Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carrier
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 Aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin |
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| Class overview | |
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| Planned: | 2 |
| Cancelled: | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 33,550 tonnes |
| Length: | 262.5 m (861 ft 3 in) |
| Beam: | 31.5 m (103 ft 4 in) |
| Draft: | 7.6 m (24 ft 11 in) |
| Propulsion: | Geared turbines, 200,000 hp (150,000 kW), four screws |
| Speed: | 35 kn (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 14,816 km (8,000 nmi) at 19 kn (35 km/h) |
| Complement: | 1,720 crew 306 flight personnel |
| Armament: | 16 × Sk. 15 cm. guns 12 × Flak (10.5 cm) 22 × Flak (3.7 cm) 28 × Flak (2.0 cm) |
| Aircraft carried: | Complement of 50 10 × Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters 20 × Junkers Ju 87 dive bombers 20 × Fieseler Fi 167 torpedo bombers |
The Graf Zeppelin class aircraft carriers were two German Kriegsmarine aircraft carriers laid down in the mid-1930s as part of the Plan Z rearmament program.
However only the Graf Zeppelin was launched in 1938, but was never completed, and later sunk as a target.
A second ship, designated Flugzeugträger B, was scrapped before launching.
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