Schildhauer Class Carrier

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:	4 × 10.5 cm SK44 cannons 3 × Skyshield CIWS system 2 x Meeräsche launchers 4 x Fliegerfaust dual launchers (1975 refit)
Aircraft carried:	40
Aviation facilities:	Angled flight deck for CATOBAR operations

The Schildhauer class was a series of two aircraft carriers designed and operated by the Englean Kaiserreich from 1962 to 1998. The class was designed as a successor to the previous Sieg class that had been operational since 1946. The first fleet carrier designed by the Kaiserreich after the Second Great War, the Schildhauer class was the most advanced fleet carrier class in service with the Kaiserliche-Marine due to multiple refits and upgrades throughout their career. The class continued to be in service with the Kaiserliche-Marine until they were replaced by the Lüderitz class in the 1980s.

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.