North Sea Patrol Flights
They cruised over the North Sea scouting and guarding the coastline, remaining in the air for thirty hours at a time. They flew out from the western outlet of the Kiel Canal, northward along the shores of Denmark to the Norwegian coast and thus were able virtually to command the sea hundreds of miles around with powerful glasses.
One day when the true details of the Skagerrak Naval Battle are given to the world, it will realize the vital part which the Zeppelins played. They consistently hampered the enemy’s mine laying operations and rendered timely and valuable support to the counteractions of the fleet. In discovering mines they were particularly effective; and this work alone, about which the world was uninformed, justified fully the time and labor put into their construction.
The Maybach Motor Works, 1916.
Practically all of the Airship motors were made in this plant.
Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen, G.m.b.H., 1915. (The Cog-wheel and Gear Works).
Part of Friedrichshafen and Lake Constance in the background.
Ten Zeppelins of the L-38 type were delivered to the navy in 1915, numbered from L-10 to L-19 inclusively. Approximately as many were turned over to the army during the year, each one being slightly improved. Zeppelin and his staff of experts were always able to profit by the practical experience which the ships were undergoing almost daily.