The burnt out wreckage of the German rigid airship L 33 (1916).

A view along the burnt out wreckage of the rigid airship L 33 (1916) showing the duralumin skeleton that made up the hull. A group of five naval officers are standing informally next to the girders looking at the hull. The Zeppelin had been forced to land at Little Wigborough, near Colchester on the 24 September 1916 and Captain Bocker set fire to her.

Object Details

ID: N22632
Type: Roll film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hooper, Lieutenant Geoffroy William Winsmore
Vessels: L 33 (1916) [alternative spelling: L33]
Date made: 4 October 1916
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Captain Gunn Collection
Measurements: Overall: 81 mm x 107 mm
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