighter aircraft on 14 June 1917 during reconnaissance mission. Attacked HMAS Sydney on 4 May 1917.
| Shot down off Vlieland, Holland on 14 June 1917
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| LZ 93
| T
| L 44
| 1 April<br/>1917
| 8 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England and Royal Navy units. Driven south to France by a heavy storm, it was shot down over Lunéville on 20 October 1917.
| Shot down over Lunéville, France on 20 October 1917
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| LZ 94
| T
| L 46
| 24 April<br/>1917
| 19 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 3 raids on England dropping of bombs. Destroyed in the Ahlhorn explosion. later to be exhumed and reburied at Cannock Chase.
| Shot down near Great Yarmouth on 17 June 1917
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| LZ 96
| U
| L 49
| 13 June<br/>1917
| Two reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; one raid on England dropping of bombs; while returning, forced to land near Bourbonne-les-Bains on 20 October 1917 and captured almost undamaged by French forces. The design of LZ 96 influenced the design of the first American rigid airship, the and the British R38.
| Crashed near Bourbonne-les-Bains, France on 20 October 1917
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| LZ 97
| U
| L 51
| 6 June<br/>1917
| 3 reconnaissance missions; one raid on the English coast, dropping 280 kg bombs. Destroyed in the Ahlhorn explosion.
| Shot down over the North Sea on 10 May 1918
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|- valign=top
| LZ 108
| V
| L 60
| 18 December<br/>1917
| 11 reconnaissance missions; one attack on England dropping 3,120 kg of bombs; destroyed together with LZ 99 when seven RNAS Sopwith Camel fighters, launched from the aircraft carrier , bombed the Toska hangar at Tønder, German Empire (Now part of Denmark).
| Burned in hangar during Tondern raid on 19 July 1918
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|- valign=top
| LZ 109
| V
| L 64
| 11 March<br/>1918
| 13 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea; with LZ 108, LZ 106, LZ 107, and LZ 110 raided north of England dropping 2800 kg in bombs. In 1920 transferred to Britain as war reparations. Scrapped at short notice when hangar required for the damaged R36.
| Transferred to Britain in 1920 and scrapped
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| LZ 110
| V
| L 63
| 4 March<br/>1918
| Dropped of bombs in three attacks on England, including participation in the last raid on England on 6 August 1918.
| Destroyed by its crew on 23 June 1919.
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|- valign=top
| LZ 111
| V
| L 65
| 17 April<br/>1918
| Participated in last raid on England on 6 August 1918.
| Destroyed by its crew on 23 June 1919.
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|- valign=top
| LZ 112
| X
| L 70
| 1 July<br/>1918
| Directed last raid on England on 6 August 1918, with KK Peter Strasser, Commander of the Navy Airship Department on board; intercepted and destroyed over North Sea by British de Havilland DH-4 flown by Major Egbert Cadbury with Captain Robert Leckie (later Air Vice-Marshal) as gunner. These men had already shot down two Zeppelins: prior to L 70, Cadbury had downed L 21 and Leckie, L 22. Made record duration flight of 118 hours.