Zeppelin LZ 55

[3] LZ55 continued its attack but HMS Agamemnon 12-pounder anti-aircraft gun hit LZ 55; breaking it in half according to one of the crew.

The airship crashed in the swamps at the mouth of the Vardar River west of Thessaloniki and its crew were captured.

[4] [5] The crash site soon became a tourist attraction, with a report that "a dozen Canadian nurses.

"[2] The metal structure of the Zeppelin was dragged by Allied soldiers from the swamps to the White Tower of Thessaloniki.

[citation needed] Data from Zeppelin : rigid airships, 1893-1940[6]General characteristics Performance Armament machine guns in hull-top positions and gondolas with provision for bombs

Wreckage of LZ 55 on the marshes near mouth of the Varder River during the Salonika Campaign
B&W photo of wreckage next to w round castle
Reconstructed wreckage of LZ 55, next to the White Tower
Searchlight crew on HMS Agamemnon re-enacting spotting the Zeppelin [ 1 ]