Zeppelin remained afloat, and admiral Yury Rall ordered a torpedo strike. These bombs were placed in cutouts in their target decks to imitate effects of dive bombing. The third, the fourth and the fifth series imitated penetration of FAB-100, FAB-250 and FAB-500 bombs at flight deck, hangar deck and gun battery deck levels.
The second series was a single FAB-1000 explosion above the flight deck. The first series imitated a FAB-1000 detonation in the exhaust funnel and lesser bombs below the flight deck. It was subjected to five series of controlled explosions of 180-mm shells and FAB series bombs. On 14 August Zeppelin was towed into the harbor, and two days later to its final resting place. The first capital ship, Lützow, was sunk off Swinemunde on 22 July 1947. Pictures (in spoiler to avoid long page loading time)Īccording to Soviet sources, on 19 March 1947 the Council of Ministers decreed destruction of former German ships. Aircraft carried: Proposed complement of 42 Propulsion: Geared turbines, 200,000 WPS (147,000 kW), four screws Named in honor of Graf (Count) Ferdinand von Zeppelin, the ship was launched on 8 December 1938 but was not completed and was never operational.
Construction was ordered on 16 November 1935 and her keel was laid down on 28 December 1936 by Deutsche Werke at Kiel. She was the only aircraft carrier launched by Germany during World War II and represented part of the Kriegsmarine's attempt to create a well-balanced oceangoing fleet, capable of projecting German naval power far beyond the narrow confines of the Baltic and North Seas. German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin was the lead ship in a class of two carriers ordered by the Kriegsmarine.
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