ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 840
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 September 1913 |
| Time: | 18:30 |
| Type: | Zeppelin LZ.14 |
| Owner/operator: | Marine |
| Registration: | L.1 |
| MSN: | LZ14 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 14 / Occupants: 20 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 14 nautical miles north of Heligoland, North Sea -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Hamburg, Germany |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
L.1 participated in a military exercise by the Germany Imperial Navy. It left Hamburg at 13:30 and headed for the German Bight. North of Heligoland L.1 got into a thunderstorm. Unable to gain sufficent height the airship crashed into the sea and suffered substantial structural demage. It floated for about 30 minutes before it sank.
Six crew members were rescued by the battleship SMS Hannover and the trawler Orion. A seventh person was recovered dead while the rest of the crew drowned and was never found.
Sources:
Puget Sound Airship Society.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jan-2008 05:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Jan-2008 10:22 | JINX | Updated |
| 22-Jan-2020 13:37 | Air Command | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Narrative] |
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