Daimler-Benz DB 602

The Daimler-Benz DB 602, first known as the Daimler-Benz LOF.6, was a German diesel aero engine designed and built in the early 1930s. It was a liquid-cooled upright V16 and powered the two airships of the Hindenburg class, LZ 129 Hindenburg and LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II. Its displacement and weight were close to those of the Beardmore Tornado that powered the British R101, yet it produced almost twice the power, which the source takes as a sign of Daimler-Benz's superior knowledge of diesel construction. Under the designation MB 502 the engine also drove four Schnellboot attack craft of the 1933 series, three engines to a boat, and it was modified into the V20 MB 501 of 2,000 horsepower. A preserved DB 602 is on display at the Zeppelin Museum Friedrichshafen.