Lüderitz Class Carrier

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Charles De Gaulle nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
SMS Lüderitz in 2011
Class overview
Builders: Germaniawerft Schiffbau
Operators:  Kaiserliche-Marine
Preceded by: Schildhauer Class
Succeeded by: Fürst Faulstich Class
Built: 1980-2005
In commission: 1989-present
Planned: 3
Completed: 3
Active: 3
Retired: 0
General characteristics
Type: Nuclear Carrier
Displacement: 42,500 tons full load
Length: 271 m (889 ft)
Beam: 67 m (220 ft)
Draught: 10 m (33 ft)
Propulsion: 2 x Schönberg FZ8S(e) Nuclear Reactors
Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Complement: 1,350
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 40-49 Aircraft
Notes: SMS von Donnersmarck converted to gas-turbine engines during construction.

The Lüderitz class is a set of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers currently in service in the Kaiserliche-Marine. These three carriers make up the primary force-projection capabilities of the Kaiserliche-Marine, succeeding the Kaiserreich class that was retired in 2003. These vessels were planned as carriers that would cost less than the Kaiserreich class, and were planned over the years of 1968-1978 until the first carrier was ordered in early 1980. In the 21st Century, these ships serve as the pillar of carrier design in Corentia and are expected to be in service until the completion of the SMS Fürst Faulstich in 2025-2030.

Development

Design and Construction

Service

Planned Replacement

Ships of the class

Pennant no. Name Laid down Launched Commissioned Homeport
FZTN-01 Lüderitz 15 June 1980 9 December 1984 23 April 1989 Wilhelmshafen
FZTN-03 Greißler 30 January 1998 30 August 2003 9 November 2005 Seenemünde