Hurrikan IV class Destroyer

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JS Haguro(DDG-180) at JMU Yokohama Shipyard July 26, 2019.jpg
SMS Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm in 2019
Class overview
Builders: Germaniawerft
Operators:  Kaiserliche-Marine
Preceded by: Hurrikan III Class
Built: 2017-Present
In commission: 2020-
Planned: 5
Building: 3
Completed: 1
General characteristics
Type: Guided missile destroyer
Displacement:
  • 8,200 tons standard
  • 10,250 tons full load
Length: 169.9 m (557 ft)
Beam: 22.2 m (73 ft)
Draft: 21 m (69 ft)
Propulsion: 4 x Hämmerli Industries gas turbines
Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement: 300 enlisted and officers
Armament:
  • 1 × 5 inch SK19 C/62 naval gun
  • 4 × Missile canister up to 8 Typ 24 n.A. (ship to ship missile)
  • 2 x Skyshield CIWS
  • 2 x Seeschild AAM
  • 2 × triple 325mm torpedo tubes
  • 1 x 90-cell VLS (anti ship, air, and submarine)
  • 1 x Typ 2019 railgun (planned)
  • 1 x Typ 2019A2 laser system (planned)
Aircraft carried: Up to 2 helicopters
Aviation facilities: No hangar flight deck only


Ships of the Class

Pennant no. Name Laid down Launched Commissioned Homeport
Z-179 Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm 16 February 2017 8 November 2019 2020 Kreil
Z-180 Hurrikan IV 28 June 2018 2020 2021 Kreil
Z-181 Gerwald Schoenberg 30 August 2018 2020 2021 Friedrichshafen
Z-182 Katharina Kiesewetter 2019 2021 2022 Kleinaruscha