L-33--Brought down in England, Sept. 23, 1916, and crew interned.
L-35--Brought down in England.
L-39--Brought down at Compiègne, France, March, 1917.
L-40--Fell in the woods near Emden.
L-43--Brought down in July, 1917, at Terscheling.
L-44--Brought down afire at Saint-Clement, Oct. 20, 1917.
L-45--Brought down and burned at Silteron, Oct. 20, 1917.
L-48--Brought down in England, June, 1917.
L-49--Brought down at Bourbonne-les-Bains, Oct. 20, 1917.
L-50--Fell at Dommartin, Oct. 20, 1917.
L-57--Broke up on its first voyage.
The last named is the highest number believed to have been in the
service. Missing numbers in the list given above are accounted for as
follows:
L-11--Put out of service in 1917 and believed to be in shed at Hage.
L-13--In the shed at Hage since May, 1917.
L-14--School airship at Northolz.
L-17--Believed to have been destroyed at sea.
L-20--Dismantled.
L-21--Dismantled; believed burned at Tondern.
L-24--Dismantled.
L-26--Planned, but never constructed.
L-27, L-28, L-29, and L-30--Planned, but never constructed.
L-34--Believed destroyed off England.
L-37--Attached to Baltic squadron, but believed destroyed.
L-38--Whereabout unknown.
L-41, L-42, L-46, L-47, L-51, L-52, L-53, L-54, L-55, and L-56--In
service in the North Sea.
No information is obtainable as to the fate of the remainder of the
Zeppelins, nor as to whether their construction was ever completed, but
the few other types of dirigible airships used by the Germans have not
been better served by fate than their more renowned sisters.
The Schuette-Lanz dirigible is something like a Zeppelin, but with a
framework of bamboo instead of aluminium. There have been eight of these
in use since the beginning of the war, and their fate or present
condition is shown in the following list:
S L-3--Long since out of service.
S L-4--Struck by lightning in the Baltic.
S L-6--Believed to have fallen into the Baltic.
S L-8--In service in the Baltic.
S L-9--Burned at Stolp.
S L-14--In service in the Baltic.
S L-16--Believed to be still in service.
S L-20--In service.
There was also one Gross semi-rigid dirigible, which was put out of
service at the end of February, 1915, and three Parseval non-rigid
airships, one of which was destroyed in Russia, the second used as a
schoolship, and the third understood to be still in service.