LZ 13 Hansa
| LZ 13 Hansa | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Passenger airship |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Luftschiffbau Zeppelin |
| First flight | 30 July 1912 |
| Retired | 1916 |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary users | DELAG German military |
| Number built | 1 |
The Zeppelin LZ 13 Hansa (or simply Hansa) was a German civilian rigid airship first flown in 1912. It was built for DELAG to carry passengers and post and flew the first international passenger flight, visiting Denmark and Sweden in September 1912.[1] In 1913 it was hired to the Imperial German Navy as a training craft, and at the outbreak of World War I it was requisitioned by the German military who used it for bombing, reconnaissance, and finally as a training airship.
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Design
The Hansa was the sister ship of LZ 11 Viktoria Luise, the first of the two G Class Zeppelins built. The design was an enlargement of LZ 10 Schwaben, lengthened by 7.9 m (26 ft) to accommodate an extra gasbag and fitted with slightly more powerful engines.
Civilian flights
The closed passenger cabin was attached to the hull behind the open control cabin and had room for 24 passengers. Count Zeppelin commanded the Hansa on the first commercial airship flight from to Denmark and Sweden on 19 September 1912.[1]
This was the first time a commercial Zeppelin flew outside Germany. Click on the blue globes to see the route taken:[1]
- 03:55 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. early morning launch from Hamburg, Germany
- 07:15 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. over the Hyllekrog spit on Lolland island
- 07:20 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. over Gedser
- 08:00 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. over Maribo
- 08:25 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. over Vordingborg
- 08:40 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. over Faxe
- 09:10 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. over Herfølge
- 09:30 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. over Køge
- 10:00 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. over Taastrup
- 10:20 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. landed at Copenhagen, where people wrote postcards to family in Germany
- 11:55 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. launched from Copenhagen and flew over Malmö
- 13:30 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. over Nykøbing Falster
- 15:30 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. over Lübeck
- 16:40 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. landed back in Hamburg
During two years of commercial DELAG service it carried 6,217 passengers on 399 flights, covering 44,437 kilometres.
Military use
- The military added a platform to the top of the hull and installed two machine guns
- Attack missions on France and reconnaissance missions over the Baltic Sea (involved in the taking of Libau)
- From early 1915 used as a training airship, making over 500 flights over Berlin
- Dismantled in August 1916
See also
Specifications
Data from Robinson, H. Giants in the Sky, p.330
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Post & Tele Museum "Copenhagen - Count Zeppelin oversees everything from the gondola."
References
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External links
- silhoeuttes of important Zeppelins from 1900 to 1919, Lueger 1904-1920, shows LZ: 1,3,5,6,8,10,13,14,18,21,23,25,26,36,40,59,62,91,94,95,100,104,113,120
- photograph of Hansa landed at Copenhagen 1912-09-19
- photograph of Count Zeppelin talking from Hansa's gondola at Copenhagen 1912-09-19
- photograph of Count Zeppelin shaking hands from Hansa at Copenhagen 1912-09-19
- photograph of Hansa leaving Copenhagen 1912-09-19
