Bauschinger Class Carrier

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BauschingerClass.jpg
Colourised photo of SMS Bauschinger from 1941, with the SMS Graf Kuerschner in the background
Class overview
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:
  • 16 x 15 cm SK27 C/28 guns
  • 12 x 10.5 cm SK26 C/33 guns
  • 22 x 3.7 cm SK31 C/30 guns
  • 30 x 2.0 cm SK30 C/30 guns
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.


History

Design and Construction

Wartime Operation

Later Years