German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin
The German aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin was the lead ship in a class of two carriers of the same name ordered by the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany. She was the only aircraft carrier launched by Germany 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. The carrier would have had a complement of 42 fighters and dive bombers.
Graf Zeppelin after her launching on 8 December 1938
Projected recognition drawing of Graf Zeppelin had she been completed in September 1942
The keel for Graf Zeppelin in December 1936
Graf Zeppelin moored at Stettin in mid-1941
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin was a German general and later inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships. His name became synonymous with airships and dominated long-distance flight until the 1930s. He founded the company Luftschiffbau Zeppelin.
Isabella Gräfin von Zeppelin
Ferdinand von Zeppelin in Virginia, June 1863
In uniform as adjutant to Charles I of Württemberg, 1865
Zeppelin in 1900