Graf Reichenau class cruiser

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SMS Feyerabend moored outside of Ein, 1947
Class overview
Builders: Englean Kaiserreich
Operators:  Kaiserliche-Marine
Preceded by: Admiral Fassbender Class
Succeeded by: Admiral Schichau Class
Built: 1933-1938
In commission: 1935-1969
Planned: 9
Completed: 4
Cancelled: 5
Active: 0
Lost: 1
Retired: 3
Preserved: 1
General characteristics
Type: Heavy Cruiser
Displacement: 18,500 tons (full load)
Length: 202.8 m (665 ft)
Beam: 21.3 m (70 ft)
Draft: 7.2 m (24 ft)
Propulsion: 3 x Germaniawerft GW-398 steam turbines
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Complement:

42 officers

1,335 enlisted
Armament:
  • 8 x 20.3 cm SK C/34 guns
  • 12 x 10.5 cm SK C/29 guns
  • 1 x 15,0 cm SK L/45 guns
  • 12 × 3.7 cm SK C/32 guns
  • 20 × 2 cm C/32 guns
  • 12 × 53.3 cm torpedo tubes
Armour:

Belt: 70 to 80 mm (2.8 to 3.1 in)

Armor deck: 20 to 50 mm (0.79 to 1.97 in)

Turret faces: 105 mm (4.1 in)
Aircraft carried: 3 x reconnaissance aircraft
Aviation facilities: 1 catapult


Ships of the class

Pennant no. Name Laid down Launched Commissioned Homeport Fate Notes
PzK-65 Graf Reichenau WIP WIP WIP Wilhelmshafen Named for Admiral Ferdinand von Reichenaur.
PzK-67 Feyerabend WIP WIP WIP Wilhelmshafen Named for General der Küstetruppe Heinrich Geberhard von Feyerabend.
PzK-68 Diekwisch WIP WIP WIP Wilhelmshafen Named for Kaiserliche-Marine Kapitän zur See Hermann Diekwisch for actions during the First Great War.
PzK-69 Lindholm WIP WIP WIP Wilhelmshafen Named for Talvistovan captain Wulffe Lindholm for actions in the Englean-Rhodeve Coastal Wars.