Adventures of the Blackgang
Thalassophilia, Nautical History, Culture, and Art
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Original Third Reich-era Zeppelin postcard-sized leaflet for the 1936 Leipzig Exhibition
Symbol of the Leipzig Trade Fair
The Leipzig Trade Fair (German: Leipziger Messe) was a major fair for trade across Central Europe for nearly a millennium. The history of the Leipzig fairs goes back to the Middle Ages, with the first mention being made in 1165.
In 1895, the old Jubilate-fair was replaced by the modern “Muster-Messe”, dominated by factory owners presenting samples of their goods.
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Maritime Monday for September 16th, 2012:
Gasbags; A blog about (air) ships, Part 2In case you missed it:
Maritime Monday for Sept. 10th, 2012:
Gasbags; A Blog About (Air) Ships (Part One)ein Prall-Luftschiff System Parseval (1910 – 1914)
1911: Luftfahrzeug-GmbH(Parseval) Broschuere Titelblatt
(1,526 × 1,038)L: German Empire; Zeppelin, Color Postcard
R: Graf Zeppelin, Swiss Postcard -
1925 … zeppelin at sea– (1904 x 2586)
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Maritime Monday for Sept. 10th, 2012:
Gasbags; A Blog About (Air) Ships (Part One) -
Ostfriesland’s keel was laid in October 1908 at the Kaiserliche Werft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven. She was launched on 30 September 1909 and was commissioned into the fleet on 1 August 1911. The ship was equipped with twelve 30.5-centimeter (12.0 in) guns in six twin turrets, and had a top speed of 21.2 knots.
Assigned to the I Battle Squadron of the High Seas Fleet for the majority of her career, she, along with her three sister ships, Helgoland, Thüringen, and Oldenburg, participated in all of the major fleet operations of World War I in the North Sea against the British Grand Fleet. This included the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916, the largest naval battle of the war.
After the German collapse in November 1918, most of the High Seas Fleet was interned in Scapa Flow during the peace negotiations. The four Helgoland-class ships were allowed to remain in Germany, however, and were therefore spared the destruction of the fleet in Scapa Flow. Ostfriesland and her sisters were eventually ceded to the victorious Allied powers as war reparations; eventually transferred to the United States Navy, and sunk during air power trials off the Virginia Capes in July 1921.
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Sixty-five miles an hour in the average, carrying a load of 15 tons, with a crew of forty officers and men, traveling over two continents and a mighty ocean, was an adventure Count Zeppelin did not live to see; yet this happens regularly every fortnight now, and a journey usually taking two or three weeks by steamer is reduced to 2½ days.
GRAF ZEPPELIN
THIS MECHANIZED AGE No. 9 of a First Series of 50 published by Godfrey Phillips Ltd., 1936 -
Maybe from here? There’s a collection of these there, but this one is by far the most absolutely amazing. :)
“Zeppelin” fancy dress costume
(via thewidowflannigan)
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