Admiral Hipper & Blücher & Prinz Eugen
Technical Layout
General Details | |||
Name of the ship | Admiral Hipper | Blücher | Prinz Eugen |
Builder | Blohm & Voss, Hamburg | Deutsche Werke, Kiel | Krupp-Germania Werft, Kiel |
Builder's number | 501 | 246 | 564 |
Contract placed | 30. October 1934 | 30. October 1934 | 16. November 1935 |
Laid down | 6. July 1935 | 15. August 1936 | 23. April 1936 |
Launched | 6. February 1937 | 8. June 1937 | 22. August 1938 |
Commissioned | 29. April 1939 | 20. September 1939 | 1. August 1940 |
Disposition | |||
Displacement | |||
Standard Displacement | 14.247 metric tons | 14.475 metric tons | 16.277 metric tons |
Maximum Displacement | 18.600 metric tons | 18.694 metric tons | 19.042 metric tons |
Dimensions and Construction Details | |||
Length, waterline | 194,2 meter | 194,2 meter | 199,5 meter |
Length overall, bef. conversion | 205,9 meter | 205,9 meter | 207,7 meter |
Length waterline, aft. conversion | 194,6 meter | 194,6 meter | 199,5 meter |
Length overall, after conversion | 208,0 meter | 208,0 meter | 212,5 meter |
Beam | 21,3 meter | 21,3 meter | 21,9 meter |
Designed draught | 5,83 meter | 5,83 meter | 6,37 meter |
Maximum draught | 7,74 meter | 7,74 meter | 7,95 meter |
Height of side (measured from keel top edge to upper deck) | 12,45 meter | 12,45 meter | 12,45 meter |
Watertight compartments | XIV | XIV | XIV |
Propulsion | |||
Shafts | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Engines (Turbines) | 3 Blohm & Voss | 3 Blohm & Voss | 3 Germaniawerft |
Machinery output | 132.000 shp | 132.000 shp | 136.000 shp |
Speed | 32,5 knots | 32,5 knots | 33,5 knots |
Range | 6.800 naut. miles at 19 knots | 6.800 naut. miles at 19 knots | 7.850 naut. miles at 19 knots |
6.500 naut. miles at 17 knots | | 6.100 naut. miles at 15 knots | |
3.000 naut. miles at 30 knots | | | |
Bunkers | 3.050 m3, later 3.700 m3 | About 4.320 m3 | 3.250 m3, later 3.400 m3 |
Armour | |||
Belt | 80 mm (max) | 80 mm (max) | 80 mm (max) |
Deck | 40 mm (max) | 45 mm (max) | 45 mm (max) |
Main Turrets | 170 mm (max) | 170 mm (max) | 170 mm (max) |
Barbettes | 125 mm | 125 mm | 125 mm |
Conning tower | 150 mm | 150 mm | 150 mm |
Armament | |||
Main armament | 8 x 20,3 cm SK L/60 C34 | 8 x 20,3 cm SK L/60 C34 | 8 x 20,3 cm SK L/60 C34 |
Heavy flak | 12 x 10,5 cm SK L/65 C33 | 12 x 10,5 cm SK L/65 C33 | 12 x 10,5 cm SK L/65 C33 |
Medium flak | 12 x 3,7 cm Flak L/83 C30 | 12 x 3,7 cm Flak L/83 C30 | 12 x 3,7 cm Flak L/83 C30 |
Light flak | 8 x 2,0 cm Flak L/65 C30 | 8 x 2,0 cm Flak L/65 C30 | 8 x 2,0 cm Flak L/65 C30 |
Torpedo battery | 4 x 53,3 cm triple tubes | 4 x 53,3 cm triple tubes | 4 x 53,3 cm triple tubes |
Note: The figures for light flak above on Admiral Hipper and Prinz Eugen represents the orignal numbers and types installed. It was changed during the war. | |||
Aircraft | |||
Catapult | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Aircraft | 3 x Arado Ar196 | 3 x Arado Ar196 | 3 x Arado Ar196 |
Fire Direction | |||
10,5 m Rangefinder | 4 | 4 | 4 |
7 m Rangefinder | 1 | 1 | 1 |
3 m Rangefinder | 2 | 2 | 2 |
SL 4 (from 1935) | | 3 | 3 |
SL 2 (from 1935) | 2 | | |
Radar Equipment | |||
Seetakt FuMG 39 (from 1937) | 1 (later converted to FuMO 22) | | |
FuMO 22 | 1 (later 2) | 1 (later replaced by FuMO 27) | 1 |
FuMO 26 | | 1 | |
FuMO 27 | | (later 1) | |
FUMB 7 TIMOR | 1 (between January 1942 and March 1944) | 1 | |
FuMB 4 Sumatra | | 4 | |
Equipment | |||
Searchlights, (triaxially stabilised and directed centrally) | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Cranes | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Ship's boats | 10 (unclear if all was present) | 10 (unclear if all was present) | 10 |
Anchors | 3 bow, 1 stern | 3 bow, 1 stern | 3 bow, 1 stern. From summer 1942 the stem anchor was removed. |
Complement | |||
Ship's company (10 divisions): | |||
Complement, generally | 42-51 officers and 1340-1548 men | ||
Complement, during the war | Varied depending upon operational deployment and number of light anti-aircraft carried etc. |
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