Adler (as planned in 1944)
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Adler (ex-Peder Skram) | 99 | Orlogsværftet, Copenhagen, Denmark | 24.5.1905 | 2.5.1908 | 24.9.1909 // 1944 | sunk 1.4.1945 |
Displacement standard, t |
3500 |
Displacement full, t |
3783 |
Length, m |
84.0 wl 87.1 oa |
Breadth, m |
15.6 |
Draught, m |
4.97 normal 5.03 deep load |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 6 Thornycroft boilers or none |
Power, h. p. |
4200 or none |
Max speed, kts |
15.5 or none |
Fuel, t |
coal 245 |
Armour, mm | belt: 195 - 155, deck: 65 - 45, CT: 190 |
Armament |
6 x 1 - 105/42 SK C/32, 4 x 1 - 40/56 FlaK 28, 4 x 4 - 20/65 C/38 |
Electronic equipment | FuMO 212 or FuMO 213 radar |
Complement |
Project history: Ex-Danish coast defence battleship. 28.8.1943 she was scuttled at Copenhagen, salvaged by Germans, rearmed and entered service as gunnery training ship - AA floating battery Adler. She was differed from antiaircraft batteries by main guns model and absence of the radar. She was non-self-propelled in German navy by some sources.
Ship protection: Belt has 195mm thickness amidships and 155mm abreast former barbettes. Deck was 45mm with 65mm slopes, connected with lower edge of the belt. 105mm guns were protected by shields.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Adler 1.4.1945 was lost during raid of Allied aircraft to Kiel.
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