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Graf Zeppelin Class




Name Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned
Graf Zeppelin K 28th December 1936 8th December 1938 N/A
Peter Strasser G 1938 N/A N/A


Builders:
K : Deutsche Werke, Kiel, Germany
G : Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany

Dimensions:
820' 3" x 103' 4" x 27' 7" / 250.00m x 31.50m x 8.50m

Displacement:
28090 tons std

Complement:
1760 crew
650 air group

Armament:
16 x 5.9" guns in twin turrets
12 x 4.1" guns in twin mountings
22 x 37mm guns in twin mountings
28 x 20mm guns in twin mountings

Aircraft Facilities:
The flightdeck measured 787' 5" x 88' 6" with three lifts and two catapults. The airgroup was to have been made up of 42 navalised Bf109 fighters and Ju87 bombers. Aviation fuel capacity was 70000 gallons.

Armour:
Belt: 4"
Deck: 0.75" - 2.5"

Powerplant:
Sixteen La Mont boilers were fitted along with four Brown Boveri steam turbines totalling 200000shp.

Maximum speed was 34kts and range at 19kts was 8000NM. Fuel load was 6750 tons oil.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
None

Sonar:
None

Other:
N/A

Miscellaneous: