List of Zeppelins
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This is a complete '''list of [[Zeppelin]]s''' constructed by the original [[Germany|German]] Zeppelin companies from [[1900]] until [[1938]]. Other types of rigid [[airship]]s that are also sometimes referred to as zeppelins are not included.
The Zeppelin companies based in [[Friedrichshafen]], [[Germany]], numbered their aircraft ''LZ1/2/...'', with ''LZ'' standing for "Luftschiff [airship] Zeppelin". Additionally, crafts used for civilian purposes usually got a name, while military airships, on the other hand, were given "tactical numbering":
* The ''German Army'' called its first Zeppelins ''Z I/II/.../XI/XII''. During [[World War I]] they switched to using the ''LZ'' numbers, later adding 30 to obscure the total production.
* The ''German Navy'' Zeppelins were labelled ''L 1/2/...''.
Since [[1997]], airships of the new type [[Zeppelin NT]] have been flying. They are not included here, as they are not Zeppelins in the traditional sense.
==Zeppelins Finished Before [[World War I]]==
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{| class="wikitable"
! Production number !! Name / tactical numbering !! Usage !! First flight !! Remarks !! Image
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| [[Zeppelin LZ1|LZ1]]
|
| [[prototype]]
| [[July 2]], [[1900]] (L)
| three flights, beat speed record set by La France, dismantled due to lack of investors (D)
| [[Image:First Zeppelin ascent.jpg|100px]]
|-
| [[Zeppelin LZ2|LZ2]]
|
| experimental
| [[January 17]], [[1906]]
| destroyed in accident after first flight; (D)
|-
| <div id=LZ3>LZ3</div>
| Z I
| experimental; military
| [[October 9]], [[1906]] (D)
| sold to the German Army in [[1908]] after refitting; used as a school ship; decommissioned in [[1913]] (D)
|-
| <div id=LZ4>LZ4</div>
|
| military (intended)
| [[June 20]], [[1908]]
| destroyed in ''[[Echterdingen]] disaster''; see [[Zeppelin]] (D)
| [[Image:Zeppelin LZ4.jpg|100px]]
|-
| <div id=LZ5>LZ5</div>
| Z II
| experimental; military
| [[May 26]], [[1909]]
| stranded near [[Weilburg]] in [[1910]] during a storm (D)
|-
| <div id=LZ6>LZ6</div>
|
| experimental; civilian (DELAG)
| [[August 25]], [[1909]] (L)
| first experiments with wireless communication; first ''DELAG'' craft (see [[Zeppelin]]); accidentally destroyed in its hangar in [[Baden-Oos]] in [[1910]] (D)
|-
| <div id=LZ7>LZ7</div>
| "Deutschland"
| civilian (DELAG)
| [[June 19]], [[1910]]
| damaged beyond repair in an accident above the [[Teutoburg Forest]] on [[June 28]], [[1910]] (D)
| [[Image:LZ7 passenger zeppelin mod.jpg|100px]]
|-
| <div id=LZ8>LZ8</div>
| Ersatz "Deutschland II"
| civilian (DELAG)
| [[March 30]], [[1911]]
| pushed to the wall of its hangar by strong wind and damaged beyond repair on [[May 16]], [[1911]] (D)
|-
| <div id=LZ9>LZ9</div>
| Ersatz Z II
| military
| [[October 2]], [[1911]] (L)
| decommissioned [[August 1]], [[1914]] (D)
|-
| <div id=LZ10>LZ10</div>
| "Schwaben"
| civilian (DELAG)
| [[June 26]], [[1911]] (D)
| transported 4354 passengers in 224 flights, traveling 27,321 km; destroyed [[June 28]], [[1912]] in accident on the airfield in [[Düsseldorf]] (D)
| [[Image:1911.06.26 Schwaben jpl.jpg|100px]]
|-
| <div id=LZ11>LZ11</div>
| "Viktoria Luise"
| civilian (DELAG); later military
| [[February 19]], [[1912]]
| transported 9783 passengers in 489 flights, traveling 54,312 km; taken over as school ship by German military upon outbreak of [[World War I]]; broke apart while being ''hauled in'' (i.e. put into its hangar) on [[October 8]], [[1915]] (D)
| [[Image:LZ11 Viktoria Luise.jpg|100px]]
|-
| <div id=LZ12>LZ12</div>
| Z III
| military
| [[April 25]], [[1912]]
| decommissioned [[August 1]], [[1914]] (D)
| [[Image:Zeppelin III in flight.jpg|100px]]
|-
| <div id=LZ13>LZ13</div>
| "Hansa"
| civilian (DELAG); later military
| [[July 30]], [[1912]]
| traveled 44,437 km in 399 flights; first regular flight outside [[Germany]] (to [[Denmark]] and [[Sweden]] in [[1912-09-19]]);<ref>[http://www.postogtelemuseet.dk/zeppex/en/routes/luftskib.html Post & Tele Museum - Luftskibet Kommer!] "Copenhagen - Count Zeppelin oversees everything from the gondola."</ref> taken over by German military upon outbreak of [[World War I]]; decommissioned in summer [[1916]] (D)
| [[Image:1912 Hansa jpl.jpg|100px]]
|-
| <div id=LZ14>LZ14</div>
| L 1
| military
| [[October 7]], [[1912]] (L)
| pushed down into the [[North Sea]] in a thunderstorm on [[September 9]], [[1913]], drowning 14 crew members. ''This was the first Zeppelin incident in which fatalities occurred'' (D)
|-
| <div id=LZ15>LZ15</div>
| Ersatz Z I
| military
| [[January 16]], [[1913]]
| destroyed in a forced landing on [[March 19]], [[1913]] (D)
|-
| <div id=LZ16>LZ16</div>
| Z IV
| military
| [[March 14]], [[1913]]
| accidentally crossed [[France|French]] border on [[April 3]], [[1913]] in misty weather and was kept in [[Lunéville]] for one day. Performed some [[reconnaissance]] missions in [[World War I]] and attempted bombing of [[Warsaw]] and [[Lyck]]. Used as a school ship from [[1915]]; decommissioned in autumn of [[1916]] (D) ([http://www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/Philo/Geschichte/MMAG/MMAG_Zeppelin/Elite/elite1.htm Z IV crew] showing their [[Iron Cross]]es)
| [[Image:1913.04.03 ZIV Luneville 1 jpl.jpg|100px]]
|-
| <div id=LZ17>LZ17</div>
| "Sachsen"
| civilian; later military
| [[May 3]], [[1913]]
| transported 9837 passengers in 419 flights, traveling 39,919 km; taken over by German military upon outbreak of [[World War I]] in 1914; this was Captain Lehmann's first command; it had bomb racks and bomb drop station fitted, together with an improved radio room, machine guns in the cars below and a gunners nest on top of the tail;<ref name=Lehmann>[[#Lehmann|Lehmann]] Chapter I</ref> decommissioned in autumn of [[1916]] (D)
|-
| <div id=LZ18>LZ18</div>
| L 2
| military
| [[September 9]], [[1913]]
| destroyed by an exploding engine on [[October 17]], [[1913]] during a test flight; the entire crew was killed. (D)
| [[Image:Crash Zeppelin LZ18 (LII).jpg|80px]]
|-
| <div id=LZ19>LZ19</div>
| Second Ersatz Z I
| military
| [[June 6]], [[1913]]
| damaged beyond repair in a thunderstorm on [[June 13]], [[1914]] (D)
|-
| <div id=LZ20>LZ20</div>
| Z V
| military
| [[July 8]], [[1913]]
| used in World War I for reconnaissance missions in western [[Poland]]; forced landing after an attack on [[Mlawa]] during the [[Battle of Tannenberg (1914)|Battle of Tannenberg]]; crew captured by enemy cavalry while trying to burn down the ship. (D)
|-
| <div id=LZ21>LZ21</div>
| Z VI
| military
| [[November 10]], [[1913]]
| In World War I mainly used in [[Belgium]] as a bomber; during a bombing raid of [[Liège (city)|Liège]] dropping artillery shells instead of bombs, the ship's overweightness kept it at low altitude so that the bullets and shrapnel from defending fire penetrated the hull. The ship limped back to Cologne but had to be set down near Bonn in a forest, completely wrecking it, on [[August 6]], [[1914]].<ref name=Lehmann/>
|-
| <div id=LZ22>LZ22</div>
| Z VII
| military
| [[January 8]], [[1914]]
| Limited to a flight ceiling around one mile. On [[August 21]], [[1914]] sent to find the retreating French Army around the Vosges mountains in [[Alsace]], and dropped bombs on the camps. After passing through clouds found itself low, right above the main army whose infantry fire penetrated many gas cells. The ship leaking heavily, the crew forced it down near [[St. Quirin]], [[Lorraine (province)|Lorraine]]<ref name=Lehmann/>
|-
| <div id=LZ23>LZ23</div>
| Z VIII
| military
| [[May 11]], [[1914]]
| same orders as ''Z VII'' on [[August 21]], [[1914]]; engaged French army while a few hundred feet up and according to Lehmann received "thousands of bullets and shell splinters"; this forced it to drift and a forced landing in no man's land near Bandonvillers; the crew destroyed all documents and tried to burn the wreck but so little gas remained it would not burn; French Cavalry arrive and a gunfight ensues, the German crew retreating;<ref name=Lehmann/> captured and plundered by French army{{Fact|date=July 2008}}
|-
| <div id=LZ24>LZ24</div>
| L 3
| military
| [[May 11]], [[1914]]
| 24 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea; participated in the first raid of [[England]] on [[January 19]], [[1915]]; released by its crew after a forced landing (due to engine failure compounded with strong headwind and insufficient fuel to reach Germany) in [[Denmark]] on [[February 17]], [[1915]]. The wind was so strong it blew the now unmanned but still running airship out across the sea.<ref name=Lehmann5>[[#Lehmann|Lehmann]] Chapter V</ref>
|-
| <div id=LZ25>LZ25</div>
| Z IX
| military
| [[July 13]], [[1914]]
| used for reconnaissance missions and bombings in northern [[France]]; destroyed by English bomber aeroplane which dopped a bomb through the hangar roof in [[Düsseldorf]] on [[October 8]], [[1914]].<ref>[[#Lehmann|Lehmann Chapter II]]</ref> The bomber was a single-seat [[Sopwith Tabloid]] flown by Flt Lt Reginald Marix, [[RNAS]] (later Air Vice Marshal); he had flown from Antwerp and the raid was the first [[strategic bombing]] raid by an airplane.<ref name="Thetford p286"> Thetford 1978, p.286.</ref>
|}
Key:
* D indicates translated summary from a [[Wikipedia:Flagged revisions/Sighted versions|sighted version]] from <ref name="wikide">editors at de.wikipedia.org, [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin#Der_erste_.E2.80.9EZeppelin.E2.80.9C]</ref>
* L indicates data from Lueger 1904.<ref name="L">Lueger, Otto: Lexikon der gesamten Technik und ihrer Hilfswissenschaften, Bd. 1 Stuttgart, Leipzig 1920., S. 404-412. [http://www.zeno.org/Lueger-1904/A/Luftschiff Luftschiff]</ref>
==Zeppelins Constructed During [[World War I]]==
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! bgcolor=efefef | Production number
! bgcolor=efefef | Tactical numbering
! bgcolor=efefef | First flight
! bgcolor=efefef | Remarks
|-
| <div id=LZ26>LZ26</div>
| Z XII (Z 12)
| [[December 14]], [[1914]]
| 11 attacks in northern [[France]] and at the eastern front, dropping 20,000 kg bombs; decommissioned on [[August 8]], [[1917]].
|-
| <div id=LZ27>LZ27</div>
| L 4
| [[August 18]], [[1914]]
| 11 [[reconnaissance]] missions over the North Sea; participated in the first raid of [[England]] on [[January 20]], [[1915]]. Forced landing in [[Blavandshuk]] on [[February 17]], [[1915]] due to a storm; the crew was taken captive, with four members reported missing in action.
|-
| <div id=LZ28>LZ28</div>
| L 5
| [[September 22]], [[1914]]
| 47 reconnaissance missions over North and [[Baltic Sea]]; proved especially useful in discovering enemy mines; two attack missions, dropping 700 kg bombs; damaged beyond repair by Russian air defense on [[August 7]], [[1915]]
|-
| <div id=LZ29>LZ29</div>
| Z X
| [[October 13]], [[1914]]
| two attacks on [[Calais]] and [[Paris]], dropping 1800 kg bombs; on way back damaged by enemy fire and dismantled after forced landing in [[St. Quirin]]
|-
| <div id=LZ30>LZ30</div>
| Z XI
| [[November 15]], [[1914]]
| used for raids on [[Warsaw]], [[Grodno]] and other targets near the eastern front. Destroyed in an accident on [[May 20]], [[1915]]
|-
| <div id=LZ31>LZ31</div>
| L 6
| [[November 3]], [[1914]]
| prominent role in repelling a British Navy attack on German coast on [[December 25]], [[1914]]; 36 reconnaissance missions around North Sea, including marking of mine fields; one successful raid on England, dropping 700 kg bombs. Took fire during refilling of gas in its hall at [[Fuhlsbüttel]] and burnt down together with ''L 9'' on [[September 16]], [[1916]].
|-
| LZ32
| L 7
| [[November 20]], [[1914]]
| 77 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea; several unsuccessful attempts to attack English coast. Brought down by British [[cruiser]] fire from [[HMS Phaeton (1914)|HMS ''Phaeton'']] and [[HMS Galatea (1914)|''Galatea'']] and destroyed by the [[submarine]] [[British E class submarine|HMS ''E31'']] on [[May 4]], [[1916]]
|-
| LZ33
| L 8
| [[December 17]], [[1914]]
| used for reconnaissance missions along the western front; damaged by enemy fire during a patrol mission, it stranded south of [[Ostend]] on [[March 5]], [[1915]]
|-
| LZ34
|
| [[January 6]], [[1915]]
| two raids at the eastern front, dropping 1110 kg bombs; heavily damaged by enemy fire on [[June 21]], [[1915]], burnt down following forced landing near [[Insterburg]].
|-
| LZ35
|
| [[January 11]], [[1915]]
| two raids on [[Paris]] and [[Poperinghe]] (Belgium), dropping 2420 kg bombs; forced landing near [[Aeltre]] (Belgium) due to heavy damage by enemy fire, then destroyed by a storm.
|-
| LZ36
| L 9
| [[March 8]], [[1915]]
| 74 reconnaissance missions in the North Sea; four raids on England dropping 5683 kg bombs; several attacks on British submarines. Burnt out in its hangar on [[September 16]], [[1916]] together with ''L 6''.
|-
| LZ37
|
| [[March 4]], [[1915]]
| brought down by Flt Sub-Lt [[Reginald Alexander John Warneford|R Warneford]], 1 Sqdn RNAS, flying a [[Morane-Saulnier Type L]], during its first raid on Calais on [[June 7]], [[1915]]. Warneford was awarded a [[Victoria Cross]] for his actions.<ref name="Thet Naval p258"> Thetford 1978, p.258.</ref>
|-
| LZ38
|
| [[April 3]], [[1915]]
| Achieved first bombing raid on London on [[May 31]], [[1915]] killing 7 and injuring 35 people (with material damage assessed at £18,596), five successful raids on [[Harwich]], [[Ramsgate]], [[Southend-on-Sea|Southend]] (twice) and [[London]], dropping 8360 kg bombs. Destroyed by British bombing in its hangar in [[Brussels]].
|-
| LZ39
|
| [[April 24]], [[1915]]
| three raids at the western, later two at the eastern front, dropping 4184 kg bombs in total. Heavily damaged by enemy fire on [[December 17]], [[1915]] and decommissioned upon forced landing
|-
| LZ40
| L 10
| [[May 13]], [[1915]]
| 8 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 5 attacks on England dropping 9900 kg bombs, including the first raid on London on August 17-18 [[1915]] during which [[Leyton]] was bombed causing ten deaths and injuring 48 people. Destroyed in a thunderstorm on [[September 3]], [[1915]] near [[Cuxhaven]]
|-
| LZ41
| L 11
| [[June 7]], [[1915]]
| 31 reconnaissance missions, notably during the [[Battle of Jutland]]; 12 raids on England dropping 15,543 kg bombs. Several of the L11 crew transferred to the ill-fated L48 (LZ95).<ref name="Rimmel">R. L. Rimell, [http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4EA8A481-F0DE-429A-B9AB-C0A0480FC99A/147827/Z2.doc 1916 L11 crew photo (Word document)], from The Last Flight of the L48, linked from [http://www.onesuffolk.co.uk/ThebertonPC/History/ Theberton and Eastbridge Parish Council History] - first photo shows Viktor Schütze was Korvettenkäpitan; of the L 48 crew only Otto Meith (died [[1956-04-30]]) and Heinrich Ellerkamm (died [[1963-08-04]]) eventually survived; Wilhelm Uecker died later from complications and influenza on [[1918-11-11]]. Second photo shows British military salvage team posing in front of the wrecked L 48, note erroneous writing.</ref> Decommissioned on [[April 25]], [[1916]]
|-
| LZ42
| LZ72
| [[June 15]], [[1915]]
| only used as a school ship, as skeleton metal was of poor quality; decommissioned in February [[1917]]
|-
| LZ43
| L 12
| [[June 21]], [[1915]]
| 5 reconnaissance missions; towed back to [[Ostend]] after taking heavy damage in a raid on [[London]], [[Harwich]] and the [[Humber]] region on [[August 10]], [[1915]] but burned out during subsequent disassembly.
|-
| LZ44
| LZ74
| [[July 8]], [[1915]]
| two attacks on England dropping 3500 kg bombs; dismantled after it crashed into a mountain in misty weather on [[October 8]], [[1915]].
|-
| LZ45
| L 13
| [[July 23]], [[1915]]
| 45 reconnaissance missions; 15 attacks on England dropping 20,667 kg bombs; decommissioned on [[April 25]] [[1917]]
|-
| LZ46
| L 14
| [[August 9]], [[1915]]
| most successful German Navy airship; 42 reconnaissance missions; 17 attacks on England dropping 22,045 kg bombs; taken out of service during [[1917]] and [[1918]]. Destroyed by its crew on [[June 23]], [[1919]].
|-
| LZ47
| LZ77
| [[August 24]], [[1915]]
| 6 attacks on England and France dropping 12,610 kg bombs. Destroyed by enemy fire on [[February 21]], [[1916]] in the [[Battle of Verdun]].
|-
| LZ48
| L 15
| [[September 9]], [[1915]]
| 8 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks on England dropping 5780 kg bombs. Damaged by ground fire from [[Dartford]] AA battery during a raid on London on [[April 1]], [[1916]], it was stranded at Knock Deep in the [[Thames]] estuary and 17 members of the crew were captured, one having died.
|-
| LZ49
| LZ79
| [[August 2]], [[1915]]
| dropped 4440 kg in two attacks on [[Brest-Litovsk]] and [[Kovel]] and one attack on [[Paris]] on [[January 30]], [[1916]]; thereby hit by French fire and damaged beyond repair in forced landing near [[Ath]].
|-
| LZ50
| L 16
| [[September 23]], [[1915]]
| 44 reconnaissance missions; 12 attacks on England dropping 18,048 kg bombs; delivered supplies to German isles in winter [[1916]]. Damaged beyond repair in a forced landing near [[Brunsbüttel]] on [[October 19]], [[1917]].
|-
| LZ51
| LZ81
| [[October 7]], [[1915]]
| used at the South-Eastern and the Western Front; transported a diplomatic commission over enemy [[Serbia]] on [[November 9]], [[1915]]; one attack on [[Étaples]] (France) and two attacks on [[Bucharest]], dropping 4513 kg bombs in total; stranded near [[Turnovo]] ([[Bulgaria]]) on [[September 27]], [[1916]]. ([http://www.uni-konstanz.de/FuF/Philo/Geschichte/MMAG/MMAG_Zeppelin/Alltag/alltag.htm Luftschifferalltag] Christmas celebration table under the Z 81 in its hangar)
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| LZ52
| L 18
| [[November 3]], [[1915]]
| destroyed in shed fire at [[Tondem]] during refilling on [[November 17]], [[1915]]
|-
| LZ53
| L 17
| [[October 20]], [[1915]]
| 27 reconnaissance missions; 9 attacks on England dropping 10,724 kg bombs. Destroyed in its hangar on [[December 28]], [[1916]] when ''LZ69 "L 24"'' broke its back and took fire across the hall's entrance.
|-
| LZ54
| L 19
| [[November 27]], [[1915]]
| One raid on England on [[January 31]], [[1916]], dropping 1600 kg bombs; with three engines failing, it afterwards came under [[Netherlands|Dutch]] fire and sank in the [[North Sea]], drowning all crew members as nearby English fishing trawler "King Stephen" refused any help to them.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} [Kapitan-Leutnant Loewe]
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| LZ55
| LZ85
| [[September 12]], [[1915]]
| 6 attacks dropping 14,200 kg on [[Dünaburg]] ([[Latvia]]), [[Minsk]], the railroads of [[Riga]], and [[Thessaloniki|Saloniki]] (three times); damaged by fire from Battleship [[HMS Agamemnon (1906)|HMS ''Agamemnon'']] on [[May 5]], [[1916]], it was stranded in the [[Wardar]] marshes
|-
| LZ56
| LZ86
| [[October 10]], [[1915]]
| 7 attacks dropping 14,800 kg bombs along the Eastern and South-Eastern front; crashed on [[September 3]], [[1916]] when the fore and aft nacelle broke away from the ships hull after a raid.
|-
| LZ57
| LZ87
| [[December 6]], [[1915]]
| 2 attacks on [[Ramsgate]] and [[Margate]] dropping 3000 kg bombs; in July [[1916]] handed to the German Navy; 16 reconnaissance missions around the Baltic Sea; later used as a school ship. Decommissioned in July [[1917]].
|-
| LZ58
| LZ88/L 25
| [[November 14]], [[1915]]
| 14 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks dropping 4249 kg bombs along the Western Front; in January [[1917]] handed to the German Navy who used it for experimenting. Decommissioned in September [[1917]].
|-
| LZ59
| L 20
| [[November 21]], [[1915]]
|
{|
|
6 reconnaissance missions; 2 attacks on England dropping 2864 kg bombs; ran out of fuel after second attack on [[May 4]], [[1916]] and stranded near [[Stavanger]] ([[Norway]]). The crew was taken into custody; Kapitänleutnant Stabbert escaped six months later.
| [[Image:1916.05.03 L20 3 jpl.jpg|100px|LZ59]]
|}
|-
| <div id=LZ60>LZ60</div>
| LZ90
| [[January 1]], [[1916]]
| 4 attacks on [[Bar-le-Duc]], [[Norwich]], [[London]] and [[Etaples]], dropping 8860 kg bombs; on [[November 7]], [[1916]] broke loose in the direction of the North Sea in a storm and never seen again.
|-
| LZ61
| L 21
| [[January 10]], [[1916]]
| 17 reconnaissance missions; 10 attacks on England dropping 14,442 kg bombs; intercepted and destroyed by English fighter pilot Flt-Lt [[Egbert Cadbury]] firing [[incendiary|phosphor]] rounds off [[Lowestoft]] on [[November 28]], [[1916]].
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| <div id=LZ62>LZ62</div>
| L 30
| [[May 28]], [[1916]]
| First of the "Super-Zeppelin" Class. 10 raids on England dropping 23,305 kg bombs (however causing limited damage due to poor sight); 31 reconnaissance missions above the North and Baltic Sea and at the Eastern Front; retired on [[November 17]], [[1917]]. In [[1920]] ordered to be transferred to [[Belgium]] in the context of [[war reparations]], where it was disassembled. Some components, including an engine car, are preserved at the Royal Army and Military History Museum, Brussels.
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| LZ63
| LZ93
| [[February 23]], [[1916]]
| three attacks on [[Dunkirk, France|Dunkirk]], [[Mardick]] and [[Harwich]], dropping 3240 kg bombs. Decommissioned in [[1917]].
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| LZ64
| L 22
| [[March 3]], [[1916]]
| 30 reconnaissance missions; 8 attacks on England, dropping 9215 kg bombs; destroyed by British [[Curtis H12]] Flying Boat flown by [[RNAS]] [[Robert Leckie (aviator)|Flight Commander Robert Leckie]] (later Air Vice Marshal) near [[Terschelling]] on [[May 14]], [[1917]] during a reconnaissance mission.<ref name="Thet Navy p80"> Thetford 1978, p.80</ref> (Leckie was also credited in the downing on LZ112/L70)
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| LZ65
| LZ95
| [[February 1]], [[1916]]
| Destroyed by French anti-aircraft fire on [[February 21]], [[1915]] during an attempted attack on [[Vitry-le-François]].
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| LZ66
| L 23
| [[April 8]], [[1916]]
| 51 reconnaissance missions; 3 attacks on England dropping 5254 kg bombs; destroyed on [[August 21]], [[1917]] by 2/Lt B A Smart flying [[Sopwith Pup]] launched from the cruiser [[HMS Yarmouth (1911)|HMS ''Yarmouth'']].<ref name="Bruce Flight p10"> Bruce 1954, p.10.</ref> Smart later led the Tondern raid which destroyed L54 & L60.
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| LZ67
| LZ97
| [[April 4]], [[1916]]
| 4 attacks on [[London]] (twice), [[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne]] and, later, [[Bucharest]], dropping 5760 kg bombs, plus several unsuccessful flights in bad weather. Decommissioned on [[July 5]], [[1917]].
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| LZ68
| LZ98
| [[April 28]], [[1916]]
| one attack on [[London]] dropping 1513 kg 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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| LZ69
| L 24
| [[May 20]], [[1916]]
| 19 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 4 raids on England dropping 8510 kg bombs; crashed into a wall while being "stabled" on [[December 28]], [[1916]] and burned out together with ''LZ53 "L17"''.
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| LZ70
| align="center" colspan="3" | ''not realized''
|-
| LZ71
| LZ101
| [[June 29]], [[1916]]
| stationed in [[Yambol]] ([[Bulgaria]]); 7 attacks dropping 11,934 kg bombs on [[Bucharest]], [[Ciulniţa]], [[Feteşti]], [[Galaţi]], [[Odessa]], [[Mytilene]], [[Iaşi]] and [[Mudros]]. Disassembled in September [[1917]].
|-
| <div id=LZ72>LZ72</div>
| L 31
| [[July 12]], [[1916]]
|
{|
| one important reconnaissance mission in fleet operation against [[Sunderland]]; 6 attacks on England dropping 19,411 kg bombs; with L32, L33, and L34 part of Zeppelin raid on night of 1916-09-23;<ref name="Essex Police"/> intercepted and destroyed by British fighter pilot Lt V Tempest on [[October 2]], [[1916]] near Potters Bar, North of London, while commanded by the leading airship commander of the time, Kapitän Leutnant Heinrich Mathy, who perished with his entire crew.
| [[Image:Zeppelin wreck 23 sept 1916.JPG|100px|thumb|<small>LZ72 or LZ74</small>]]
|}
|-
| LZ73
| LZ103
| [[August 23]], [[1916]]
| one successful attack on [[Calais]] dropping 1530 kg bombs (several other attacks being cancelled or aborted due to poor weather); decommissioned in August [[1917]]
|-
| LZ74
| L 32
| [[August 4]], [[1916]]
| one important reconnaissance mission in fleet operation against [[Sunderland]]; three attacks on England dropping 6860 kg bombs; commanded by Kapitan-Leutnant Werner Petersen, with L31, L33, and L34 part of Zeppelin raid on night of 1916-09-23; intercepted and destroyed by British fighter pilot 2/Lt Frederick Sowrey in a [[BE2]]c on [[September 24]], [[1916]] near Great Burstead, Essex, all the crew dying.<ref name="Essex Police">[[#essexpolice|Martin Lockwood, Essex Police]]</ref> The crew's bodies buried at Great Burstead, then in 1966 exhumed and reburied at [[Cannock Chase]].<ref name="Essex Police"/>
|-
| LZ75
| L 37
| [[November 9]], [[1916]]
| 17 reconnaissance missions around the North and Baltic Sea and England; 4 raids dropping 6450 kg bombs; retired on [[December 24]], [[1917]]; transferred to [[Japan]] in [[1920]] (disassembled)
|-
| LZ76
| L 33
| [[August 30]], [[1916]]
| part of the Zeppelin group that bombed London and surrounding counties (L31, L32, L33 and L34); during its first mission, in which 3200 kg bombs had been dropped,{{Fact|date=June 2008}} after an anti-aircraft shell seriously damaged it, commander Kapitan-Leutnant Alois Bocker turned over Essex and was attacked by a squadron of night fighters from [[Hainault Farm]] and hit several times, but even after dropping guns and equipment Bocker decided it would not make it back across the North Sea, forced landing near [[Brentwood, Essex|Brentwood]], [[Essex]] [[September 24]], [[1916]] with no fatalities,<ref name="Essex Police"/> the crew were only partly successful in burning the hull, and British engineers examined the skeleton and later used the plans as a basis for the construction of airships ''[[R33]]'' and ''[[R34]]''
|-
| LZ77
| LZ107
| [[October 16]], [[1916]]
| one attack on [[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne]], France, dropping 1440 kg bombs (several other raids being cancelled or aborted). Decommissioned in July [[1917]].
|-
| LZ78
| L 34
| [[September 22]], [[1916]]
| three reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping 3890 kg bombs; intercepted and destroyed by British fighter pilot 2/Lt Ian Pyott in BE2c 2738 off [[Hartlepool]] on [[November 28]], [[1916]].''Pyott was so close that his face was scorched''
|-
| LZ79
| L 41
| [[January 15]], [[1917]]
| 15 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; four attacks on England dropping 6567 kg bombs; used as a school ship from [[December 11]], [[1917]] on. Destroyed by its crew on [[June 23]], [[1919]].
|-
| LZ80
| L 35
| [[October 20]], [[1916]]
| 13 reconnaissance missions around the North and Baltic Sea; three attacks on England dropping 4284 kg bombs; decommissioned in September [[1918]].
|-
| LZ81
| LZ111
| [[December 20]], [[1916]]
| not used in the German Army and transferred to Navy in May [[1917]]; 7 reconnaissance missions around the Baltic Sea. Decommissioned on [[August 10]], [[1917]].
|-
| LZ82
| L 36
| [[November 1]], [[1916]]
| 20 flights around the North Sea and England, including four reconnaissance missions; damaged during landing in fog at Rehben-an-der-Aller on [[February 7]], [[1917]] and decommissioned.
|-
| <div id=LZ83>LZ83</div>
| LZ113
| [[February 22]], [[1917]]
| 15 reconnaissance missions around the Eastern Front and the Baltic Sea; three attacks dropping 6000 kg bombs. In [[1920]] ordered to be transferred to France in the context of [[war reparations]].
|-
| LZ84
| L 38
| [[November 22]], [[1916]]
| damaged beyond repair in a forced landing (due to heavy snowfall) during an attempted raid on [[Reval]] and [[Saint Petersburg]] on [[December 29]], [[1916]]
|-
| LZ85
| L 45
| [[April 12]], [[1917]]
| 12 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 3 attacks on England dropping 4700 kg bombs. Ran out of fuel on [[October 20]], [[1917]]; destroyed in forced landing near [[Sisteron]], France, the crew being taken captive.
|-
| LZ86
| L 39
| [[December 11]], [[1916]]
| two reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; one attack on England dropping 300 kg bombs, and on return destroyed by French flak fire near [[Compiègne]] on [[March 17]], [[1917]].
|-
| LZ87
| L 47
| [[May 11]], [[1917]]
| 18 reconnaissance missions and three attacks dropping 3240 kg bombs around the North Sea and England. On [[January 5]], [[1918]], a giant explosion in the air base in [[Ahlhorn]] destroyed four Zeppelins (including ''L 47'') and one non-Zeppelin-type airship, stabled in three adjacent hangars. This is supposed to have been an accident, though [[sabotage]] could not be ruled out.
|-
| LZ88
| L 40
| [[January 3]], [[1917]]
| 6 reconnaissance missions; 2 attacks on England, dropping 3105 kg bombs (large parts of which missed their targets). Damaged beyond repair in a failed landing on [[June 16]], [[1917]] in [[Nordholz]].
|-
| LZ89
| L 50
| [[June 9]], [[1917]]
| 5 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; two attacks on England dropping 4135 kg bombs. Ran out of fuel on [[October 20]], [[1917]] and was driven to the [[Mediterranean Sea]] after a forced landing near [[Dammartin]], France.
|-
| <div id=LZ90>LZ90</div>
| LZ120
| [[January 31]], [[1917]]
| 17 reconnaissance missions and 3 attacks dropping 11,250 kg bombs around the Eastern Front and the Baltic Sea. Retired on [[October 8]], [[1917]]; in [[1920]] ordered to be transferred to [[Italy]] in the context of [[war reparations]], where it broke apart one year later while gas was removed.
|-
| LZ91
| L 42
| [[February 21]], [[1917]]
| First of the "Height-Climber" class, which had a lightened structure to improve altitude. The strength of the structure was therefore compromised, which proved disastrous when unwittingly copied, as with the British ''[[R38 (ZR-2)]]'', and [[USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)|USS ''Shenandoah'']]. 20 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England dropping 6030 kg bombs; used as a school ship from [[June 6]], [[1918]] on. Destroyed by its crew on [[June 23]], [[1919]].
|-
| LZ92
| L 43
| [[March 6]], [[1917]]
| 6 reconnaissance missions; one attack on English docks, dropping 1850 kg bombs. Shot down by British fighter aircraft on [[June 14]], [[1917]] during reconnaissance mission.
|-
| LZ93
| L 44
| [[April 1]], [[1917]]
| 8 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England and British Royal Navy units. Driven south to France by a heavy storm, it was shot down over [[Lunéville]] on [[October 20]], [[1917]].
|-
| LZ94
| L 46
| [[April 24]], [[1917]]
| 19 reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; 3 raids on England dropping 5700 kg bombs. Destroyed in the Ahlhorn explosion (see ''LZ87 "L 47"'').
|-
| LZ95
| L 48
| [[May 22]], [[1917]]
| Several of the L 11 crew transferred to the L 48;<ref name="Rimmel"/> one reconnaissance mission successful. As part of an attempted attack on London with 3 others became lost and was then intercepted and destroyed by British fighters over sea near [[Great Yarmouth]] on [[17 June]] 1917 crashing near [[Leiston]]. Three survivors; crew buried at [[Theberton]], Suffolk.<ref name="AA">redkitebooks.co.uk, [http://www.redkitebooks.co.uk/AA/ex06_L48_Theberton.html Aviation Archaeology], Zeppelin L48 excavation carried out for BBC television</ref><ref>redkitebooks.co.uk, [http://www.redkitebooks.co.uk/AA/ex06_L48_Post%20ExcavationReport.html The excavation of L48 the “Theberton Zeppelin”], post-excavation report</ref><ref>www.theberton.info/timewatch.htm, [http://web.archive.org/web/20070704150613/www.theberton.info/timewatch.htm Zeppelin, German zeppelin pictures, L48, LZ95, zeppelin crash ...]</ref>
|-
| LZ96
| L 49
| [[June 13]], [[1917]]
| two reconnaissance missions around the North Sea; one raid on England dropping 2100 kg bombs; while returning, forced to land near [[Bourbonne-les-Bains]] on [[October 20]], [[1917]] and captured almost undamaged by French forces. Plans derived from ''LZ96'' were later used in the [[United States]] for construction of the first US "zeppelin", the ''[[USS Shenandoah (ZR-1)]]''.
|-
| LZ97
| L 51
| [[June 6]], [[1917]]
| 3 reconnaissance missions; one raid on the English coast, dropping 280 kg bombs. Destroyed in the Ahlhorn explosion (see ''LZ87 "L 47"'').
|-
| LZ98
| L 52
| [[July 14]], [[1917]]
| 20 reconnaissance missions; accidentally placed above [[London]] by an unexpected storm during a raid, it dropped 2020 kg bombs there. Destroyed by its crew on [[June 23]], [[1919]].
|-
| LZ99
| L 54
| [[August 13]], [[1917]]
| 14 reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping 5840 kg bombs; destroyed together with ''L 60'' when seven British [[Sopwith Camel]] fighters from the first [[aircraft carrier]], [[HMS Furious (47)|HMS ''Furious'']], bombed the halls in [[Tondern]]. (Only two fighters returned to the ''Furious'', though three of the others landed in Denmark after running low on fuel.)
|-
| LZ100
| L 53
| [[August 8]], [[1917]]
| 19 reconnaissance missions; 4 attacks on England, dropping 11,930 kg bombs. Intercepted and destroyed by British Sopwith Camel N6812 flown by Lt Culley RAF, who took off from a lighter towed by the destroyer [[HMS Redoubt|HMS ''Redoubt'']], on [[August 11]], [[1918]]
|-
| LZ101
| L 55
| [[September 1]], [[1917]]
| Two attacks dropping 5450 kg bombs. Heavily damaged in the second one on [[October 19]], [[1917]], it drifted behind western front and rose to Zeppelin all-time world record altitude of 7600 m to escape; then dismantled upon forced landing.
|-
| LZ102
| L 57
| [[September 26]], [[1917]]
| not used in combat; foreseen for engagement in [[Africa]]. Damaged beyond repair by heavy wind on [[October 8]], [[1917]].
|-
| LZ103
| L 56
| [[September 24]], [[1917]]
| 17 reconnaissance missions; participated in the last raid on [[England]] on [[August 6]], [[1918]]. Destroyed by its crew on [[June 23]], [[1919]].
|-
| LZ104
| [[L 59]]
| [[October 30]], [[1917]]
| known as ''das Afrika-Schiff'', stationed in [[Yambol]] ([[Bulgaria]]); L 59 started out on a mission to resupply German troops in [[German East Africa]], but turned back upon (false) reports of a German surrender; nevertheless, the ship broke a long-distance flight record (6757 km in 95 hours and 5 minutes). One attack on [[Naples]], [[Italy]] dropped 6400 kg of bombs. Crashed during a raid on [[Malta]] on [[April 7]], [[1918]] for unknown reasons.
|-
| LZ105
| L 58
| [[October 29]], [[1917]]
| two reconnaissance missions; destroyed in the Ahlhorn explosion (see ''LZ87 "L 47"'')
|-
| LZ106
| L 61
| [[December 12]], [[1917]]
| 9 reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping 4500 kg bombs; in [[1920]] ordered to be transferred to [[Italy]] in the context of [[war reparations]].
|-
| LZ107
| L 62
| [[January 19]], [[1918]]
| two reconnaissance missions; two attacks on England dropping 5923 kg bombs; on the raid on 12/13 April 1918 her gunners managed to damage and drive away an attacking airplane, the only known instance of this happening. Crashed north of [[Helgoland]] on [[May 10]], [[1918]]: shot down by [[Felixstowe F2A]] flying-boat N4291, Capt TC Pattinson and Capt TH Munday.<ref name="Thet Navy p193-194"> Thetford 1978, p.193-194.</ref>
|-
| LZ108
| L 60
| [[December 18]], [[1917]]
| 11 reconnaissance missions; one attack on England dropping 3120 kg bombs; destroyed together with ''L 54'' when British fighters bombed the halls.
|-
| LZ109
| L 64
| [[March 11]], [[1918]]
| 13 reconnaissance missions over the North Sea; with L60,L61,L62, and L63 raided north England dropping 2800 kg in bombs. In [[1920]] transferred to [[England]] as [[war reparations]]. Scrapped at short notice when hangar required for the damaged British [[R36 (airship)|R36]].<ref name=ahtl64>[[#ahtl64|Airship Heritage Trust - L64]]</ref>
|-
| LZ110
| L 63
| [[March 4]], [[1918]]
| dropped 8915 kg bombs in three attacks on [[England]], including participation in the last raid on [[England]] on [[August 6]], [[1918]]. Destroyed by its crew on [[June 23]], [[1919]].
|-
| LZ111
| L 65
| [[April 17]], [[1918]]
| participated in last raid on [[England]] on [[August 6]], [[1918]]. Destroyed by its crew on [[June 23]], [[1919]].
|-
| <div id=LZ112>LZ112</div>
| L 70
| [[July 1]], [[1918]]
| directed last raid on [[England]] on [[August 6]], [[1918]], with [[Korvettenkapitän|KK]] [[Peter Strasser]], Commander of the Navy Airship Department on board; intercepted and destroyed over North Sea by British [[DeHavilland DH-4]] flown by Major [[Egbert Cadbury]] with [[Robert Leckie (aviator)|Captain Robert Leckie]] (later Air Vice-Marshal) as gunner.<ref name="Thet navyp86">Thetford 1978, p. 86.</ref> Both these men shot down two Zeppelins: prior to L70, Cadbury had downed L21 and Leckie, L22.
|-
| <div id=LZ113>LZ113</div>
| L 71
| [[July 29]], [[1918]]
| not used in war; in [[1920]] ordered to be transferred to [[England]] in the context of [[war reparations]]. Scrapped at short notice when hangar required for the damaged British [[R36 (airship)|R36]].
|-
| <div id=LZ114>LZ114</div>
| L 72; in [[France]]: "[[Dixmude]]"
| [[February 9]], [[1920]]
| not delivered because war ended; in [[1920]] ordered to be transferred to [[France]] in the context of [[war reparations]]. Made then world record duration flight of 118 hours.<ref>[[#Lehmann|Lehmann Chapter II]]</ref> Vanished over Mediterranean, 1921.
|-
| LZ115
| align="center" colspan="3" | ''not constructed''
|-
| LZ116
| align="center" colspan="3" | ''not constructed''
|-
| LZ117
| align="center" colspan="3" | ''not constructed''
|-
| LZ118
| align="center" colspan="3" | ''not constructed''
|-
| LZ119
| align="center" colspan="3" | ''not constructed''
|}
==Zeppelins Constructed After [[World War I]]==
{| border=1 cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0
! bgcolor=efefef | Production number
! bgcolor=efefef | Name
! bgcolor=efefef | Usage
! bgcolor=efefef | First flight
! bgcolor=efefef | Remarks
|-
| LZ120
| "Bodensee"; in [[Italy]]: "Esperia"
| civilian; in [[Italy]]: ?
| [[August 20]], [[1919]]
|
{|
| Included a first-class passenger section; used by DELAG until [[1921]], then ordered to be transferred to [[Italy]] in the context of [[war reparations]].
| [[Image:Airship Bodensee, Oct. 1919.jpg|100px]]
|}
|-
| LZ121
| "Nordstern"; in [[France]]: "Méditerranée"
| civilian (intended); in [[France]]: ?
| [[June 13]], [[1921]]
|
{|
| Intended for regular flights to [[Stockholm]]; ordered to be transferred to [[France]] in the context of [[war reparations]].
| [[Image:LZ121 Nordstern.jpg|100px]]
|}
|-
| LZ122
| align="center" colspan="4" | ''not realized''
|-
| LZ123
| align="center" colspan="4" | ''not realized''
|-
| LZ124
| align="center" colspan="4" | ''not realized (construction forbidden by [[World War I]] Allied Powers)''
|-
| LZ125
| align="center" colspan="4" | ''not realized''
|-
| LZ126
| [[USS Los Angeles (ZR-3)|ZR-3, USS ''Los Angeles'']] (in the [[United States]])
| experimental, military
| [[August 27]], [[1924]]
|
{|
| Ordered by the [[United States]]; transferred from [[Friedrichshafen]] to [[Lakehurst]] in 81 hours and 2 minutes, arriving on [[October 15]], [[1924]], 9:52. Most successful US airship. Dismantled in August [[1940]].
| [[Image:ZR3 USS Los Angeles upright.jpg|100px]]
|}
|-
| LZ127
| "[[LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin|Graf Zeppelin]]"
| civilian
| [[September 18]], [[1928]]
|
{|
| Most successful airship in history; regular flights to [[North America|North]] and [[South America]]; world tour in [[1929]], [[Arctic]] trip in [[1931]]. Dismantled in 1940 upon order of [[Hermann Göring]].
| [[Image:ZeppelinLZ127b.jpg|100px]]
|}
|-
| LZ128
| align="center" colspan="4" | ''Project abandoned in favor of LZ129''
|-
| LZ129
| "[[LZ 129 Hindenburg|Hindenburg]]"
| civilian
| [[March 4]], [[1936]]
|
{|
| Intended for filling with [[helium]] gas instead of flammable [[hydrogen]], which was, however, not made available. Regular voyages to North and South America. Destroyed in [[Hindenburg disaster]] on [[May 6]], [[1937]].
| [[Image:Hindenburg at lakehurst.jpg|100px]]
|}
|-
| LZ130
| "[[LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin|Graf Zeppelin II]]"
| civilian
| [[September 14]], [[1938]]
|
{|
| Total 30 flights (36,550 km, 409 hrs), mainly flight testing but also electronic warfare and radio interception over English coast and Polish/German border. Modified for helium, but none provided by US. Last flight [[August 20]] [[1939]]. Dismantled in 1940 upon order of [[Hermann Göring]].
| [[Image:LZ130-Bugspitze WL.jpg|100px]]
|}
|-
| LZ131
| align="center" colspan="4" | ''not finished''
|}
== See also ==
* [[Parseval airships|List of Parseval semi-rigid and non-rigid airships]]
* [[Schütte-Lanz|List of Schütte-Lanz rigid airships]]
* [[List of airships of the United States Navy]]
* [[Rigid airship]]
==Notes==
{{Reflist}}
== Bibliography ==
* Bruce, J.M. "[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1954/1954%20-%200016.html|The Sopwith Pup: Historic Military Aircraft No 6]". ''[[Flight International|Flight]]''. [[1 January]] [[1954]]. p. 8-12.
*<cite id=Lehmann>[[Ernst A. Lehmann|Lehmann, Ernst A.]]; Mingos, Howard. The Zeppelins. The Development of the Airship, with the Story of the Zepplins Air Raids in the World War.</cite> [http://www.hydrogencommerce.com/zepplins/zeppelin1.htm Chapter I GERMAN AIRSHIPS PREPARE FOR WAR], shows two photographs of the LZ 12 Sachsen, Ernst Lehmann's first command, with Count Zeppelin and Dr. Eckener
* <cite id=essexpolice>Martin Lockwood, [http://www.essex.police.uk/offbeat/o_mu_20.php Young People - Somewhere over Essex], Essex Police Museum</cite>
* Thetford, Owen. ''British Naval Aircraft since 1912''. London: Putnam, Fourth edition, 1978. ISBN 0-370-30021-1.
* <cite id=ahtl64>The Airship Heritage Trust. [http://www.aht.ndirect.co.uk/airships/l64/index.htm L64 - LZ 109 "V" Class Super Zeppelin]</cite>
==External links==
* [http://www.zeno.org/Lueger-1904.images/I/TL100565.jpg 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<ref name="L"/>
* [http://www.zeno.org/Lueger-1904.images/I/TL100564.jpg Important airship types], Lueger 1904-1920, Table 1 lists data on selected Zeppelins<ref name="L"/>
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