Bauschinger Class Carrier
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Colourised photo of SMS Bauschinger from 1941, with the SMS Graf Kuerschner in the background
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Class overview | |
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Builders: | Germaniawerft |
Operators: | Kaiserliche-Marine |
Preceded by: | Schirlitz Class |
Succeeded by: | Graf Kürschner Class |
Built: | 1928-1933 |
In commission: | 1934-1944 |
Planned: | 1 |
Completed: | 1 |
Scrapped: | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Aircraft Carrier |
Displacement: | 33,550 tons |
Length: | 262.5 m (861 ft) |
Beam: | 31.5 m (103 ft) |
Draught: | 7.6 m (25 ft) |
Propulsion: | 4 x Hämmerli HFV344-B67 boilers |
Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range: | 9,206 miles |
Complement: | 1,678 |
Armament: |
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Aircraft carried: | 48 |
The Bauschinger class was an aircraft carrier designed and built by the Englean Kaiserreich during the Interwar Period. This carrier was the first fleet carrier designed and built by the Kaiserreich, designed to replace the earlier Schirlitz class that was built as the first "true" carrier vessel produced by the Kaiserreich. The vessel was designed by the Kaiserliche-Marine to serve as the basic plan for all future Englean aircraft carriers, but this was soon decided against due to the vessel being deemed too slow for fleet operations. Due to this, the vessel was replaced by the Graf Kürschner Class which was essentially a modified form of the Bauschinger that was designed without the errors that were defined by the Kaiserliche-Marine. The SMS Bauschinger served in the Kaiserliche-Marine Korentienflotte until 1943, when it was sold to [insert nation] that same year.