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| Date: | Tuesday 1 February 1916 |
| Time: | |
| Type: | Zeppelin LZ.54 |
| Owner/operator: | Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial German Navy) |
| Registration: | L.19 |
| MSN: | LZ54 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 15 / Occupants: 15 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Todern (Tønder) |
LZ-54 participated in one raid on England on 31 January 1916, dropping 1,600 kg of bombs. With three engines failing, she came under Dutch fire and sank in the North Sea, drowning all crew members as the nearby English fishing trawler King Stephen refused to come to their assistance.
Sources:
The Zeppelin in Combat: A History of the German Naval Airship Division by Douglas H. Robinson
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2008 05:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Jan-2008 10:39 | JINX | Updated |
| 03-Apr-2010 03:02 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Apr-2019 17:06 | Cobar | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Feb-2021 20:01 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 12-Jun-2022 09:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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