On this day 1 May - German Airship SL3 Stranded

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On 1 May 1916, the German naval airship SL3, suffering from a degraded structure due to atmospheric exposure, was stranded near Riga, off the northern coast of Latvia. Built by the Luftschiffbau Schütte-Lanz company, SL3 was part of a series of rigid airships. During her career, she flew thirty reconnaissance missions, and one bombing mission over England. Her most notable flight was her attack of HMS E4 on 24 September 1915. HMS E4 was a British E class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness.

Schütte-Lanz 2 - Similar, but Smaller to SL3




Size Comparison Chart of Several Schütte-Lanz




HMS E4




Location of Riga