Lüderitz Class Carrier

SMS Lüderitz in 2011
Class overview
Builders:	Germaniawerft Schiffbau
Operators:	Kaiserliche-Marine
Preceded by:	Schildhauer Class
Succeeded by:	Graf von Kluge Class
Built:	1980-2005
In commission:	1989-present
Planned:	3
Completed:	3
Active:	3
Retired:	0
General characteristics
Type:	Nuclear Carrier
Displacement:	42,500 tons full load
Length:	271 m (889 ft)
Beam:	67 m (220 ft)
Draught:	10 m (33 ft)
Propulsion:	2 x Schönberg FZ8S(e) Nuclear Reactors
Speed:	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement:	1,350
Armament:	4 × Seeschild AAM launchers 2 × Skyshield CIWS system 6 x 30 mm anti-aircraft mounts
Aircraft carried:	40-49 Aircraft
Notes:	SMS von Donnersmarck converted to gas-turbine engines during construction.

The Lüderitz class is a set of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers currently in service in the Kaiserliche-Marine. These three carriers make up the primary force-projection capabilities of the Kaiserliche-Marine, succeeding the Kaiserreich class that was retired in 2003. These vessels were planned as carriers that would cost less than the Kaiserreich class, and were planned over the years of 1968-1978 until the first carrier was ordered in early 1980. In the 21st Century, these ships serve as the pillar of carrier design in Corentia and are expected to be in service until the completion of the SMS Graf von Kluge in 2025-2030.

Ships of the class

Pennant no.	Name	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Homeport
FZTN-01	Lüderitz	15 June 1980	9 December 1984	23 April 1989	Wilhelmshafen
FZTN-02	von Donnersmarck	4 July 1992	30 August 1995	18 April 1997	Kreil
FZTN-03	Greißler	30 January 1998	30 August 2003	9 November 2005	Seenemünde