Deutschland 1975
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Deutschland | A59 | Nobiskrug, Rendsburg | 11.9.1959 | 5.11.1960 | 25.5.1963 | stricken 6.1990 |
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Displacement standard, t |
4880 |
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Displacement full, t |
5684 |
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Length, m |
130.0 wl 138.2 oa |
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Breadth, m |
16.1 |
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Draught, m |
5.10 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
CODAS: 4 MTU (2 Daimler-Benz + 2 Maybach) diesels (outer shafts) + 1 set Wahodag geared steam turbines (central shaft), 2 Wahodag boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
8000+8400=16400 |
|
Max speed, kts |
22 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 230 + diesel oil 410 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3800(12) |
| Armament | 4 x 1 - 100/55 Mle 1953, 2 x 2 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 106, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 107, 2 - 533 TT (stern), 4 x 1 - 533 TT, 2 x 4 - 375 Bofors ASWRL, 2 DCR, mines |
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Electronic equipment |
LW-02/03, SGR-114, SGR-105, SGR-103, DA-02, 2x M45 radars, ELAC 1BV sonar |
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Complement |
172 + 250 cadets |
Project history: The training ship Deutschland was of the Type 440 and was not strictly fighting unit although she was designed in 1957-58 as a multipurpose ship in case of war for troop transport, hospital, escort and minelaying duties. Extraordinary displacement required special permission from the WEU, and limits to speed and armament were imposed.
Deutschland served as a cadet training ship only and for this reason she had a number of unique features, in combination not found in any other ship. The propulsion was mixed: the central shaft steam-turbine driven, the outer shafts by two different types of diesel: one Maybach and one Mercedes-Benz.
Modernizations: mid-1970s: - 2 - 533 TT (stern)
1979: all diesels became Mercedes-Benz
late 1980s: - SGR-114, SGR-105, SGR-103 radars; + LW-08, ZW-01 radars
Naval service: No significant events.
Deutschland 1980
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