Scheer 1959
Hipper 1962
Scharnhorst 1965
Scheer 1965
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Scharnhorst (ex-Mermaid) | F213 | Denny, Dumbarton, UK | 9.1942 | 11.11.1943 | 5.1943 // 28.5.1959 | stricken 3.1968 | |
| Hipper (ex-Actaeon) | F214 | Thornycroft, Woolston, UK | 5.1944 | 25.7.1945 | 7.1946 // 10.1.1959 | stricken 7.1964 | |
| Scheer (ex-Hart) | F216 | A. Stephens, Linthouse, UK | 3.1942 | 7.7.1943 | 12.1943 // 21.5.1959 | stricken 12.1967 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1490 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1950 |
|
Length, m |
86.3 pp 91.3 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
11.7 |
|
Draught, m |
3.50 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
F213: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers F214, 216: 2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
4300 |
|
Max speed, kts |
18.2 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 440 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3200(12) |
|
Armament |
F213, 216: 3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (110) F214: 3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (110) |
|
Electronic equipment |
type 271, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar |
|
Complement |
192 |
Project history: British 'modified Black Swan' class sloops, purchased in 1957, renamed and designated Type 138.
Modernizations: 1961, Hipper: new armament and sensors consisted of 2 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 106, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 107, 60 mines, KH-14/9 radar
1962, Scharnhorst: new armament and sensors consisted of 2 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 1953, 1 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 106, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 107, 60 mines, DA02, M40, KH-14/9 radars; bridge, mast, funnel were rebuilt
1962, Scheer: new armament and sensors consisted of 2 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 106, KH-14/9, SGR-103, SGR-104, SGR-105, SGR-114 radars
Naval service: Scharnhorst served as gunnery TS, Scheer as TS for radars, Hipper was used for cadet training.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016