Zeppelin LZ 89

{{Short description|R-class zeppelin of the Imperial German Navy}}

{{Infobox aircraft begin |name = LZ 89 (L 50) |image =German Zeppelin - L 50 - July 16 1916.jpg |size=300px |caption = Newspaper sketch of LZ 89 bombing Royal Navy ships |alt = }}

File:Equipage capturé du Zeppelin L-50 près de Dammartin en 1917.jpg

File:L 50 in Ahlhorn.jpg

Zeppelin LZ 89 (L 50) was an R-class zeppelin of the Imperial German Navy. After a short career during the World War I it ran out of fuel during a mission and was deliberately crashed.

==Service==

Airship LZ 89 took part in five missions around the North Sea. In addition to the naval scouting missions, it participated in two attacks on the United Kingdom, dropping a total of {{cvt|4135|kg}} of bombs on English targets.

On 20 October 1917 LZ 89 was returning from bombing Norwich when it ran out of fuel. To prevent capture the commander ordered the Zeppelin to do a controlled crash near Dammartin-sur-Meuse where the Zeppelin would be destroyed but allow the crew to safely get off the ship. The airship crashed but after the control car had been torn off the ship drifted off over the Mediterranean with five crew members still on board.{{sfn|Robinson|1971|p=276}} Two officers and 14 crewmen of Zeppelin LZ 89 (L 50) were captured and taken prisoners-of-war to Bourbonne-les-Bains.{{sfn|Le Miroir, November 4,|1917|p=6}}

==Specifications (LZ 89 / Type r zeppelin)==

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|ref=Zeppelin : rigid airships, 1893-1940{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Peter W. |title=Zeppelin : rigid airships, 1893-1940 |date=1992 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |location=Washington, D.C. |isbn=1560982284 |pages=95–99}}

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|crew=17-19

|capacity={{cvt|32400|kg|0}} typical disposable load

|length m=198

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|dia m=23.9

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• Fineness ratio: 8.24

|volume m3=55200

|volume note=in 19 gas cells

|empty weight kg=31400

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|gross weight kg=32908

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|fuel capacity={{cvt|6250|kg|0}}

|lift kg=63800

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|eng1 name=Maybach HS Lu

|eng1 type=6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engines

|eng1 hp=240

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|prop blade number=4

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|max speed kmh=103

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|cruise speed kmh=81

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|range km=7400

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|climb rate note=maximum permitted (r-class)

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|guns= machine-guns in hull-top positions and gondolas

|bombs=up to 60 bombs to a total of {{cvt|5000|kg|0}}

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