Zeppelin LZ 100

LZ 100 (L 53)
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
colour photo of a biplane
The Sopwith Camel 2F1 (s/n N6812) flown by Flight Sub-Lieutenant Stuart D Culley
Colour painting of a crashing Airship
Charles Pears painting of Zeppelin LZ 100 (L 53) crashing to the North Sea

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.