Lüderitz Class Carrier

SMS Lüderitz in 2011
Class overview
Builders:	Germaniawerft Schiffbau
Operators:	Kaiserliche-Marine
Preceded by:	Kaiserreich 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.