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Zeppelin LZ 104 (construction number, designated L 59 by the German Imperial Navy) and nicknamed Das Afrika-Schiff ("The Africa Ship"), was a World War I German dirigible.It is famous for having attempted a long-distance resupply mission to the beleaguered garrison of Germany's East Africa colony.
LZ 104: W: L 59 30 October 1917 Known as Das Afrika-Schiff ("The Africa Ship"), stationed in Yambol ; LZ 104 started out on a resupply mission to German East Africa. However, British forces had advanced to the designated landing zone, forcing the German admiralty to abort the mission and recall the ship while west of Khartoum. Nevertheless, LZ ...
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Zeppelin LZ 102 (designated L 57) was an airship of the German Imperial Navy.It was planned that it would attempt a mission to Africa but it was destroyed and its sister ship LZ 104 (L 59), nicknamed Das Afrika-Schiff ("The Africa Ship"), made a famous attempt at a long-distance resupply mission to the beleaguered garrison of Germany's East Africa colony.
The Zeppelin, LZ 104 (L 59), intended also as a morale-booster to the beleaguered East African troops, was designed to be dismembered on arrival and all its parts cannibalised as spares for the troops - the canvas of its hull used for tents, for example.
Zeppelin LZ 80; Zeppelin LZ 86; LZ 104 (L 59) Zeppelin LZ 120 Bodensee; LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin; LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin; M. Zeppelin mail; U. USS Los Angeles (ZR-3) Z.
In 1917, the German LZ 104 (L 59) was the first airship to make an intercontinental flight, from Jambol in Bulgaria to Khartoum and back, a nonstop journey of 6,800 kilometres (4,200 mi; 3,700 nmi). [6] [7] [nb 1] During and just after the war, Britain and the United States built airships, and France and Italy experimented with confiscated ...
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