LZ 100 (L 53) | |
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Zeppelin LZ 100 (L 53) | |
Role | V-class reconnaissance-bomber rigid airship |
National origin | German Empire |
Manufacturer | Luftschiffbau Zeppelin |
Designer | Ludwig Dürr |
First flight | 8 August 1917 |
Retired | 11 August 1918 - Flight Sub-Lt Stuart D Culley takes off in a Sopwith Camel 2F1 bi-plane (pictured) from a barge towed by destroyer HMS Redoubt |
Primary user | Imperial German Navy |
The Imperial German Navy Zeppelin LZ 100, given the tactical number L 53, was an V-class World War I zeppelin of the Imperial German Navy. It was shot down by the British RAF and was the last Airship of the First World War.