Zeppelin LZ 85 renumbered L45
LZ-85
Tactical: L 45
Class: Type R "Super Zeppelin"
Usage: military
First Flight: 12 April 1917
Length: 649.3 feet / 198 meters
Diameter: 78.3 feet / 23.9 meters
Gas Volume: 1,949,600 cu. feet / 55,000 cu. meters
Engines: Six 240 hp Maybach HSLu engines
Maximum Speed: 62.2 mph / 100 kph
LZ-85 participated in twelve reconnaissance missions around the North Sea and three attacks on England, dropping 4,700 kg of bombs. She ran out of fuel on 20 October 1917 and was destroyed in forced landing near Sisteron, France; the crew was taken captive.