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KRISCHAN DER GROSSE AA ship (1942)

Krischan der Große 1942

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Krischan der Große (Flusi 1)   242 Rotterdamsche Drogdok   1941 11.1942 sunk 24.2.1944

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

112

Length, m

38.5

Breadth, m

5.90

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 BMW petrol engines

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

18

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm 860(18)

Armament

2 x 1 - 88/42 SK C/30, 1 x 1 - 37/80 SK C/30, 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38

Complement

 

Project history: Experimental small AA ship. Ship had one problem with machinery: she can not move with cruising speed.

Modernizations: 1943: - 1 x 1 - 88/42; + 1 x 4 - 20/65 C/38.

Naval service: Krischan der Große was sunk by Allied bombers 24.2.1944 W off Antwerp.

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