Schildhauer Class Carrier

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SMS Kronenberg underway, 1993
Class overview
Builders: Germaniawerft Schiffbau
Operators:  Kaiserliche-Marine
Preceded by: Sieg Class
Succeeded by: Lüderitz Class
Built: 1956-1968
In commission: 1962-1997
Planned: 4
Completed: 2
Cancelled: 2
Active: 0
Scrapped: 2
General characteristics
Type: Fleet Carrier
Displacement: 32,780 tons full load
Length: 265 m (869 ft)
Beam: 51.2 m (168 ft)
Draught: 8.6 m (28 ft)
Propulsion: 6 x Hämmerli HFV445 boilers
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range: 7,550 miles
Complement: 1,337
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 40
Aviation facilities: Angled flight deck for CATOBAR operations


Ships of the class

Pennant no. Name Laid down Launched Commissioned Homeport Fate
FZT-86 Schildhauer 23 August 1956 2 October 1958 2 January 1962 Wilhelmshafen Sold to [insert nation], 198x
FZT-87 Kronenberg 25 August 1966 29 September 1968 2 January 1970 Wilhelmshafen Transferred to the Kleinaruschan Republican Navy in 1998 as auxiliary fleet carrier, decommissioned in 2003.