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Deutschland-class training ship (Type 440)

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Basic information

Type:
Auxiliary ship
Operators:
German Navy (Deutsche Marine)German Navy (Deutsche Marine)
Country of build:
Builder:
NobiskrugNobiskrug
Planned:
1
Completed:
1
In service:
1966 – 1990 (24 years)

Ship measurements

Displacement:
5,775 t
Length:
138.2 m
Beam:
16.1 m
Draft:
5.1 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODAD
Propulsion:
  • 2 * Mercedes-Benz and 2 * Maybach diesel engines, all 16-cylinder, 4-stroke (Maybach engines replaced in 1981 with Mercedes-Benz engines), 2 * shafts
  • 2 * Wahodag boilers feeding 1 * set of geared Wahodag steam turbines driving center shaft, 16,000 hp (12,000 kW)
  • 3 * 4-bladed Escher-Wyss controllable pitch propellers; 2 * rudders
Speed:
22 knots
Range:
3,800 nmi (7,000 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
172
Embarked units:
250

Combat assets

Cargo capacity:
  • 2 * cranes
  • 3 * anchors (one aft, two fore)
Boats & landing craft:
  • 3 * motor pinnaces
  • 3 * motor cutters
  • 30 * life rafts
Electronics:
  • Radar: LW-08, SGR-114, SGR-105, SGR-103, M-45
  • Sonar ELAC 1BV
Armament:
  • 4 * METL 53 100 mm/55 main guns (4 * 1)
  • 6 * 40 mm/70 AA guns (2 * 2, 2 * 1)
  • 2 * fixed 533 mm torpedo tubes aft (removed in the mid-1970s)
  • 4 * trainable 533 mm anti-submarine torpedo tubes
  • 2 * 375 mm Bofors anti-submarine mortars
  • Mine laying capability

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Training cruiser Deutschland (A59)

Training cruiser Deutschland (A59)

Deutschland-class training ship (Type 440)
German Navy (Deutsche Marine)German Navy (Deutsche Marine)
Decommissioned
5,775 t
138.2 m
22 knots
172
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