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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 with a volume of 18,700 cubic metres.[1] It was first operated by DELAG to carry passengers and post and flew the first scheduled international passenger flights (starting with the visit to Denmark and Sweden in September 1912).[2] At the outbreak of World War I, the German military requisitioned it for use in attack flights, reconnaissance, and finally as a training airship.[3]
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 in 1912-09-19);[2]
This was the first time a commercial Zeppelin flew outside Germany. Click on the blue globes to see the route taken:[2]
- 03:55 early morning launch from Hamburg, Germany;
- 07:15 over the Hyllekrog spit on Lolland island;
- 07:20 over Gedser;
- 08:00 over Maribo;
- 08:25 over Vordingborg;
- 08:40 over Faxe;
- 09:10 over Herfølge;
- 09:30 over Køge;
- 10:00 over Taastrup;
- 10:20 landed at Copenhagen, where people wrote postcards to family in Germany;
- 11:55 launched from Copenhagen and flew over Malmö;
- 13:30 over Nykøbing Falster;
- 15:30 over Lübeck;
- 16:40 landed back in Hamburg.
During two years of commercial DELAG service it carried 6217 passengers on 399 flights,[4][3] covering 44,437 kilometres.[1][3]
Military use
- The military added a platform to the top of the hull and installed two machine guns.[3]
- attack missions on France and reconnaissance missions over the Baltic Sea (involved in the taking of Liepāja)[3]
- From early 1915 used as a training airship, making over 500 flights over Berlin.[3]
- Dismantled in August 1916.[3]
See also
Notes
- ^ a b Filan 2008 Hansa passengers in cabin on 1913 August 13 flight to Potsdam
- ^ a b c Post & Tele Museum "Copenhagen - Count Zeppelin oversees everything from the gondola."
- ^ a b c d e f g editors of German Wikipedia
- ^ Filan 2008 Hansa passenger cabin
References
- Filan, Rod. 2008. Rosebud's WWI and Early Aviation Image Archive. Retrieved 2008-07-27
- Post & Tele Museum - Luftskibet Kommer! (requires Flash and Javascript)
- editors of German wikipedia, Liste aller Zeppeline
Further reading
- 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
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