LZ 13 Hansa
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| Role | Passenger airshipTemplate:Short description |
| 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.
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 Script error: No such module "convert". 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. From 1912 to 1914 the Hansa was operating mostly from Hamburg and Potsdam, and based in Dresden at the outbreak of the war.[2] 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 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". early morning launch from Hamburg, Germany
- 07:15 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". over the Hyllekrog spit on Lolland island
- 07:20 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". over Gedser
- 08:00 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". over Maribo
- 08:25 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". over Vordingborg
- 08:40 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". over Faxe
- 09:10 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". over Herfølge
- 09:30 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". over Køge
- 10:00 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". over Taastrup
- 10:20 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". landed at Copenhagen, where people wrote postcards to family in Germany
- 11:55 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". launched from Copenhagen and flew over Malmö
- 13:30 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". over Nykøbing Falster
- 15:30 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". over Lübeck
- 16:40 Script error: No such module "Coordinates". 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
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- 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
Notes
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- ↑ a b c Post & Tele Museum "Copenhagen - Count Zeppelin oversees everything from the gondola."
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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 CopenhagenScript error: No such module "Unsubst". 1912-09-19
- photograph of Count Zeppelin talking from Hansa's gondola at CopenhagenScript error: No such module "Unsubst". 1912-09-19
- photograph of Count Zeppelin shaking hands from Hansa at CopenhagenScript error: No such module "Unsubst". 1912-09-19
- photograph of Hansa leaving CopenhagenScript error: No such module "Unsubst". 1912-09-19
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